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WQUT (101.5 FM) is a radio station in Tennessee known as "Tri-Cities Classic Rock".
The station format is classic rock and is branded as "Tri-Cities Classic Rock 101.5 WQUT." As of the Fall 2006 Arbitron ratings book, WQUT is the second highest rated station in the Tri-Cities (Johnson City TN-Kingsport TN-Bristol TN/VA) market (adults 12+) behind WXBQ-FM. Over the last decade, WQUT has typically held that position in most rating periods.
WQUT is the flagship station of Citadel Broadcasting Tri-Cities and began broadcasting in 1948 as WJHL-FM at 101.5 megahertz. In 1960, the call letters changed to WJCW-FM and its effective radiated power became 100,000 watts from its antenna on Buffalo Mountain in Johnson City, Tennessee.
WQUT carries the “John Boy and Billy Big Show” from 6:00 to 10:00 AM Monday through Saturday. WQUT is home to the Ronald McDonald House and St. Jude Children’s Hospital Radiothons and is involved in community activities throughout the Tri-Cities market. Its sister stations are WKOS, AM910 WJCW (which signed on in 1938), AM640 WGOC, and AM1320 WKIN.
Specialty shows include the Tennessee Midnight Rambler Show (heard the last Saturday of the month), Flashback with Bill St. James and House of Hair with Dee Snider, both on every Sunday night beginning at 6pm.
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