WTRB Ripley Tennessee

[FUN]

WTRB 1570 Am in Ripley Tennessee, to under go changes in it's country programming starting a week from Monday. It will start with a new morning show live and it is someone who was in the Memphis market years ago when Rick Dees was at WMPS 680. Do you know who? if not listen a week from Monday thats May 21st 6am-10am and see!!!!!

[sjs1959]

I went and checked the signal at Radio-Locator, and I would have to drive north a few miles just to get into their extended range....

[thatonegirl]

I have actually listened to this station in Memphis before. Not a great signal but it can be picked up.

[jharmon]

I know we are waiting with baited breath to find out who the new morning guy in major metro Ripley is gonna be!
Is that not just going to make your day?

[thatonegirl]

LOL! 

[snazzyjazzy]

Hey, I don't care where somebody's working.  It could be Ripley, Tennessee, Ripley, Mississippi, or Timbuktu.  I admire anybody that can land a radio gig these days.  Good luck to whomever starts in Ripley next week!

[radioznmyblood]

are you sure he's starting next Mon DAY?

[thatonegirl]

I talked to a friend of mine that used to work there. Seems the station sold to an employee a couple years ago. It appears that in fact a former WMPS staffer from the '70s will be starting a morning show. It is a struggling local stand alone hometown AM radio station that probably wont exist for another year.

[jharmon]

"Broadcasting live from the Tomato Capital of Lauderdale County..."

[firepoint525]

Didn't they have an FM sister station at one time?  (WTRB-FM?)  Whatever happened to it, did it become a Memphis "move-in"?

Fairly certain that the "former WMPS staffer" WON'T be Rick Dees, unless it's syndicated or something.