WKPT (AM)

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WKPT
City of license Kingsport, Tennessee
Slogan "All Oldies, All The Time"
Frequency 1400 kHz
First air date 1940
Format Oldies
Power 1,000 watts (unlimited)
Class C
Facility ID 27495
Transmitter Coordinates 36°32′37″N, 82°31′21″W
Callsign meaning KingsPorT
Owner Glenwood Communications Corporation
(Holston Valley Broadcasting Corporation)
Sister stations WTFM, WOPI, WKTP, WMEV-FM, WRZK
Website http://www.wkptam.com/

WKPT (1400 AM) is a North American radio station, located in Kingsport, Tennessee. It operates with a daytime/nighttime power of 1,000 watts. WKPT is one of the oldest radio stations in East Tennessee, first taking the airwaves in 1940.

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[edit] Programming

The station format is officially listed as "oldies," but does provide other alternative programming, including broadcast of area high school football and basketball, University of Tennessee athletics, Indianapolis Colts football, and Charlotte Bobcats basketball. WKPT is an affiliate of the ABC Radio Network.

[edit] Sister stations

WKPT Radio is part of a chain of radio stations officially dubbed "The WKPT Radio Network." These stations include WKPT-1400 Kingsport, WOPI-1490 Bristol, and WKTP-1590 Jonesborough/Johnson City. All three stations are owned by Holston Valley Broadcasting Corporation, a subsidiary of Glenwood Communications Corporation. Each carries a substantial amount of the same programming each week but breaks away for local sports, specialized programming, and other community events.[1]

Holston Valley Broadcasting also operates television stations WKPT-TV 19 (ABC) and WAPK-CA 36 (MyNetworkTV). Other radio stations in the chain include WTFM-FM and WMEV-FM. Additionally, Holston leases studio space to radio station WRZK (95.9 The Hog). While Holston Valley leases studio space and provides talent for this station, they do not own it.

The station was assigned the WKPT call letters by the Federal Communications Commission.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ History of WOPI-AM Radio. WOPI official website. Retrieved on 2008-03-06.
  2. ^ Call Sign History. FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.

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