Arthur Wilkerson, owner of WLIL (730 AM), applied for an FM frequency on June 16, 1967. The Federal Communications Commission granted the construction permit on September 1 of that year,[1] and WLIL-FM signed on at 93.5 on September 19, partially simulcasting the AM frequency.[2] It was the second attempt at FM radio from WLIL; Wilkerson had shut down the first, which operated at 100.3—later 100.5—MHz from 1952 to 1955, because he felt if WSM couldn't make a go of it in Nashville, he could not in Lenoir City.[3]
In addition to his radio stations, Wilkerson owned a lumber mill and built custom homes. He served as president of the Tennessee Association of Broadcasters. Wilkerson was also a pilot and restaurant owner.
Wilkerson died in 1998. Two years later, B.P. Broadcasters purchased WLIL-AM-FM, which at the time ran country music formats, for $1 million.[4] B.P. built a new FM tower in the Glendale community near the Loudon-Blount county line.[3] The call letters of the FM station were changed to WKZX-FM on September 20, 2000, and the station changed formats to adult contemporary.
wkzx, radio, station, broadcasting, regional, mexican, format, licensed, lenoir, city, tennessee, serves, knoxville, tennessee, area, lenoir, city, tennesseebroadcast, areaknoxville, tennesseefrequency93, mhzbrandingla, líderprogrammingformatregional, mexicano. 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 WKZX FMLenoir City TennesseeBroadcast areaKnoxville TennesseeFrequency93 5 MHzBrandingLa LiderProgrammingFormatRegional MexicanOwnershipOwnerBP Broadcasters LLCHistoryFirst air dateSeptember 19 1967 1967 09 19 Former call signsWLIL FM 1967 2000 Technical informationFacility ID73210ClassAERP2 000 wattsHAAT176 metersTransmitter coordinates35 42 38 00 N 84 10 46 00 W 35 7105556 N 84 1794444 W 35 7105556 84 1794444LinksWebsitewww wbr laliderwkzx wbr comHistory editArthur Wilkerson owner of WLIL 730 AM applied for an FM frequency on June 16 1967 The Federal Communications Commission granted the construction permit on September 1 of that year 1 and WLIL FM signed on at 93 5 on September 19 partially simulcasting the AM frequency 2 It was the second attempt at FM radio from WLIL Wilkerson had shut down the first which operated at 100 3 later 100 5 MHz from 1952 to 1955 because he felt if WSM couldn t make a go of it in Nashville he could not in Lenoir City 3 In addition to his radio stations Wilkerson owned a lumber mill and built custom homes He served as president of the Tennessee Association of Broadcasters Wilkerson was also a pilot and restaurant owner Wilkerson died in 1998 Two years later B P Broadcasters purchased WLIL AM FM which at the time ran country music formats for 1 million 4 B P built a new FM tower in the Glendale community near the Loudon Blount county line 3 The call letters of the FM station were changed to WKZX FM on September 20 2000 and the station changed formats to adult contemporary In 2004 WKZX FM flipped to Regional Mexican References edit FCC History Cards for WKZX FM WLIL FM PDF Broadcasting Yearbook 1969 p B 159 323 Retrieved March 9 2020 a b WLIL Station History WLIL Retrieved March 9 2020 Changing Hands PDF Broadcasting amp Cable August 28 2000 p 72 Retrieved March 9 2020 External links editwww laliderwkzx com WKZX in the FCC FM station database WKZX in Nielsen Audio s FM station database 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 WKZX FM amp oldid 1211668903, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
