WKZX-FM
| City of license | Lenoir City, Tennessee |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Knoxville, Tennessee |
| Frequency | 93.5 mHz |
| First air date | 1967 |
| Format | Regional Mexican |
| ERP | 2000 watts |
| HAAT | 176 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 73210 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°42′38.00″N 84°10′46.00″W / 35.7105556°N 84.1794444°W |
| Owner | BP Broadcasters LLC |
WKZX-FM (93.5 FM is a radio station broadcasting a Regional Mexican format. Licensed to Lenoir City, Tennessee, it serves the Knoxville, Tennessee area.
History
Arthur Wilkerson, owner of WLIL, applied for an FM requency, and WLIL-FM signed on at 93.5 in 1967.
In addition to his radio station, Wilkerson owned a lumber mill and built custom homes. He served as president of the Tennessee Association of Broadcasters. He was also a pilot and he ran a restaurant.
After Wilkerson died in 1998, BP Broadcasters purchased WLIL and WLIL-FM. BP built a new FM tower in the Glendale community near the Loudon-Blount county line.[1]
In 2006, Progressive Media, owner of WIFA, purchased WLIL from BP Broadcasters LLC.[2] BP kept the FM station, which had simulcast the AM through its entire history. Dwight Wilkerson, son of Arthur, kept WLIK in Newport, Tennessee.[1]
WKZX-FM played adult contemporary music from March 2001-2004[3] before switching to Regional Mexican.[1] Mercedez Cuevas is an on-air personality, also working in sales and administration.[4] She says the best way to communicate to those of Hispanic is to do it in their native language, because they take pride in their culture.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 http://wlilcountry.com, Retrieved on 2009-05-14.
- ↑ "Deals," Broadcasting and Cable, August 14, 2006.
- ↑ http://www.ontheradio.net/metro/knoxville_tn.aspx, Retrieved on 2009-05-14.
- ↑ http://www.hccet.org/about/board/, Retrieved on 2009-05-14.
- ↑ http://www.volunteerprsa.org/download/0408newsletter.pdf, Retrieved on 2009-05-14.
External links
- www.laliderwkzx.com/
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WKZX
- Radio-Locator information on WKZX
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WKZX
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