WWST

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WWST
Broadcast area Knoxville, Tennessee
Frequency 102.1 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingStar 102.1
Programming
Format Contemporary hit radio
Affiliations Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner
WNOX, WKHT, WCYQ
History
First air date
1978;46 years ago (1978)
Former call signs
  • WMYU (1987-2001)
  • WSEV-FM (1978-1987)
[1]
Call sign meaning
Star
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 29727
Class C1
ERP 15,000 watts
HAAT 603 meters
Transmitter coordinates
 35°48′41.00″N83°40′8.00″W / 35.8113889°N 83.6688889°W / 35.8113889; -83.6688889
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website star1021fm.com

WWST (102.1 FM, "Star 102.1") is a radio station licensed to Sevierville, Tennessee, and serving the Knoxville market. The station is owned by SummitMedia. The station is a top 40 (CHR) station that broadcasts with 15,000 watts of power and is known on-air as "Star 102.1".

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History

102.1 FM was known as WSEV-FM (co-owned with WSEV/930 in Sevierville) in its early years and was automated. On December 2, 1987, the station started playing a mix of adult contemporary and country music as "U-102". Eventually, the station started playing adult contemporary exclusively.

WMYU and WWST frequency swap

WMYU has been on the 102.1 frequency since 1985. They were known as U102 and listed in the Tennessee Football program as a station that carried the Vol Network football broadcast identified as WMYU Sevierville/Knoxville. They were also the official sponsoring station of Boomsday which takes place on Sunday night before Labor Day and started back in 1986. On that same date, sister station 93.1 FM changed to Star 93.1 FM with the call sign "WWST". [3] On March 9, 2001, the two stations swapped frequencies moving the WWST call letters to 102.1 FM as Star 102.1 while the "WMYU" call letters were moved to 93.1 FM where they remained until late 2008. [1]

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Journal Communications and the E. W. Scripps Company announced on July 30, 2014, that the two companies would merge to create a new broadcast company under the E. W. Scripps Company name that owned the two companies' broadcast properties, including WWST. The transaction was completed in 2015, pending shareholder and regulatory approvals. [4] Scripps exited radio in 2018; the Knoxville stations went to SummitMedia in a four-market, $47 million deal completed on November 1, 2018. [5]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WWST". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ Stark, Phyllis (June 4, 1994). "Vox Jox". Billboard . Vol. 106, no. 23. p. 129.
  4. ↑ "E.W. Scripps, Journal Merging Broadcast Ops". TVNewsCheck. July 30, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Scripps Completes Two More Pieces Of Radio Division Sale". Inside Radio. November 2, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2018.


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