WNML-FM

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WNML-FM
Broadcast area Knoxville metropolitan area
Frequency 99.1 MHz
Branding99.1 The Sports Animal
Programming
Format Sports
Affiliations Westwood One Sports
Ownership
Owner
WIVK, WOKI, WNML
History
First air date
January 5, 1989 (1989-01-05)
Former call signs
  • WLOD-FM (1988–1991)
  • WNOX (1991–1997)
  • WNOX-FM (1997–2005) [1]
Call sign meaning
"Animal"
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 7998
Class A
ERP 6,000 watts
HAAT 93 meters (305 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 35°47′10.00″N84°17′24.00″W / 35.7861111°N 84.2900000°W / 35.7861111; -84.2900000
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website 991thesportsanimal.com

WNML-FM (99.1 FM, "99.1 The Sports Animal") is a commercial radio station licensed to Friendsville, Tennessee, United States, and serving the Knoxville metropolitan area. Owned by Cumulus Media, it features a sports format simulcast with WNML (990 AM). The studios and offices are on Old Kingston Pike in the Sequoyah Hills section of West Knoxville.

Contents

The transmitter is on Nicole Court, off U.S. Route 411, in Maryville.

History

The station signed on the air on January 5, 1989. [3] Its original call sign was WLOD-FM, and its city of license was Loudon, Tennessee. It was owned by Dick Broadcasting, with Allen Dick as the chief executive officer. In 1991, WNOX-AM-FM and WIVK-FM were acquired by Citadel Broadcasting, which later merged with current owner Cumulus Media. WLOD-FM changed its call letters to WNOX-FM.

Over the years, formats included smooth jazz ("Double 99", simulcast with WNDD) and urban adult contemporary (X-99). Later, WNOX-FM started simulcasting talk radio station WNOX 990 AM. [4] [5]

Programming

Most programming comes from Westwood One Sports. WNML-AM-FM are the flagship stations for both the Tennessee Smokies Southern League Baseball radio network and the University of Tennessee Vol Network. The stations also carry Knoxville Ice Bears games in the Southern Professional Hockey League.

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Logo from 2015-2020

References

  1. ↑ "Call Sign History (WNML-FM)" . Retrieved June 29, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WNML-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2000 page D-417, Broadcasting & Cable
  4. ↑ "Radio Was/Knoxville" . Retrieved June 29, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Radio Stations". Archived from the original on April 18, 2002. Retrieved March 21, 2023.


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