Vintage WIVK Lineups

WIVK Weekday Program Lineup - 1961
7:00am Claude's Clock Show with Claude Tomlinson
9:00am Cas Walker
9:30am Mull Singing Convention with Rev. & Mrs. J. Bazzell Mull
11:30am The Cas Walker Show
1:00pm Claude Tomlinson
3:00pm Ken Russell
6:00pm-Signoff Phil Rainey

WIVK Weekday Lineup - 1972
6:00am Claude Tomlinson
9:00am "Sound Off" with Claude Tomlinson & Barry Smith
10:00am Kenny Dearstone
1:00pm Ed Brantley
3:00pm Bobby Denton

Vintage Aircheck: WOKI-FM 100.3 (1981; Brother John St. John #2)

I have posted a second scoped aircheck of Brother John St. John on WOKI-FM 100.3 from 1981. It is a great aircheck from that year and just like the first aircheck I posted of Brother John St. John, his voice is wonderful.

You can hear the aircheck and it is located at http://www.esnips.com/doc/2f8f8169-5dee-4e3b-8e80-986d636688e2/81_WOKIKnoxvilleAircheck2

Coming soon: An aircheck of U-102 with Phil Williams.

Vintage Aircheck: WIVK-AM 850/FM 107.7 (1972; Claude Tomlinson)

I have posted a new vintage aircheck. This one is of WIVK-AM 850/FM 107.7 from 1972. It is a scoped aircheck of Claude Tomlinson's morning program. You will also hear Old Man Schultz, his alter-ego on there. A very short aircheck but all in all, it was a good one.

You can hear it here at:

http://www.esnips.com/doc/69d1a803-500c-40df-857a-92ccde5fa836/72_WIVKClaudeTomlinsonScopedAircheck

Courtesy of Chris Huff of DFW Radio Archives.

Knoxville Radio Dial - 1977

Here is list of Knoxville radio stations that existed back in 1977.

These come from personal memory based on the posts seen on this topic.

Knoxville Radio Dial - 1977

FM Dial
WKCS-FM 91.1 Knoxville (Variety)
WUOT-FM 91.9 Knoxville (Public Radio)
WLIL-FM 93.5 Lenoir City (Country)
WUUU-FM 94.3 Oak Ridge (Easy Listening)
WYSH-FM 95.3 Clinton
WEZK-FM 97.5 Knoxville (Easy Listening)
WSBM-FM 99.3 Jefferson City (Country)
WOKI-FM 100.3 Oak Ridge (Top 40)*
WSEV-FM 102.1 Sevierville (Variety)
WBIR-FM 103.5 Knoxville (Country; “Music Country WBIR”)**
WIVK-FM 107.7 Knoxville (Country)

AM Dial
WOFE-AM 580 Rockwood (Country)
WRJZ-AM 620 Knoxville (Top 40; “62 WRJZ”)
WLIL-AM 730 Lenoir City (Country)
WIVK-AM 850 Knoxville (Country//WIVK-FM 107.7)
WKXV-AM 900 Knoxville (Gospel)
WSEV-AM 930 Sevierville (Country)
WNOX-AM 990 Knoxville (Top 40)
WATO-AM 1290 Oak Ridge (AC)
WKGN-AM 1340 Knoxville (Top 40/Disco)***
WYSH-AM 1380 Clinton (Country)
WGAP-AM 1400 Maryville (Country)
WJBE-AM 1430 Knoxville (R&B)
WEAG-AM 1470 Alcoa
WJFC-AM 1480 Jefferson City
WKVQ-AM 1490 Knoxville (Top 40)
WOKI-AM 1550 Oak Ridge (AC)****
WSKT-AM 1580 Knoxville (Religious)

More information about Knoxville radio in 1977:

* - WOKI-FM 100.3 was going on three years since WOKI-FM 100.3 signed on the air. They were still aired some automated top 40 programming including southern rock.

** - WBIR-FM 103.5 had been "Music Country WBIR" for since 1975.

*** - WKGN-AM 1340 aired a top 40 format with disco music mixed in. The station later became “Disco 13” and in the summer of 1979, they became a top 40 station once again. In 1980, they became "Love 13" with an AC format.

**** - WOKI-AM 1550 was a 1-KW daytime-only adult contemporary station that simulcasted WOKI-FM 100.3 on Saturdays and Sundays. The AC format aired during the week. By the Spring 1978 ratings book, WOKI-AM changed calls to WORI.

Knoxville Radio Dial - 1991

Here is list of Knoxville radio stations that existed back in 1991.

Some of the FM ones are from the Knoxville FM composite that RMarino, a member of Radio-Info, uploaded just recently.

I have included some of the other stations that were heard in Maryville, Oak Ridge, Seymour, Oliver Springs, Loudon, Sevierville, and Karns.

Knoxville Radio Dial - 1991

FM Dial
WUOT-FM 91.9 Knoxville (Public Radio)
WWZZ-FM 93.1 Karns (Active Rock; “Z-93”)
WKNF-FM 94.3 Oak Ridge (Oldies; “Magic 94”)
WYFC-FM 95.3 Clinton (Satellite Religious)
WGAP-FM 95.7 Maryville (Country)
WJBZ-FM 96.3 Seymour (Southern Gospel)
WEZK-FM 97.5 Knoxville (AC; “The New 97.5 WEZK”)
WXVO-FM 98.7 Oliver Springs (Country)
WOKI-FM 100.3 Oak Ridge (Top 40; “I-100”)
WMYU-FM 102.1 Sevierville (AC; “U-102”)
WIMZ-FM 103.5 Knoxville (Rock; “Rock 103.5 WIMZ”)
WEMQ-FM 104.5 Knoxville (Adult Standards)
WXST-FM 105.3 Loudon (Oldies; “West 105.3”)
WDLY-FM 105.5 Sevierville (Country)
WIVK-FM 107.7 Knoxville (Country)

AM Dial
WRJZ-AM 620 Knoxville (Religious; “Joy 62”)
WUTK-AM 850 Knoxville (News/Talk; “NewsTalk 850 WUTK”)
WKXV-AM 900 Knoxville (Gospel)
WSEV-AM 930 Sevierville (Country)
WIVK-AM 990 Knoxville (Country//WIVK-FM 107.7)
WQBB-AM 1040 Knoxville (Adult Standards//WEMQ-FM 104.5)
WIMZ-AM 1240 Knoxville (Rock//WIMZ-FM 103.5)
WATO-AM 1290 Oak Ridge (AC)
WKGN-AM 1340 Knoxville (Urban)
WYSH-AM 1380 Clinton (Country)
WGAP-AM 1400 Maryville (Country//WGAP-FM 95.7)
WITA-AM 1490 Knoxville (Religious)
WDMF-AM 1580 Knoxville (Religious)

1040 History

This is the 23rd station history I have posted and this one is on 1040 which was once going to be WKXT-AM.

1040 History

On August 15. 1984, 1040 signed on as WBZW-AM. Originally, 1040 was going to become WKXT-AM 1040 when they signed on later in the year but the owners of AM 1040 decided that WBZW would be the call letters for the new station. Ironically, the WKXT call letters would end up on a TV station that operated at channel 8 as a CBS affiliate. Channel 8 is now WVLT-TV 8 and still CBS-affiliated.

For a few years, WBZW aired lots of programming. On July 1, 1988, WBZW became WQBB-AM and they became a big band station. In 1995, WQBB began a format where it featured talk and sports programming. In 1998, WQBB changed formats from talk and sports to big band as “Q-104”.In 2002, WQBB changed formats from big band to sports as “1040AM The Ticket”. The station aired programming from the FOX Sports radio network. The station would sign-off at night as it has been doing since WBZW signed on in 1984.

In 2005, WQBB became a standards-formatted station as “Studio 1040, WQBB” which has remained ever since.

Knoxville Radio Dial - 1976

This is a Knoxville radio station list from 1976. Some of the list is based on personal recollection while some of the list comes from the topics about "Knoxville Radio History" and others seen on Radio-Info.

Knoxville Radio Dial - 1976

FM Dial
WUOT-FM 91.9 Knoxville (Public Radio)
WUUU-FM 94.3 Oak Ridge (Easy Listening)
WEZK-FM 97.5 Knoxville (Beautiful Music)
WOKI-FM 100.3 Oak Ridge (Automated Top 40)
WSEV-FM 102.1 Sevierville (Variety)
WBIR-FM 103.5 Knoxville (Country; "Music Country WBIR")
WYSH-FM 104.9 Clinton (Unknown Format)
WIVK-FM 107.7 Knoxville (Country)

AM Dial
WRJZ-AM 620 Knoxville (Top 40)
WIVK-AM 850 Knoxville (Country)
WKXV-AM 900 Knoxville (Gospel)
WSEV-AM 930 Sevierville (Country)
WNOX-AM 990 Knoxville (Top 40)
WBIR-AM 1240 Knoxville (All News)
WATO-AM 1290 Oak Ridge (AC)
WKGN-AM 1340 Knoxville (Top 40) *
WYSH-AM 1380 Clinton (Country)
WROL-AM 1490 Knoxville (Album Rock) **
WSKT-AM 1580 Knoxville (Religious)

* - WKGN-AM 1340 switched from a top 40 format to album rock later on in the year.

** - WROL-AM 1490 switched from album rock (W-149) to top 40 (15-Q) as WKVQ.