WIVK-FM

WIVK-FM

City	Knoxville, Tennessee
Broadcast area	East Tennessee
Branding	107.7 WIVK The Frog Station
Slogan	Today's Best Country
Frequency	107.7 MHz (also on HD Radio)
Format	Country Full-service
ERP	91,000 watts
HAAT	626 meters
Class	C
Facility ID	16890
Transmitter coordinates	35°48′41.00″N 83°40′10.00″W / 35.8113889°N 83.6694444°W / 35.8113889; -83.6694444
Callsign meaning	former sister station of WIVK/850 (We're the Independent Voice of Knoxville)
Affiliations	University of Tennessee
Owner	Cumulus Media (Radio License Holding CBC, LLC)
Sister stations	WNML/WNRX, WOKI
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.wivk.com

WIVK-FM is an FM radio station broadcasting at 107.7 MHz near Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. The station is owned by Cumulus Media and broadcasts in HD radio.

WIVK is a Federal Communications Commission-Licensed Class C FM radio station serving the valleys and mountains of East Tennessee. WIVK provides country music, news, and University of Tennessee sports from its Sequoyah Hills studios in west Knoxville.

WIVK operates a 91,000-watt transmitter located at Greentop Knob on Chilhowee Mountain near Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. The signal can be received in East Tennessee and parts of southwestern Virginia, western North Carolina, southeastern Kentucky, northern Georgia, and northwest South Carolina.

WIVK is deeply rooted in regional heritage. Commonly known as "WIVK {weh-vik} The Frog Station," WIVK has received numerous Country Music Association, Academy of Country Music, Associated Press, NAB Marconi and RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Awards and is the number-one rated station by Arbitron in the Knoxville Media Market.^[1]

History

WIVK-FM signed on the air on December 16, 1965 as a simulcast of WIVK/850's country music format. For several years the station aired a morning show hosted by Claude "The Cat" Tomlinson.

WIVK-FM lost the simulcast when the AM station switched to an adult contemporary format, becoming WHIG. Many of the people were not happy, so the adult contemporary format on WHIG was short-lived. The WIVK simulcast on 107.7 returned.

On September 1, 1988, WIVK 850's signal was donated to the University of Tennessee and became a news/talk station as WUTK. WIVK moved to 990 on the same day and the simulcast continued.

The AM 990/FM 107.7 simulcast lasted almost 9 years when AM 990 went to a news/talk format as "NewsTalk 990 WNOX" and later "NewsTalk 99". Today AM 990 is the Sports Animal which covers University of Tennessee athletics as well as sports across the nation. WIVK-FM 107.7 continues the country music format since they signed on back in 1965.

WIVK has been the number one station in Arbitron's radio ratings for the Knoxville market in every single survey since the market was first surveyed in 1970, with the exception of the April/May 1971 survey period, in which WNOX/990, at the time a Top 40 station, was number one.

References

↑ http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRRatings/DetailsPage.aspx?MID=131&RY=2008&RQ=4&MP=0&OTHER=2&MN=Knoxville&MS=TN&MR=71&12P=669900&UP=1/26/2009%2012:00:00%20AM&SU=CM&BPER=5.7&HPER=1.6&OPER=&NSD=5/4/2009%2012:00:00%20AM&CE=0, Retrieved on 2009/02/14

External links

WIVK Website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WIVK

Radio-Locator information on WIVK

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WIVK

Knoxville, Tennessee radio stations

By AM frequency	620 730 760 850 900 990 1040 1120 1180 1240 1340 1380 1400 1490 1580

By FM frequency	88.3 88.7 89.1 89.9 90.3 91.1 91.9 92.7 93.1 93.5 94.3 95.3 95.7 96.3 96.7 97.5 98.7 99.1 99.3 99.7 100.3 101.1 102.1 103.5 104.5 105.3 106.1 106.7 107.3 107.7

By callsign	WCYQ WDKW WDVX WETR WFGW WFIV-FM WGAP WIAM-LP WIFA WIJV WIMZ-FM WITA WIVK-FM WJBE WJBZ-FM WJRV WJXB-FM WKCE WKCS WKGN WKHT WKVL WKXV WKZX-FM WLIL WMYL WNFZ WNML WNML-FM WNOX WNPZ WNRX WOFM WOKI WRJZ WUOT WUTK-FM WVLZ WWQK WWST WYFC WYLV WYSH

Defunct	WATO 1290 AM WMTY 670 AM

Tennessee radio markets Chattanooga Jackson Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol Knoxville Memphis Nashville Other Tennessee radio regions Clarksville Cookeville 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

Cumulus Media

AM radio stations	KAAY KABC KAOK KARN KBED KBGG KBOI KCMO KCSF KCUB KESP KFAY KFNZ KFRU KGO KIKR KKAT KKOB KKOH KLIF KLIK KMAJ KMJ KNBR KNEK KNML KNSH KPUR KPZK KRMD KRUZ KSCR KSFO KTBL KTCK KTCT KTIK KTOP KTUC KUGN KVEN KVOR KWPN KXZZ KYNG WAAV WABC WALG WAPI WARM WAYS WBAP WBBF WBBW WBMQ WCOA WDUZ¹ WFAS WFNC WFNR WFTW WGLD WGOC WGOK WGOW WGPC WHBT WHGB WHLD WHLL WHSC WIBR WICC WIOV WISW WJBC WJCW WJLG WJOX WJR WJRW WKLQ WKY WLBY WLS WLTI WLWI WLZR WMAC WMAL WMSP WNAM WNML WOSH WPIC WPRO WPRV WRAD WRIE WSBA WSKO WSOM WSSO WTKA WTMA WTRX WUMP WVEL WVLK WVNN WWCK WXLM WXOK WXQW WXSM WYMB WYNN

FM radio stations	K279BI KAMO-FM KARN-FM KARX KATC-FM KATM KATT-FM KAYD-FM KBBM KBBQ-FM KBBY-FM KBCY KBEE KBER KBIU KBUL-FM KBXR KBZU KCDD KCFX KCHZ KCJK KCMO-FM KDJK KDRF KDVB KDVV KEHK KESN KENZ KFFG KFOG KGGO KHAY KHKI KHKK KHOP KHTB KHXS KHYT KIIM-FM KIPR KIZN KJJY KJMO KJOY KKEG KKFM KKGB KKGL KKMG KKND KKOB-FM KKPK KKWD KLAL KLIF-FM KLOS KLSZ-FM KLUR KMAJ-FM KMCK-FM KMEZ KMGA KMGV KMJ-FM KMJJ-FM KMJK KNEK-FM KNEV KNRQ KOLI KOMS KOQL KPLA KPLX KPUR-FM KQFC KQHN KQIZ-FM KQLK KQOB² KQRS-FM KQSM-FM KQXC-FM KQXL-FM KQXY-FM KRBE KRMD-FM KRMW KRRF KRRQ KRST KRWP KSAN KSCS KSKS KSMB KSZR KTCK-FM KTCX KTIK-FM KTLT KTOP-FM KUBL-FM KUJZ KURB KVMA-FM KVYB KWIC KWIN KWNN KWQW KWYE KWYL KXKC KXXR KYIS KYKZ KYYI KZEL-FM KZJF KZRK-FM W264AK WABD WAOA-FM WAQX-FM WARM-FM WBBL-FM WBHD WBHT WBLX-FM WBNQ WBRW WBSX WBWN WBZE WBZF WCMG WCTO WCYN-FM WDAI WDEN-FM WDLT-FM WDRQ WDUZ-FM¹ WDVD WDZZ-FM WEAN-FM WEAS-FM WEBE WEDG WEGC WEMX WFBE WFMS WFTK WFYR WGFX WGKX WGLF WGLO WGNI WGOW-FM WGRF WGRR WGVX WHBX WHHY-FM WHKR WHLZ WHNN WHOT-FM WHRP WHTS WHTT-FM WILZ WIOG WIOV-FM WIVK-FM WIWF WIXO WIXV WJAD WJBC-FM WJCL-FM WJEZ WJJK WJOX-FM WJQX WJTQ WKAK WKDF WKHX-FM WKIM WKKO WKOR-FM WKOS WKQZ WKRU WKSM WKXS-FM WLAV-FM WLAW WLCS WLEV WLFF WLLF WLS-FM WLTO WLWI-FM WLXC WLXX WLZN WMAL-FM WMAS-FM WMDH-FM WMEZ WMGB WMGL WMGS WMGU WMIM WMNX WMOS³ WMXS WMXT WMXU WNBM WNCV WNKT WNML-FM WNMQ WNMX WNNF WNNK-FM WNNX WNSH WNTQ WNUQ WOFX-FM WOGB¹ WOGT WOKI WOMG WORC-FM WPCK¹ WPEZ WPKR WPLJ WPRO-FM WPSK-FM WQGN-FM WQHZ WQKL WQLH¹ WQQK WQQO WQSM WQUT WQVE WQXA-FM WQXK WRBO WRCQ WRKN WROK-FM WRQN WRQQ WRQX WRRM WRRX WRWM WRXP WSEA WSJR WSKZ WSM-FM WSMS WSOX WSSX-FM WSYN WTCB WTNR WTOD WTYB WUHT WVBO WVIB WVLK-FM WVNN-FM WWBU WWCK-FM WWFF-FM WWFN-FM WWFX WWIZ WWKI WWKL WWKX WWLD WWLI WWLS-FM WWWM WWQQ-FM WWSN WWTN WWWQ W255CJ/WWWQ-HD2 WWWW-FM WWWZ WXBM-FM WXFX WXKC WXKR WXKR-HD2/W265CB WXLO WXMX WXTA WXTL WXZZ WYAY WYFM WYNN-FM WYZB WZAT WZCY-FM WZNS WZPW WZRH WZRR WZYP

Radio networks	Arkansas Radio Network CBS Sports Radio* Titans Radio Network Westwood One (see navpage)

Online assets	iHeartRadio¹

Television-related assets	Nash TV

Other assets	Broadcast Software International CumulusJobs.com San Francisco Giants (minority interest in LP)

See also	Citadel Broadcasting Cumulus Media Networks Susquehanna Radio Corporation

¹ = Owned by iHeartMedia; operated by Cumulus under an LMA. ² = Co-owned with Champlin Broadcasting under an LMA. ³ = Operated by the Mohegan Sun under an LMA. AaBbCc = Owned by The Walt Disney Company; operated by Cumulus under an LMA. * = Owned by CBS Radio, operated by Cumulus.

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