From our 101 facebook page, here is some bantering about WATO Oak Ridge~
WATO-FM signed on in 1967. Ran a free-form rock format supposedly. Became WUUU in 1971 first running SRP Beautiful Music then switched to Bonneville Beautiful Music later on. (Kent Teffetelle)
WATO-FM
went on the air in the late 60's and shocked a few folks with an
alternative album rock format. I remember listening to "Country Joe and
the Fish" "The Amboy Dukes" and Steppenwolf's "G.D. the pusher man" to
name a few selections. Who knows what happened, but by the time I went
to work at WATO (Oct '71) they had changed to WUUU and changed to a
"beautiful music" format. LOL, boring crap for a young kid. (Gary Stone)
When I came there (WATO 1290) Dave Bruce mornings, Alan Crockett middays (later
nights), Joe Vann afternoons and me 6p-12. I remember Jim Westcott as news
director, Hugh Newsom weekends and a host of others coming and going. (Gary Stone)
It (Q94) had a revolving door, Tony Eubanks, Dan King, Randy Bishop, Greg
McMahan, this was around the spring of '82. I can't remember the list
after that. Rau Radio sold it about a year or so later to a guy named
Pyle. He made the AM MOR/BB and the FM went soft /AC. (Bob Poland)
Hugh
Newsom was still there when I worked there in '79-'81. Of course Dave
Brown was engineer. Jeff Winters was there for a short time as was Bill
Page, who did play by play for Oak Ridge football. (Mike Clark)
Do you have WATO or WETQ memories?