Wednesday, January 07, 2026

It's early 1975 in Knoxville!

Frank Kotsianas is negotiating to sell the Ivanhoe House of Beef in West Knoxville (now Copper Cellar)...and yes, every young Greek worked there, Opa!

On the radio-

Sam Sharp worked weekends at WIVK

If you dial twisted at night you could pick up Spiderman Harrison on WLAC 1500 in Nashville

Johnny Pirkle was morning DJ and owner of WOKI-FM

Bert Bertelkamp was named to the All-AA first team

POA was booming his newsworthy voice on WNOX 990 in the mornings

Ron Wright and Ron Fuller were grappling in the wrestling ring

CP and Walker were on the air on WETE 620, but not yet teamed up

...and The 101 Audio Vault features The Aardvark on WNOX-

 


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Did you know that Larry Solomon was the original midday jock on WIMZ (Rock 104). Check out his link at the right side of our 101 blog.