WUAT

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WUAT
WUAT-AM 2012.PNG
City Pikeville, Tennessee
Broadcast area Pikeville, Tennessee
Bledsoe County, Tennessee
Frequency 1110 AM kHz
Branding"1110 WUAT"
Slogan "Little Giant of the Valley"
Programming
Format Variety [1]
Ownership
OwnerVicki R. Smith and Johnny William Paul Bridges
(WUAT, LLC [2] )
History
First air date
December 19, 1972 [3]
Former call signs
WUAT (1972-Present) [4]
Technical information
Facility ID 10397
Class D
Power 250 Watts daytime only
Transmitter coordinates
 35°36′18.0″N85°11′14.0″W / 35.605000°N 85.187222°W / 35.605000; -85.187222

WUAT is a Variety formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Pikeville, Tennessee, serving Pikeville and Bledsoe County, Tennessee. [1] WUAT is owned and operated by Vicki R. Smith and Johnny William Paul Bridges, through licensee WUAT, LLC. [2] [5]

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History

In 1995, Dr. Charles Bownds and his wife Joyce, originally from Houston, Texas, purchased WUAT. [6]

The station's studios are within the Mini-Outlet store, also owned by the Bownds, along Main Street in Pikeville. [6] Joyce Bownds, who was also the station's morning disc jockey, died on January 31, 2016. [7] On March 18, 2016, ownership of the station was transferred to the Estate of Joyce Virginia Bownds, with her husband Dr. Charles P. Bownds as the executor. [8]

The Estate of Joyce Virginia Bownds entered into an agreement with Vicki R. Smith and Johhny William Paul Bridges, both of Pikeville, on August 24, 2016. [5] [9] The sale to Smith and Bridges' WUAT, LLC, at a price of $20,000, was consummated on October 17, 2016.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings . Retrieved August 17, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "WUAT Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
  3. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-509. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. August 22, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
  6. 1 2 Benton, Ben (June 30, 2013). "Station delivers daily dose of homespun across Sequatchie Valley, world". Chattanooga Times Free Press . Chattanooga, Tennessee: WEHCO Media . Retrieved August 6, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Joyce "Honey" Forbes Bownds". The Alvin Sun-Advertiser. Alvin, Texas: Hartman Newspapers. February 5, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Application for Consent to Assign Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License or to Transfer Control of Entity Holding Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. March 18, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
  9. ↑ "WUAT - Asset Purchase Agreement". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. August 22, 2016. Retrieved August 24, 2016.
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