WKZX-FM

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.

• www.laliderwkzx.com/
• Facility details for Facility ID 73210 (WKZX) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WKZX in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

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