WLIK signed on in April 1954 with 1,000 watts, as one of three radio stations owned by Arthur Wilkerson of Lenoir City, Tennessee. Ray Shirley was the first announcer. The station increased its power to 5,000 watts in 1955.
WLIK's office, studios and transmission facilities were seriously damaged by a fire in 1958, reputed to be caused by a roof mounted neon sign. The station quickly resumed operations, with a mostly concrete block structure replacing the former wooden building. In 1968 WLIK moved its transmitter to Rock City and began broadcasting full-time, utilizing a 3-tower directional antenna array to allow the station to operate with 500 watts after sunset. Ira B. Crisp served as station manager from 1954 until 1962, and Dwight Wilkerson, Arthur's son, took over after that and continues as president of the station today.[1] WLIK began duplicating the programming on 1270 AM on FM at 97.9 in 2016.
On air personalities include/have includededit
Dwight Wilkerson
Angie Wilkerson
Brian Evens
Marty Ricker
Jay Braswell
Rick Brooks
Johnny Naillon
Steve Wilhoit
Gaylen Carpenter
Jason Fox
Matthew Kemper
Curtis Hance
Referencesedit
^ ab. Archived from the original on April 9, 2003. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
^. Archived from the original on February 14, 2003. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
wlik, radio, station, licensed, newport, tennessee, with, classic, hits, oldies, format, broadcasting, 1270, programming, includes, high, school, university, tennessee, sports, well, community, oriented, news, information, cocke, county, tennessee, newport, te. WLIK is a radio station licensed to Newport Tennessee with a classic hits oldies format broadcasting on 1270 AM and 97 9 FM Its programming includes high school and University of Tennessee sports as well as community oriented news and information for Cocke County Tennessee 1 2 WLIKNewport TennesseeFrequency1270 kHzBrandingOldies 97 9ProgrammingFormatOldiesOwnershipOwnerWLIK Inc HistoryFirst air date1954Technical informationFacility ID73208ClassBPower5 000 watts day500 watts nightTransmitter coordinates35 57 49 00 N 83 12 31 00 W 35 9636111 N 83 2086111 W 35 9636111 83 2086111Translator s 97 9 W250BR Newport LinksWebcastListen LiveWebsitewlik netWLIK studios and transmitter Contents 1 History 2 On air personalities include have included 3 References 4 External linksHistory editWLIK signed on in April 1954 with 1 000 watts as one of three radio stations owned by Arthur Wilkerson of Lenoir City Tennessee Ray Shirley was the first announcer The station increased its power to 5 000 watts in 1955 WLIK s office studios and transmission facilities were seriously damaged by a fire in 1958 reputed to be caused by a roof mounted neon sign The station quickly resumed operations with a mostly concrete block structure replacing the former wooden building In 1968 WLIK moved its transmitter to Rock City and began broadcasting full time utilizing a 3 tower directional antenna array to allow the station to operate with 500 watts after sunset Ira B Crisp served as station manager from 1954 until 1962 and Dwight Wilkerson Arthur s son took over after that and continues as president of the station today 1 WLIK began duplicating the programming on 1270 AM on FM at 97 9 in 2016 On air personalities include have included editDwight WilkersonAngie WilkersonBrian EvensMarty RickerJay BraswellRick BrooksJohnny NaillonSteve WilhoitGaylen CarpenterJason FoxMatthew KemperCurtis HanceReferences edit a b About WLIK Archived from the original on April 9 2003 Retrieved 21 March 2023 Programming Archived from the original on February 14 2003 Retrieved 21 March 2023 External links editOfficial website WLIK in the FCC AM station database WLIK in Nielsen Audio s AM station database W250BR in the FCC FM station database W250BR at FCCdata org 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 WLIK amp oldid 1172058877, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
