KYTN

KYTN
City	Union City, Tennessee
Broadcast area	Jackson, Tennessee
Branding	KYTN 104.9
Frequency	104.9 MHz
Format	Country
ERP	6,000 watts
HAAT	93.0 meters (305.1 ft)
Class	A
Facility ID	68612
Transmitter coordinates	36°28′25.00″N 88°56′41.00″W / 36.4736111°N 88.9447222°W / 36.4736111; -88.9447222Coordinates: 36°28′25.00″N 88°56′41.00″W / 36.4736111°N 88.9447222°W / 36.4736111; -88.9447222
Former callsigns	WALR (1974-1987) WKWT (1987-1998) WYVY (1998-2012)
Affiliations	Fox News Radio
Owner	Thunderbolt Broadcasting Company
Website	wcmt.com

KYTN (104.9 FM, "104.9 K-Y-T-N") is an American radio station broadcasting country music format.^[1] Licensed to Union City, Tennessee, USA, the station serves the Jackson, Tennessee and the Ken-Tenn area (Northwest Tennessee and the Jackson Purchase portion of Kentucky). The station is owned by Thunderbolt Broadcasting Company and features programming from Fox News Radio.^[2]

History

Union City's first FM radio station, KYTN-FM, began broadcasting September 27, 1974, as WALR-FM (which stood for "We Advertise the Land of Reelfoot"), and was started by Ed Perkins of McKenzie, Tennessee (Perkins Broadcasting Company). Announcers included Larry Doxey, Woodie Cobb, Jim Adcock, Lou Wrather and Paul Tinkle. Tinkle, who worked at the station while attending UT Martin, now serves as president of Thunderbolt Broadcasting, the current owner of 104.9 KYTN-FM. The station played "MOR" (middle of the road) music for a number of years, and then caught the country bug, which has proven to be a favorite among Ken-Tenn area listeners. Today, the new rising country stars make their way to Union City because they have an opportunity to be on the air "live" with KYTN air personalities to talk about their music.

KYTN FM (then WALR) was originally located on the old Ken-Tenn highway but burned to the ground in 1982. The station moved to a 709 South First Street in downtown Union City before moving to its present location at 223 Westgate Drive in February 2007.

Ed Perkins sold WALR FM to Reelfoot Broadcasting, and the company was later sold to the Twin States Broadcasting, which added WQAK FM. Thunderbolt Broadcasting of Martin, Tennessee, purchased KYTN (earlier known as WYVY-FM) and WQAK FM December 27, 2005, and moved the studios to a new state of the art broadcast center at 223 Westgate Drive, Union City, Tennessee on February 2007.

104.9 KYTN (called K-Y-T-N because one-half of the broadcast signal is heard in Kentucky, and the other half in Tennessee) / KYTN-FM airs the St. Louis Cardinals baseball games and Obion Central High School sports.

104.9 KYTN can also be heard on 96.1 by means of a repeater. KYTN and WQAK are fully staffed with sales, programming and news departments and are considered the "local news" radio station in Obion County, Tennessee.

The radio station's tower is located in the "golden triangle" situated between Union City, Fulton and Martin on the old Ken-Tenn highway which allows the station to have a dominant signal over the area.

Thunderbolt Broadcasting owns and operates WCMT, WCMT-FM and WCDZ FM, all located in Martin. KYTN FM and WQAK FM are members of the International Broadcaster's Idea Bank, the National Association of Broadcasters, the Tennessee Association of Broadcasters, the Kentucky Broadcaster's Association and the Associated Press. Paul Freeman Tinkle is President of Thunderbolt Broadcasting.

Translators

Broadcast translators of KYTN
Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	Facility ID	ERP W	Height m (ft)	Class	FCC info
W241BE	96.1	Martin, Tennessee	141075	250	0 m (0 ft)	D	FCC

References

↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Summer 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-23.
↑ "KYTN Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2009-08-23.

External links

Official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for KYTN

Radio-Locator information on KYTN

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for KYTN

Radio stations in the Jackson, Tennessee market

By FM frequency	88.9 90.1 90.3 92.3 94.1 94.3 95.1 95.7 97.7 98.3 99.3 100.1 100.5 101.3 101.5 101.7 102.1 102.3 103.1 103.7 104.1 104.7 104.9 105.3 105.5 105.7 106.7 106.9 107.7

By AM frequency	710 1240 1310 1370 1390 1410 1450 1460 1560

By callsign	KYTN WAKQ WASL WBOL WCDZ WCMT WCMT-FM WDXE WDXI WDYE WENK WFGS WFKX WHHM-FM WHPP WJAK WJLI WKNP WLLE WMUF WMXX-FM WNWS-FM WOGY WQAK WTAI WTNX WTPR WTPR-FM WTRO WUTM WWKF WWYN WYJJ WYNU WZDQ

Nearby radio markets Cape Girardeau-Sikeston Clarksville Florence-Muscle Shoals Jonesboro Memphis Nashville Tupelo See also List of radio stations in Tennessee

Country radio stations in the state of Tennessee

Stations	KYTN – Union City WAKM – Franklin WANT – Lebanon WAXO – Lewisburg WBEJ – Elizabethton WBRY – Woodbury WCOR – Lebanon WCYQ – Oak Ridge WDEB-FM – Jamestown WDKN – Dickson WDKW – Maryville WDXE – Lawrenceburg WDYE - Dyer WECO-FM – Wartburg WEIO – Huntingdon WEKR – Fayetteville WEPG – South Pittsburg WEYE – Surgoinsville WFWL – Camden WGAP – Maryville WGKX – Memphis WGOC – Kingsport WGSQ – Cookeville WHIN – Gallatin WHMT - Tullahoma WIKQ – Tusculum WIVK-FM – Knoxville WJDT – Rogersville WJJM-FM – Lewisburg WJLE – Smithville WJLE-FM – Smithville WJSQ – Athens WKBQ – Covington WKDF – Nashville WKJQ-FM – Parsons WKOS – Kingsport WKSR – Pulaski WKVL - Knoxville WKWX – Savannah WKXD-FM – Monterey WLAR – Athens WLCT – Lafayette WLFP – Germantown/Memphis WLIL – Lenoir City WLIV – Livingston WLIV-FM – Monterey WLLX – Lawrenceburg WLNQ – White Pine WLNT-LP – Loudon WLOD – Loudon WLVS-FM – Clifton WLXA - Loretto WMCP – Columbia WMCT – Mountain City WMOD – Bolivar WMTN – Morristown WMUF – Henry WMYL – Halls Crossroads WNCK - Cookeville WNKX-FM – Centerville WNOX – Karns WNPC – Newport WOGT – East Ridge WOGY – Jackson WOOP-LP – Cleveland WOPC - Linden WORM-FM – Savannah WOWF – Crossville WPFT – Pigeon Forge WQLA - La Follette WRGS – Rogersville WSBI – Static WSDQ – Dunlap WSIB - Selmer WSIX-FM – Nashville WSM – Nashville WSM-FM – Nashville WTNK – Hartsville WTNV – Tiptonville WTRB – Ripley WUCZ – Carthage WUSY – Cleveland WVFB – Celina WWLX – Lawrenceburg WWYN – Mckenzie WXOQ – Selmer WYSH – Clinton WYTM-FM – Fayetteville WZLT – Lexington

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Tennessee

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