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The station's ownership group was part of a consortium that signed on East Tennessee's first television station, WROL-TV, in 1953 on channel 6. Two years later, the call letters were changed to WATE AM-TV.
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format, then an oldies format, then shortly thereafter went dark entirely only to return to the air during the 1980s with a Christian talk format under the new slogan "Joy 62".
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CP and Walker, Jeff Jarnigan, Adele (see below), Mark Thompson, Rick Kirk, John Boy, and J.J. Scott were some of the station's best-known personalities throughout the 1970s.
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format during for most of the 1960s and 1970s. In 1976, WETE-AM changed the call letters to WRJZ-AM, and began airing a
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The two stations went their separate ways in 1971, with the television station retaining the
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After several years as a popular Top 40 station but losing market share to FM station
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calls while the radio station changed its calls to WETE. The station aired an
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and is owned by Tennessee Media Associates, headed by Thomas Moffit, Jr. The
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was WNBJ. It was owned by Lonsdale Baptist Church and it broadcast on 1450
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Other DJs from WRJZ's late 1970s Top 40 era who became well-known were "
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WRJZ is one of Knoxville's oldest radio stations. It
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Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville metropolitan area
Frequency
kHz
Format
Christian talk and teaching
Sister stations
WETR
FCC
Facility ID
Class
Power
watts
35°59′24″N 83°50′15″W / 35.99000°N 83.83750°W / 35.99000; -83.83750
Translator(s)
Sevierville
Public file
LMS
Webcast
Listen Live
wrjz.com
kHz
commercial
AM
radio station
Knoxville, Tennessee
Christian talk and teaching
radio format
studios
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