KNNK

KNNK
City of license	Dimmitt, Texas
Broadcast area	Amarillo, Texas
Branding	Positive 100.5
Slogan	"Music with a message!"
Frequency	100.5 MHz
First air date	June 13, 1998
Format	Southern Gospel
ERP	43,000 watts
HAAT	149.0 meters
Class	C2
Facility ID	30028
Transmitter coordinates	34°44′49″N 102°29′37″W / 34.74694°N 102.49361°W / 34.74694; -102.49361Coordinates: 34°44′49″N 102°29′37″W / 34.74694°N 102.49361°W / 34.74694; -102.49361
Callsign meaning	Named for owners grandchildren Kyle & Nikki
Affiliations	Salem Communications Moody Radio
Owner	Monty Spearman and Gentry Todd Spearman (High Plains Radio Network, Inc.)
Website	KNNKradio.com

KNNK (100.5 FM, "Positive 100.5") is a radio station broadcasting a Southern Gospel format. Licensed to Dimmitt, Texas, USA,it serves the southwestern portion of the Amarillo area due to the interference of KOMX at 100.3 from the northeastern area. The station is currently owned by Monty Spearman and Gentry Todd Spearman, through licensee High Plains Radio Network, Inc.

History

The 50,000-watt Hereford, TX-based FM station, which bills itself as "Positive and Inspirational 100.5", opened its doors in 1998, license out of Dimmitt, TX. It was the brain-child of James "Buddy" Peeler and his wife Alva Lee. Buddy's background was in secular radio, working 11 years in his hometown of Muleshoe, Texas, then in Hereford, Texas for 30 years. Alva Lee, who loves singing taught piano in both towns.

Buddy and Alva Lee originally started their broadcasting company, Liveoak Broadcasting, in 1992 with the purchase of an AM/FM combo in Levelland, TX, which they later sold in 2000. KNNK signed on the air on June 13, 1998. The staff consisted of Buddy as the on-air announcer, Jack Denison-announcer/engineer, and Alva Lee-traffic and billing. They would later add Darla Parks as their salesperson, after she was hired to paint a mural in the main control room. Buddy started primarily with compact discs produced by Bill Gaither, later adding other gospel artists, including local artists. Ken Branum joined the station in 1999 as a local on-air personality, after Jack Denison left.

Terry Smothermon joined the station in 2000 as announcer/engineer and also handled the logging of music into the computer system. Terry left in 2001.

Tim Monk joined in 2006, helping out with the midmorning and afternoon times. His wife Cindy joined the staff in 2008 to replace Darla Parks on the air.

Branding

The call sign KNNK comes from Buddy and Alva Lee's 2 grandchildren Kyle and Nikki. (They have since added 3 more grandchildren). Buddy claims the 100.5 comes from Psalms 100, verses 1-5, which is subtitle "A psalm of thanksgiving". and begins "Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands!" KNNK plays mainstream religious music with no radio preachers and no talk shows. That is where KNNK's slogan, "The music is the message!", comes from.

Programming

Buddy hosted the "KNNK Wake Up Show" (complete with an actual cowbell) from 6:05 to 7:00 A.M. Daytime programming is devoted to inspirational music, with local information, including obituaries and events from area towns, such as Vega, Canyon, Dimmitt, Friona, Olton and Muleshoe. At 7 p.m. daily "Melodies for Moonlight," which is instrumentals only, plays, and after midnight, "Music Through the Night" from Moody Broadcasting plays.

Buddy Peeler

Buddy was proud to say "Real Live Radio Mistakes and All." This was a lighthearted way to say that he was down home and real, and was prone to making a fair amount of mistakes. "We're just plain folks, native West Texans, with a staff of five people and mom and pop making up 40 percent of the work force," You could find him at the station before sun up and well after sundown. Buddy's favorite phrase was "This is the day the Lord has made...let us rejoice and be glad in it." His weather forecasts in the morning usually had a report of the sunrise the "Master Painter" had created. Buddy died Feb. 8, 2010.

Sale

Following Buddy's death, Alva Lee sold KNNK to Monty Spearman and Gentry Todd Spearman for $75,000. The sale, through the Spearmans' High Plains Radio Network, Inc., was consummated on November 30, 2013.

External links

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Radio stations in the Amarillo, Texas market

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By AM frequency	710 800 860 940 980 1010 1090 1240 1310 1360 1440 1470 1490 1550

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400 162.550

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Religious radio stations in the state of Texas

KHCB Radio Network	KHCB-FM – Houston (English) KHCB – Galveston (Spanish) KHCH – Huntsville (Spanish & Asian) Satellite Stations KANJ – Giddings KHCJ – Jefferson KHCP – Paris KHIB – Bastrop KHKV – Kerrville KHML – Madisonville KHPO – Port O'Connor KHTA – Wake Village KHVT – Bloomington KKER – Kerrville KRTG – Carthage

EWTN Radio affiliates	Guadalupe Radio Network: KLPF – Midland KATH – Frisco KBKN – Lamesa KBMD – Marble Falls KJMA – Floresville KVDG – Midland (Spanish) KJON – Carrollton (Spanish) KWMF – Pleasanton (Spanish) Other affiliates: KDJW – Amarillo KOLF-LP – Plainview KPIA-LP – Huntsville

Other religious stations	KABA – Louise KACB-LP – College Station KACD-LP – Midland KAFR – Conroe KAGC – Bryan KAMY – Lubbock KANI – Wharton KAQD – Abilene KATG – Athens KAVO – Pampa KAVW – Amarillo KAVX – Lufkin KAYK – Victoria KBAH – Plainview KBBW – Waco KBCX – Big Spring KBJS – Jacksonville KBMM – Odessa KBNR – Brownsville KBRZ-FM – Victoria KBUB – Brownwood KCAS – McCook KCKT – Crockett KCRN – San Angelo KCRN-FM – San Angelo KCTA – Corpus Christi KDAE – Sinton KDEI – Port Arthur KDKR – Decatur KDRY – Alamo Heights KDSH-LP – Borger KELP – El Paso KEOE-LP – Lufkin KEPI – Eagle Pass KFGG-LP – Marble Falls KFLB – Odessa KFLB – Odessa KGLY – Tyler KGOD-LP – Tenaha KGWP – Pittsburg KHSP – Killeen KIBL – Beeville KIJN – Farwell KIJN-FM – Farwell KIXL – Del Valle KJAK – Slaton KJHV – Killeen KJRN – Keene KJRT – Amarillo KKHT – Winnie KLBW – New Boston KLDS – Falfurrias KMAT – Seadrift KMEO – Mertzon KMOC – Wichita Falls KNNK – Dimmitt KNRB – Atlanta KOIR – Edinburg KOKE-FM – Thorndale KPAS – Fabens KPDR – Wheeler KPXI – Overton KQUE-FM – Bay City KRBG – Umbarger KRCM – Shenandoah KRIO-FM – Roma KRYH – Temple KSGR – Portland KSLR – San Antonio KTAA – Big Sany KTEK – Alvin KTER – Rudolph KTMR – Edna KTMR – Converse KTMU – Muenster KTXB – Beaumont KTYR – Trinity KVJS – Arroyo KVMV – McAllen KWAS – Borger KWRD-FM – Highland Village KXAI – Refugio KXOI – Crane KXVX-LP – Sulphur Springs KYFB – Denison KYFP – Palestine KYFS – San Antonio KYJC – Commerce KYZQ – Mount Pleasant KZFT – Fannett

Defunct	KKVI – Overland

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