WTRB

For the Ashland, Alabama, radio station formerly licensed as WTRB-FM, see WFXO.

WTRB
City of license	Ripley, Tennessee
Branding	Music Country
Slogan	"Today's Hot New Country And Your Favorite Hits"
Frequency	1570 kHz
Format	Country
Power	1,000 watts (day) 53 watts (night)
Class	D
Facility ID	36689
Transmitter coordinates	35°43′46″N 89°32′33″W / 35.72944°N 89.54250°W / 35.72944; -89.54250
Owner	WTRB, Inc. (Palmer Johnson)
Sister stations	WJPJ AM 1190
Website	1570wtrb.com

WTRB (1570 AM, "Music Country") is an American radio station licensed to serve Ripley, Tennessee in Lauderdale county. The station is presently owned by WTRB, Inc. (Palmer Johnson, President) It airs a Country music format.^[1]

The station went on the air December 11, 1954 and was assigned the "WTRB" call sign by the Federal Communications Commission.^[2]

History

In March 1959, WTRB made national headlines when James W. Porter purchased fifteen minutes of air time on the station. Porter began his broadcast by shattering several records then leaving the station silent for the rest of the fifteen minutes after proposing a "National Can the Racket League" as a protest against rock'n'roll music.^[3]

Don Paris:

Don Paris started with WTRB when the station began broadcasting in 1954. Mr Paris had been the station manager until retiring in 2007 due to health reasons. Don Paris still resides in Ripley with his wife Ann.

Ownership

In September 2004, West Tennessee Regional Broadcasting Inc. (Phillip Ennis, president) announced that they had reached an agreement to acquire WTRB from Williams Communications Inc. (Walton E. Williams Jr., president/director) for a reported sale price of $265,000.^[4] In August 2009 West Tennessee Regional Broadcasting reached an agreement to sell WTRB to Palmer Johnson, a Contract Broadcast Engineer from Kennett, MO.

References

↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
↑ "Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access Database. FCC Media Bureau.
↑ "Rock'n'Roll Critic Offers 15 Minutes Of Radio Silence". Bennington Evening Banner. 1959-03-20. James W. Porter began his quarter-hour on Station WTRB by shattering several records and then proposing a "National Can the Racket League." Announced Porter: "Friends, are you tense, nervous, jittery? Chances are you are overturned. You may have tried other stations without success, but now we offer you an amazing new silence." Thirteen minutes of silence followed except for two breaks to reassure listeners their radios didn't need repair. John Stewart, WTRB manager, said telephone callers were 100 per cent against the silence.
↑ "Changing Hands - 9/27/2004". Broadcasting & Cable. 2004-09-27.

External links

WTRB official website

Query the FCC's AM station database for WTRB

Radio-Locator Information on WTRB

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WTRB

Country radio stations in the state of Tennessee

Stations	KYTN – Union City WAKM – Franklin WANT – Lebanon WAXO – Lewisburg WBEJ – Elizabethton WBRY – Woodbury WCOR – Lebanon WCYQ – Oak Ridge WDEB-FM – Jamestown WDEF - Chattanooga WDKN – Dickson WDKW – Maryville WDXE – Lawrenceburg WECO-FM – Wartburg WEIO – Huntingdon WEKR – Fayetteville WEMB – Erwin WEPG – South Pittsburg WEYE – Surgoinsville WFWL – Camden WGAP – Maryville WGKX – Memphis WGOC – Kingsport WGSQ – Cookeville WHIN – Gallatin WIKQ – Tusculum WIVK-FM – Knoxville WJDT – Rogersville WJJM-FM – Lewisburg WJLE – Smithville WJLE-FM – Smithville WJSQ – Athens WKBQ – Covington WKDF – Nashville WKJQ-FM – Parsons WKOS – Kingsport WKSR – Pulaski WKSR-FM – Lawrenceburg WKVL - Knoxville WKWX – Savannah WKXD-FM – Monterey WLAR – Athens WLCT – Lafayette WLFP – Germantown/Memphis WLIL – Lenoir City WLIV – Livingston WLIV-FM – Monterey WLLX – Lawrenceburg WLNQ – White Pine WLNT-LP – Loudon WLOD – Loudon WLVS-FM – Clifton WLXA - Loretto WMCP – Columbia WMCT – Mountain City WMOD – Bolivar WMTN – Morristown WMUF – Henry WMYL – Halls Crossroads WNCK - Cookeville WNKX-FM – Centerville WNOX – Karns WNPC – Newport WOGT – East Ridge WOGY – Jackson WOOP-LP – Cleveland WORM-FM – Savannah WOWF – Crossville WPFT – Pigeon Forge WRGS – Rogersville WSBI – Static WSDQ – Dunlap WSIX-FM – Nashville WSM – Nashville WSM-FM – Nashville WTNK – Hartsville WTNV – Tiptonville WTRB – Ripley WUCZ – Carthage WUSY – Cleveland WVFB – Celina WWLX – Lawrenceburg WWYN – Mckenzie WXOQ – Selmer WYSH – Clinton WYTM-FM – Fayetteville WZLT – Lexington

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Tennessee

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