KYTN

KYTN (104.9 FM, "104.9 K-Y-T-N") is an American radio station broadcasting country music format.^[2] Licensed to Union City, Tennessee, USA, the station serves the Jackson, TN and Ken-Tenn area. The station is owned by Thunderbolt Broadcasting Company and features programing from Fox News Radio.^[3]

History

Union City's first FM radio station KYTN-FM began broadcasting in 1974 as WALR FM (which stood for "We Advertise the Land of Reelfoot") was started by Ed Perkins of McKenzie, Tennessee (Perkins Broadcasting Company.) Announcers included Larry Doxey, Woodie Cobb, Jim Adcock, Lou Wrather and Paul Tinkle. Tinkle, who worked at the station while attending UT Martin, now serves as president of Thunderbolt Broadcasting, the current owner of 104.9. The station played "MOR" (middle of the road music" for a number of years, and then caught the country bug which has proven to be a favorite among Ken Tenn area listeners. Today, all new the new rising country stars make their way to Union City because they have an opportunity to be on the air "live" with KYTN air personalities to talk about their music.

KYTN FM (then WALR) station was originally located on the old Ken-Tenn highway but burned to the ground in 1982. The station moved to a 709 South First Street in downtown Union City before moving to its present location.

Perkins sold WALR FM to Reelfoot Broadcasting and the company was later sold the Twin States Broadcasting which added WQAK FM. Thunderbolt Broadcasting of Martin, Tennessee purchased WYVY FM and WQAK FM December 27, 2005 and moved the studios to a new state of the art broadcast center at 223 Westgate Drive, Union City Tennessee on February 1, 2007.

104.9 KYTN (called K-Y-T-N because half the broadcast one half of the signal is heard in Kentucky and the other half in Tennessee) / WYVY FM airs the St. Louis Cardinals Baseball games and Obion Central High School sports.

104.9 KYTN can also be heard on 96.1. WYVY and WQAK are fully staffed with sales, programming and news departments and are considered the "local news" radio station in Obion County, Tennessee.

The radio station's tower is located in the "golden triangle" between Union City, Fulton and Martin on the old Ken-Tenn highway which allows the station to have a dominant signal over the area.

Thunderbolt Broadcasting owns and operates WCMT AM, WCMT FM and WCDZ FM all located in Martin. KYTN FM and WQAK FM are members of the International Broadcaster's Idea Bank, the National Association of Broadcasters, the Tennessee Association of Broadcasters, the Kentucky Broadcaster's Association and the Associated Press. Paul Freeman Tinkle is President of Thunderbolt Broadcasting.

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External links

• Official website
• Query the FCC's FM station database for KYTN
• Radio-Locator information on KYTN
• Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KYTN