106.3 The Mountain is now The Zone

[Tibbs2]

I agree.. For crying out loud, we ONLY have UT sports..

We don't have an NBA team (the closest one to us sucks---the Hawks)
We don't have an NFL team (the Titans might as well be Nashville's team)
We don't have a major league baseball team (as far as minors, the Smokies are exciting only towards the end of the season..
We don't have a major league hockey team (again, the Predators are Nashville).

True, the all-sports format is among the cheapest to run (talk radio is the cheapest), but now, it's spreading like the
H-!-N-1..

106.3 is doomed to mediocrity.  Why doesn't everybody just switch to all sports?  They can't compete with the Frog Station anyway.

Nashville couldn't support an small FM Sports station against 104.5 The Zone's power. Sports 560 AM is a virtual no show. I dunno
how this has a chance of any kind! Weird move for sure.

[radiogangbanger]

99.1 is a dying dog in the Knoxville market ... if you could see the morning show's numbers you would wonder how they are even still in business.  106, with the correct players in place, will not only give the sports animal a run for their money, but will take them down.  They have a golden opportunity to fill the void that 99.1 is self-creating.  Most of the listeners have grown tired of the 'state run radio' that is the animal.

[tnlucky13]

99.1 is a dying dog in the Knoxville market ... if you could see the morning show's numbers you would wonder how they are even still in business.  106, with the correct players in place, will not only give the sports animal a run for their money, but will take them down.  They have a golden opportunity to fill the void that 99.1 is self-creating.  Most of the listeners have grown tired of the 'state run radio' that is the animal.

Hmmmm....lets see. 106.3: 500 watts ERP, no major sports team affiliations. Can't get UT, can't get Titans (Sports Animal's sister station has that).  Might get Braves baseball. One signal, relatively low power.

Sports Animal: THREE signals. All of which run more power. 99.3 is the closest with 1,000 watts.  Multiple sports affiliations. Ability to do more than one event at the same time (TWO High School Football games every Friday Night).  Flagship station of UT Sports. Like them or not, has 8 local personalities. Has longest running afternoon Sports show in the State of Tennessee, winning multiple AP awards.  Has the ability to carry live events such as press conferences, UT Media day live, live practice reports,  local high school events, etc.


Yeah, right. No contest.

[pollyesther]

I LOVED the oldies format. I could not believe it when they changed to another sports channel.

[kd4rnc1964]

I'm not sure, but didn't the old 99 WNOX have 10kw in its music days? I could get it in Greene Co. wide open day or night back in the 70's and early 80's. Now even as the Sports Animal it doesn't have the signal it used to have. On I-40E you lose it about Dandrige after dark, even in the summer during Smokies baseball. I've talked a few times with Tim Berry, Cheif Engineer for Citadel on 2 meters(WB4GBI,145.47) and always forgot to ask him if 990 has ever changed antenna patern....