WETR

For the Kernersville, North Carolina radio station that held the call sign WETR from December 1995 to August 1997, see WTRU.
WETR
Broadcast areaKnoxville metropolitan area
Frequency760 kHz
BrandingTalk Radio 92.3 & AM 760
Programming
FormatTalk radio
NetworkFox News Radio
AffiliationsCompass Media Networks
Premiere Networks
Salem Radio Network
Westwood One
Ownership
OwnerThomas Moffit Jr.
WRJZ
History
First air date
August 14, 1995; 29 years ago (1995-08-14)
Former call signs
WKNL (1988–1995)
WMEN (1995–2004)
Call sign meaning
W East Tennessee’s Talk Radio
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID65205
ClassD
Power2,400 watts day
Transmitter coordinates
35°59′18.00″N 83°50′35.00″W / 35.9883333°N 83.8430556°W / 35.9883333; -83.8430556
Translator(s)92.3 W222BA (Karns)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitetalkradio923.com

WETR (760 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station in Knoxville, Tennessee. It airs a talk radio format and is owned by Thomas Moffit, Jr. The studios are on East Magnolia Avenue in Knoxville.

By day, WETR is powered at 2,400 watts non-directional.[2] But because 760 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A WJR Detroit, WETR's AM transmitter operates during the daytime hours only. Programming is heard around the clock on WETR's FM translator W222BA at 92.3 MHz in Karns, Tennessee, operating with a smaller coverage area.

Programming

As “Knoxville’s Talk You Can Trust,” WETR airs a line-up of nationally syndicated shows. Weekdays begin with This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal. That's followed by The Glenn Beck Program, Markley Van Camp & Robbins, The Eric Metaxas Show, The Michael Knowles Show, The Joe Pags Show, No Spin News with Bill O'Reilly, The Dennis Prager Show and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory.

Weekends feature shows on health, money, religion, guns, the law, real estate and home repair. Weekend hosts include Bill Handel, Charlie Kirk, Gary Sullivan, Erick Erickson, Dana Loesch and Dave Ramsey. Hourly news updates are provided by Fox News Radio.

History

The station signed on the air on August 14, 1995; 29 years ago (1995-08-14). Its original call sign was WMEN. It was known as "The Spirit of 76" and was an affiliate of Morningstar Radio Network.[3]

Later, WMEN was called "The Word." It had a Christian radio format and shared production facilities with WRJZ 620 AM, its sister station.[4]

WETR previously featured a local morning program called “Real News” with host Grant Henry and co-host Nick Crawford. Both left the station in 2019.

The wake-up show was re-branded as “Knoxville’s Morning News,” featuring hosts Daniel Herrera and Elaine Davis. The show was produced by Rachel “Roz” Adams. Local morning drive time programming ended on January 10, 2020, when the station switched to all nationally syndicated shows on weekdays and most of the weekend.

For the 2019 season, WETR was the flagship station for the Tennessee Smokies minor league baseball radio network.


References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WETR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WETR
  3. ^ Archived September 19, 2003, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "StackPath". www.cmcentral.com. Retrieved 2009-03-05.


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