WKZX-FM
Radio station in Lenoir City–Knoxville, Tennessee
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WKZX-FM (93.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Regional Mexican format. Licensed to Lenoir City, Tennessee, it serves the Knoxville, Tennessee, area.
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| Broadcast area | Knoxville, Tennessee |
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| Frequency | 93.5 MHz |
| Branding | La Líder |
| Programming | |
| Format | Regional Mexican |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | BP Broadcasters LLC |
| History | |
First air date | September 19, 1967 |
Former call signs | WLIL-FM (1967–2000) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 73210 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 2,000 watts |
| HAAT | 176 meters (577 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°42′38.2″N 84°10′45.6″W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | www |
History
Arthur Wilkerson, owner of WLIL (730 AM), applied for an FM frequency on June 16, 1967. The Federal Communications Commission granted the construction permit on September 1 of that year,[2] and WLIL-FM signed on at 93.5 on September 19, partially simulcasting the AM frequency.[3] It was the second attempt at FM radio from WLIL; Wilkerson had shut down the first, which operated at 100.3—later 100.5—MHz from 1952 to 1955, because he felt if WSM could not make a go of it in Nashville, he could not in Lenoir City.[4]
In addition to his radio stations, Wilkerson owned a lumber mill and built custom homes. He served as president of the Tennessee Association of Broadcasters. Wilkerson was also a pilot and restaurant owner.
Wilkerson died in 1998. Two years later, B.P. Broadcasters purchased WLIL-AM-FM, which at the time ran country music formats, for $1 million.[5] B.P. built a new FM tower in the Glendale community near the Loudon-Blount county line.[4] The call letters of the FM station were changed to WKZX-FM on September 20, 2000, and the station changed formats to adult contemporary.
In 2004, WKZX-FM flipped to Regional Mexican.
