Knoxville Radio History 101
Friday, January 30, 2026

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In the summer of 1983 U-102 (WMYU) was beaming the airwaves with Dr Dave Dunaway, PD Bill Miller, Larry Trotter, Chuck Edwards, Tom Van Hart...
Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Superstar Personalities Invade 101 InBox...

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Alan Sneed- Great post about ‘83. I started the year in Houston at ABC O&O 97 Rock and returned to Atlanta for my second stint as PD at ...
Tuesday, January 27, 2026

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We recently featured a post about 1983, so what else was happening in Ktown that year... 62 WRJZ, where I had worked the previous year, feat...
Wednesday, January 21, 2026

It's 1947...

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 ...on January 21 super jock Tony Dennis (Anthony Drakos) was born! ...on September 28 WKGN 1340 went on the air for the first time!
Monday, January 19, 2026

Happy 80th to Dolly

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Dolly Parton is 80 today. WIVK was there in her very early days, which helped springboard Dolly to major superstar status. WIVK was influent...
Sunday, January 18, 2026

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 It's 1983 at Rock 104... The year kicked off with Beach and Williams in the morning, Dan middays, Keith lambert afternoon drive, and Je...
Monday, January 12, 2026

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AM radio was still king back in 1967...Knoxville had WATE 620, WIVK 850, WNOX 990, WBIR 1240, WKGN 1340, WROL 1490 and more! This classic ph...
Thursday, January 08, 2026

HBD Phil

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I turned on my mic for the first time way back in 1976...many of you before me.  I try and recall who is still on the air in Knoxville that ...
Wednesday, January 07, 2026

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It's early 1975 in Knoxville! Frank Kotsianas is negotiating to sell the Ivanhoe House of Beef in West Knoxville (now Copper Cellar)...a...
Tuesday, December 30, 2025

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In the late 1970s Jimmy Vineyard and I, as WIVK air personalities, mc'd a couple of bluegrass concerts in Knoxville. Jimmy also hosted a...
Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Merry Christmas from 101

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George - Your recent note about air names forces me into a confession. I’ve told some folks who commented on my rock ’n roll monicker of Pos...
Monday, December 22, 2025

What's in a (radio) name...

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One of the many groovy things about being a DJ, particularly back in the day, was, you could make up your on-air name! Some were born with g...
Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Can you believe...

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This was 50 years ago at WKGN 1340. Dr Al Adams had returned to Ktown as PD and morning DJ teaming with News Director Joe Anderson, Frank Er...
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