Lordy, lordy look who's 40 (plus)...special birthday wishes to WNOX's Bob Thomas...back in his 'KGN days he monikered as "BJ All East Tennessee Truckin' Thomas"!
Happy Birthday wishes also to the one and only Chip Emerson!
101 mentioned the early AM dial positions...there were also alot of nearby stations that impacted Ktown, including WATO 1290 in Oak Ridge. From the 101 Audio Vault here's Jeff Winters and Rudy Minter~
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"I remember Doc Johnston's theme song as beginning: "Hi, kids, get ready to go, with the Date with Doc show!" Could that possibly be right? He also did a late afternoon news roundup on WBIR-AM, before co-anchoring the 6 o'clock news with Carl Williams on WBIR-TV. At that time, those local people, along with (on Channel 10) Rex Rainey and Jim Holiday, and (on Channel 6) Charles MacMahon, were as big as any network stars. I was in elementary school, and these people were ON TV." (Wayne Wood)