Ktown Radio 2day...

...the beauty of modern technology, one can listen to thousands of radio stations from coast to coast and even world wide 24/7! 

This morning 101 is dial twisting to 98.7 FM in Knoxville and WOKI!

530 Hallerin Hill

10 Chris Plante

12 Rush Limbaugh

3 Phil Williams

6 Michael Savage

9 Mark Levin

12 Red Eye Radio

PS~ and of course Dave Foulk anchors the morning show news desk!

In late 1981 WRJZ flipped from Top 40 to Country...one of their first promotional contests was called "Hi-Lo".

The 101 Audio Vault is of Curtis Parham~

The Life and Times of Your Dave Young...

If you grew up in Knoxville in the 70's and loved the radio, you were surely touched by the voice and personality of Your Dave Young! 

I first recall Dave as afternoon personality at WNOX followed by his Dave Young Morning Show on WKGN with news anchor Joe Anderson and finally as a huge personality at WIVK for many years. 

As I was an 18 year old in 1976 and about to start at UT, Dave helped open the door for me to become a weekend DJ at WIVK...the radio time of my life, I got to work with the legends of the East Tennessee airwaves! 

Thanks again Dave and Happy 65th birthday!!!

...and now~

It's the Dave Young Super 65th Birthday Weekend...

101 is fast forwarding thru the 101 Audio Vault, if we find YDY air check archives, we'll add them here, check back~

It's Party Time for Your Dave Young

George…

Dave knows about his (now) semi-surprise party this Saturday!!!

Dave’s turning 65…and the party’s at his house this Saturday!

It’s a party so big, Jane couldn’t keep it under wraps forever.  

Drop by his home anytime after 4pm this Saturday, with a roast about 7!  

You may even know some of the people doing the roasting.

335 Sweetgum Drive

Knoxville, TN  37934

Just off Watt Road in West Knox

Here’s a Mapquest link showing directions from the mall: http://www.mapquest.com/#e5f95079f6d53a4dcc769860

Drop Jane a line to RSVP:  JCade@southcentralmedia.com

Happy Birthday Jeff Jacoby!

Happy Monday and congrats to our men's basketball team for making the "sweet sixteen", Go Vols!!! 

101 is featuring some great bantering from our 101 Facebook page regarding the 97.5 dial position!

Kent Teffetelle~ a classic back in the day. Originally more valuable for it's SCA (which is what the station was built for) than it's main channel. I remember when WEZK FM 97 only had a top of the hour ID and was straight music otherwise.

Doug Hullander~ Kent, when I worked there in the 80's, we had 15 minute continuous music blocks (no jock comments ). We were allowed to crack the mic ONLY at quarter hour intervals. Not very exciting radio, but then again the stress level was non existent. The air shifts were soo EZ.

Kent Teffetelle~ Indeed, just keep the Scully 270 playback machines loaded with fresh reels mainly.

Doug Hullander~ That's it. I was there when they dropped BM and became B 97.5 and was thrilled that I was finally allowed to actually be a "jock".

Mike Clark~ I was there from '75-'79. I remember going into the top of the hour you'd fade out of the music, do a live forecast, then hit the AP news. The network had a long alert tone that started at :40 and ran for ten seconds, then a short one right before the cast started. The radio station also had a top of hour tone that actually went out over the air. You did not want to pot up the network before their short alert tone!

Hugh Conoly~ "Beautiful Music'...

When WRJZ went on the air in the fall of '76 Tim Edwards was the afternoon DJ...in the fall of '81 when WRJZ flipped to a country format, Tim was the PD, for a few minutes anyway. 101 happened to air check his last show...

The 101 Audio Vault gets dusted off today and travels to January 1978, "The New WNOX" and program director Scooter McLeod!

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Burfday boy sTanding by to sing to Ed Rupp, HBD Rupper!

The fall of 1981...

WRJZ had not yet flipped to a country format and featured CP 6-10, Eddie Beacon 10-3, Tim Edwards 3-7, Bob Ziegler 7-12, and Martin Baker 12-6. Dr Don West soon joined as PD and morning DJ and Jessica James was added as afternoon drive...Beacon, Ziegler, and Baker remained in place when the station flipped formats.

Over at WNOX 990 Jay Michaels was PD and the line up was Phil Williams 530-10, Gary Beach 10-2, Bill Evans 2-6, Jim Donovan 6-10, Jeff Shannon 10-2, and James Maurice 2-6. Phil Williams had returned to WNOX from U-102.

WIVK seldom changed on air personalities and all these names are still very well known...Claude Tomlinson 6-10, Bob Thomas 10-3, Ed Brantley 3-7, Mickey Dearstone 7-12, and Terry Womack 12-6.

Speaking of U-102, WMYU, Bill Burkett was PD and the afternoon DJ~ Dr Dave Dunaway 6-10, Mick St John 10-3, Burkett 3-7, Steve Harrison 7-12, and Tom Van Hart 12-6.

Where were you in '81?

101 travels to August 1981 and WNOX 990...

• 530-10 John E Douglas
• 10-2    Gary Beach
• 2-6      Bill Evans
• 6-10    Jim Donovan
• 10-2    Jeff Shannon
• 2-530 James Maurice

...and here's a potpourri of sounds from that year~

It was the summer of '81 and WOKI-FM was booming their 100000 watts throughout the southland...and with great sounding jocks.

On the air at that time~ Mike Beverly, Chuck Edwards, Rich Randall, Fast Eddie, Lynn Wright, Larry Coffey, The Brothers...and from the 101 Audio Vault Charlie Davis and Brother John!

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Happy and healthy birthday wishes this week to Bill Miller aka Suitcase Simpson and The World Famous Tony Igar!

101 is sad to report that my childhood friend and longtime Dick Broadcasting executive Jamey Kerr has passed away...May his memory be eternal!

Time marches on...this aircheck is almost 40 years old!

The 101 Audio Vault features Rick Davis (WKGN 1340) on Christmas Day 1974!

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Birthday wishes to fellow Floridian Carson Cooper...he was born with a great radio name!