~ from my 101 Journal... 4/10/74

"I talked with Bob Baron at The Ivanhoe House of Beef (now Copper Cellar on Kingston Pike). He was a DJ at WKGN from 1964-68. Then he returned as Program Director in 1971. He first became a DJ while a junior in high school. He lived in a small city out west. He then went to college in Mobile AL and worked at their station. He left to go to UT. He says being a DJ is competitive and that is why guys continually move."

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In '74 I was a 16 year old bus boy at Ivanhoe, owned by fellow Greek Frank Kotsianas...and my side kick, among others, was Judge Tom Varlan!

Effective July 25th, I will begin a new position as Operations Manager for the Cumulus Knoxville Radio Group. I'll be working with WIVK, SportsRadio WNML and Newstalk 98.7.

 Each of these stations are far and away the market leaders in their respective formats and I am beyond honored to become a part of their organization.

 To say I'm excited to work every day alongside the multitude of great talents in that building is a massive understatement. The personalities on their stations are unmatched in East Tennessee.

 They already have an unrivaled tradition of winning and I am honored to be joining their staff.

 I would be remiss to not thank Vickie Lawson and the staff of East Tennessee PBS for their great efforts during my last two years there. They play a large role in education in East Tennessee and I am honored to have been a part of a group of such dedicated people to a cause.

 If you value quality television, I ask you to please support them with your donations. I can vouch for their stewardship of your money. It is a true East Tennessee treasure!

~Jeff Jarnigan

Bob posted this on our 101 Facebook page...

Sonny James, WIVK, April 1973. A big promotion that had entertainers "replacing" each announcer during his airtime. My replacement was Sonny James. This picture is in the original AM/FM control room. Just beside Sonny's head you can see a slot in the wall that looks like a window, but its original purpose was to house a double squirrel cage fan that sucked out all the cigarette smoke into the hallway. Noisy devils. Everybody smoked, and of course Bobby Denton smoked those Garcia Y Vega stogies! (Bob Catron)

101 travels to '85...morning DJs in Ktown were~

WNOX Steve Harrison

WIVK Claude and CP

WMYU Mark Herzog

WIMZ Phil Williams

WOKI Morning Zoo

Over at WMYU (U-102) Bill Miller aka Suitcase Simpson was PD, he's featured here in the 101 Audio Vault-

Here are the summer of '85 ratings...

23.3 WIVK-FM
17.5 WIMZ-FM
14.5 WEZK-FM
8.2  WOKI-FM
6.7  WMYU-FM
4.5  WIVK-AM
2.6  WNOX-AM

Here are a couple of classic photos from 40 quick years ago...1976! 

Mick Rizzo arrived in Ktown that spring as part of the new 15Q! There were some big voices on that dial position~ Steve West, Kid Curry, Scott Sams as Jamie Rivers, Bob "Shotgun" Kelly, Ron Baptist, The Birdman, Suitcase Simpson, Chuck Baron, Bob Thomas...you name it and they were on the air at 1490 AM.

Here's Mick's website- RizzoRizzo

PS- Mick moved to WKGN that summer, check out his t-shirt!