Claude Tomlinson was a man of many voices, he even signed WIVK on the air for the very first time back in 1953. His career at WIVK spanned four decades.

The 101 Audio Vault features Claude and his side kick Mr. Schultz~

101 welcomes Cuonzo Martin to the Big Orange family!

Got app?

Is your station available on smart phones? Several stations have their own apps...WIVK, WIMZ, etc. Now WNOX is available via WunderRadio. Send your info to KtownRadio@gmail.com!

The 101 Audio Vault features Celeste on WIVK~

It's a golden oldie Thursday...Birthday wishes to The Sports Animal's Jeff Jacoby...Doc, Jeff, and Heather is a fun morning stop for 101 to get a big orange look at sports!

Speaking of golden oldies, Suitcase Simpson sure looked good in leisure suits and he was one of the original disco DJs~

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE RUPPER!

Everyone loved "The Joe Show"...Joe Grant made several stops at WIVK. The 101 Audio Vault travels to the late 70's~

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To Coach Bruce Pearl~ thanks for 6 fun winning seasons!

"George...My wife found this card in some old files. Bill Bailey was her father who worked at WKGN back in 1966. I guess this was an advertising card used by the station and the jocks to get the word out to the community with the latest survey on the back. Bill worked at several stations around the country, including WLIK in Newport." (David Lambert)

Happy Saint Paddy Day!

Didn't you love the ZZZZzzz jingle!

"Hi George...I've been following 101 for a couple of years now, but haven't, until now, checked in. I worked at WBIR for 2 years from 1965 to 1967 and then at WIVK from 1967 to 1970. Did 7 to midnight for awhile at WIVK and had a popular semi-regular "Love-In" show featuring positive country love songs (music to make love to). Many great memories of Booby, Claude, Ed, Ron, Kenny, Norm, Mike, Terry, etc. and the boss man, Jim Dick, of course. Doc Johnston was a great guy and a mentor. Also worked in Jacksonville and WQYK Tampa (morning drive). Was Operations Director at several stations and put an album-oriented country station on the air in Medford Oregon as well as Station Manager at a small market station in Texas. I'm retired from radio, but still working in sales in Bloomington Illinois but really miss K-Town." (Jack Hansen)

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Lots of recent b'day wishes~ Suitcase Simpson, Octavius, and Captain Tony Igar!

Knoxville radio history is made daily, faster than the speed of light. From last year his HHH, Dave foulk, and Phil Williams having fun about the pending "announcement", ie- switching from 100.3 to 98.7!



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Birthday wishes to Carson Cooper!

HHH

Hallerin Hilton Hill is a radio icon in Ktown~ and he's getting roasted tonight at the Tennessee Theatre, doors open at 7!

Cheers to "Triple H"!!!

What decade did you arrive on the Ktown radio dial? A very young Ed Brantley joined WIVK in the 60's...and he's still behind the mic in 2011 as host of WNOX 100.3's "Ed and Bob" morning show~



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Happy Birthday wishes to Ed Hooper, Ed's written a couple of wonderful books about WIVK and WNOX...and HBD to Ktown TVs ageless wonder Lori Tucker!

"About Rex...once during "The Early Show" days, my childhood friend and I rode our bikes (or walked the bikes) up Sharp's Ridge. Doc Johnston gave us a tour of WBIR TV studios. The thing I remember is the two 16 MM RCA projectors facing one another, projecting into a mirror. When I met Rex, he greeted us with a "UN-GAWAA", ie- Tarzen howdy...from that day on when I was involved with wrestling, (Hutcheston Ave) Rex And I would greet one another with, "UN-GAWAA"...Memories!" (Dickie Tillery Pasadena TX)

Today 101 travels back 25 years to Ktown radio from March 1986!

Over at WNOX 990, Bill Hays was the GM and Tom Buckley and Dave Jeffries handled the news department. DJs were Skip Taggert, Jerry Caylor, Eddie Beacon and Bill Beason.

A new 3-7p DJ debuted at WIMZ 103.5...Benji Norton! Kerry Lambert was named the station manager and Suzanne Dalton joined the WIMZ news staff. The WIMZ air staff featured Phil Williams, Rebekah, Daddy George, and Commander Dave.

WIVKs line up was Claude Tomlinson 6-10, Bob Thomas 10-3, Ed Brantley 3-7. Laura Paul 7-12, and Terry Womack 12-6! Martin Baker was working as Claude's morning side kick and was replaced later in '86 by Jim Donovan.

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Jimmy Vineyard is renting/bartering racing show cars and his info is to the right side of our blog!

Today's generation only knows him as the PA announcer at the Vols football games, but back in the day Bobby Denton was one of Ktown's most popular DJs!

"I remember watching Rex Rainey with his additional duties on the Early Show and the Late Show on WBIR TV. He would always do a little talk segment with community announcements and then give some behind the scenes information about the (usually a Tarzan) movie they were showing. Does anyone know more about him?" (Jerry Howell)

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101 is participating in an exciting project, The Tennessee Radio Hall of Fame is being formed by Lee Dorman and others and I've been invited to be on the advisory council!

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)