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Goforth, Lucky Knott, Will Rodgers, Debbie Johnson, Sam Shoemake, Rob Hunter (Rex Holiday), Bob Collins, Mike Middleton, Mike Gibson, and a host of others throughout the years—always giving them the boost to a successful and long career in radio and broadcasting.
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facility to serve the valley. Owner and founder, Eaton P. Govan, Jr., launched the station under the business name of Marion County
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346:South Pittsburg, Tennessee
340:, "104.9 The River") is a
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114:(Spencer Travis Hickman)
893:WPWT - Colonial Heights
838:WMYL – Halls Crossroads
406:Shelby Rhinehart Bridge
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242:Transmitter coordinates
1003:WYTM-FM – Fayetteville
653:WEPG – South Pittsburg
535:'s AM station database
485:"WEPG Facility Record"
848:WNKX-FM – Centerville
175:Technical information
828:WMSR-FM - Collinwood
818:WMCT – Mountain City
718:WJLE-FM – Smithville
658:WEYE – Surgoinsville
322:www.theriver1049.com
913:WSIX-FM – Nashville
873:WOOP-LP – Cleveland
858:WNTC - Ashland City
788:WLLX – Lawrenceburg
708:WJJM-FM – Lewisburg
698:WIVK-FM – Knoxville
638:WDXE – Lawrenceburg
628:WDEB-FM – Jamestown
410:New Hope, Tennessee
374:Scottsboro, Alabama
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1051:adult contemporary
993:WYCZ – White Bluff
938:WTNV – Tiptonville
928:WSM-FM – Nashville
898:WRGS – Rogersville
883:WORM-FM – Savannah
778:WLIL – Lenoir City
773:WLIJ - Shelbyville
753:WKXD-FM – Monterey
703:WJDT – Rogersville
643:WECO-FM – Wartburg
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978:WWON - Waynesboro
973:WWGY - Union City
933:WTNK – Hartsville
888:WOWF – Crossville
863:WOGT - East Ridge
833:WMTN – Morristown
793:WLNQ – White Pine
783:WLIV – Livingston
738:WKJQ-FM – Parsons
713:WJLE – Smithville
673:WGSQ – Cookeville
648:WEIO – Huntingdon
598:KYTN – Union City
425:Dunlap, Tennessee
378:Dunlap, Tennessee
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1008:WZLT – Lexington
958:WUSY – Cleveland
798:WLNT-LP – Loudon
763:WLCT – Lafayette
743:WKOS – Kingsport
733:WKDF – Nashville
728:WKBQ – Covington
678:WHMT - Tullahoma
668:WGOC – Kingsport
633:WDKW – Maryville
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813:WMCP – Columbia
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