WNOX

WNOX (93.1 FM, "Classic Rock 93.1") is a commercial radio station licensed to the suburb of Karns, Tennessee, and serving the Knoxville metropolitan area. The station is owned by SummitMedia and airs a classic rock format.

This article is about the current Karns, Tennessee-based radio station. For the Oak Ridge radio station that held the call sign WNOX from 2005 to 2013, see WCYQ. For the Knoxville station that held the call sign WNOX from 1922 to 1988, see WNML (AM).
WNOX
Broadcast areaKnoxville metropolitan area
Frequency93.1 MHz
BrandingClassic Rock 93.1
Programming
FormatClassic rock
AffiliationsCompass Media Networks
Ownership
Owner
WKHT, WWST, WCYQ
History
First air date
October 3, 1988 (1988-10-03) (as WCKS)
Former call signs
WCKS (1988–1990)
WWZZ (1990–1994)
WWST (1994–2001)
WMYU (2001–2008)
WCYQ (2008–2013)[1]
Call sign meaning
We're KNOXville!
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID29741
ClassA
ERP2,400 watts
HAAT156 meters (512 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
35°57′46.00″N 84°01′23.00″W
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websiteclassicrock931.fm

WNOX's studios and offices are on Amherst Road in Knoxville.[3] The transmitter is off Vance Lane, also in Knoxville.

History

On October 3, 1988, the station first signed on under the call sign WCKS.[4] The station was owned by Bill Strelitz and it aired an adult contemporary format.

The station switched call signs to WWZZ on December 3, 1990.

WWST and WMYU frequency swap

On May 20, 1994, 93.1 FM changed to Star 93.1 FM with the call sign WWST. The format remained Top 40.[5]


On March 9, 2001, WWST and sister station WMYU (Oldies 102) swapped frequencies bringing "WMYU" to 93.1 FM while the WWST call letters were moved to 102.1 FM as Star 102.1. WMYU broadcast an 80's format known as "931 The Point", until November 26, 2008, when the station switched to a country music format as Q93 switching its call sign to WCYQ.[1] On May 9, 2013, WCYQ changed its call letters to WNOX, swapping calls with WNOX 100.3 FM Oak Ridge, Tennessee, which took the WCYQ calls.

On May 23, 2013, WNOX split from its simulcast with country-formatted WCYQ 100.3 FM Oak Ridge. WNOX changed its format to classic hits, branded as "Classic Hits 93.1".[6] From November 15, 2019 until December 25, 2019, it switched to all Christmas music. The brand was modified to "Knoxville's Greatest Hits" on December 25, 2019. On April 12, 2021 WNOX rebranded as "Awesome 93.1".[7]

On September 11, 2023, WNOX changed their format from 1980s hits to classic rock, branded as "Classic Rock 93.1".[8]

Journal Communications and the E. W. Scripps Company announced on July 30, 2014, that the two companies would merge to create a new broadcast company under the E.W. Scripps Company name that owned the two companies' broadcast properties, including WNOX. The transaction was completed in 2015, pending shareholder and regulatory approvals.[9] Scripps exited radio in 2018; the Knoxville stations went to SummitMedia in a four-market, $47 million deal completed on November 1, 2018.[10]

Previous logos

References
  1. "Call Sign History".
  2. "Facility Technical Data for WNOX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. 931WNOX.com/contact-us
  4. Broadcasting Yearbook 1990 page B-287
  5. Stark, Phyllis (June 4, 1994). "Vox Jox". Billboard. 106 (23): 129.
  6. "Classic Hits 93.1 Launches in Knoxville".
  7. WNOX Relaunches As Awesome 93.1 Radioinsight - April 12, 2021
  8. Awesome 93.1 Knoxville Flips to Classic Rock Radioinsight - September 11, 2023
  9. "E.W. Scripps, Journal Merging Broadcast Ops". TVNewsCheck. July 30, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  10. "Scripps Completes Two More Pieces Of Radio Division Sale". Inside Radio. November 2, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
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