In the late 1960s into the mid-1970s, WITA was known as WROL, "Real Rock And Roll Radio". It was the only station in Knoxville airing an AOR format, playing album cuts from artists such as the Allman Brothers, Led Zeppelin and the Grateful Dead.
The station boasted Knoxville's first female DJ to gain popularity with the University Of Tennessee student population, Leslie Shelor (Leslie Shelor Swann after marriage; also known as "Peggy Swann" to good friends). During this period it was known as "W-149" as a play on its frequency of 1490 kHz. The daytime 1,000-watt signal originated in Fountain City in north Knoxville, but the nighttime 250-watt signal originated at a separate transmitter site which was much closer to campus.
In the mid-1970s the station switched format to top 40 as WKVQ (15Q), but found it difficult to compete with more powerful signals like WNOX and WOKI-FM. By the late 1970s the religious format had begun. 2018 Gubernatorial Libertarian candidate Vinnie Vineyard, better known as Funkmaster V from Wrestling With Ghosts, hosted an hour long rock/ comedy program entitled "Cousin Vinnie's Rock N Roll Show" on the station during 1995–1996.
wita, time, zone, also, known, waktu, indonesia, tengah, central, indonesian, time, trade, association, washington, international, trade, association, album, rock, band, five, finger, death, punch, answer, 1490, inspiration, 1490, christian, radio, station, lo. For the time zone also known as Waktu Indonesia Tengah see Central Indonesian Time For the trade association see Washington International Trade Association For the album by rock band Five Finger Death Punch see War is the Answer WITA 1490 AM Inspiration 1490 is a Christian radio station located in Knoxville Tennessee It broadcasts a Christian format with some conservative talk shows and news from the USA Radio Network WITAKnoxville TennesseeBrandingInspiration 1490ProgrammingFormatChristian News TalkOwnershipOwnerF W Robbert BroadcastingSister stationsWLRM WMQM WNQM WVOG WWCRHistoryFirst air date1961Call sign meaningWitnessing In Tennessee AirwavesTechnical informationFacility ID73076ClassCPower1 000 wattsTransmitter coordinates35 58 11 N 83 57 56 W 35 96972 N 83 96556 W 35 96972 83 96556LinksWebsitehttp wita1490 com In the late 1960s into the mid 1970s WITA was known as WROL Real Rock And Roll Radio It was the only station in Knoxville airing an AOR format playing album cuts from artists such as the Allman Brothers Led Zeppelin and the Grateful Dead The station boasted Knoxville s first female DJ to gain popularity with the University Of Tennessee student population Leslie Shelor Leslie Shelor Swann after marriage also known as Peggy Swann to good friends During this period it was known as W 149 as a play on its frequency of 1490 kHz The daytime 1 000 watt signal originated in Fountain City in north Knoxville but the nighttime 250 watt signal originated at a separate transmitter site which was much closer to campus In the mid 1970s the station switched format to top 40 as WKVQ 15Q but found it difficult to compete with more powerful signals like WNOX and WOKI FM By the late 1970s the religious format had begun 2018 Gubernatorial Libertarian candidate Vinnie Vineyard better known as Funkmaster V from Wrestling With Ghosts hosted an hour long rock comedy program entitled Cousin Vinnie s Rock N Roll Show on the station during 1995 1996 External links editWITA in the FCC AM station database WITA on Radio Locator WITA in Nielsen Audio s AM station database 35 58 11 N 83 57 56 W 35 96972 N 83 96556 W 35 96972 83 96556 nbsp nbsp This Tennessee radio station related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title WITA amp oldid 1167492041, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
