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FCC The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdictio ...
-licensed
radio stations Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio signal, audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-b ...
in the U.S. state of
Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
, which can be sorted by their
call signs In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign (also known as a call name or call letters—and historically as a call signal—or abbreviated as a call) is a unique identifier for a transmitter station. A call sign can be formally assign ...
, frequencies, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats.


List of radio stations


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W4XA W4XA was an "experimental audio broadcasting station" operated by The National Life and Accident Insurance Company in Nashville, Tennessee from 1939 to 1940. It was part of a group of stations informally referred to as "Apex" stations, because it t ...
* WCLC *
WEMG WEMG (1310 AM, "Mega 105.7") is a commercial AM radio station licensed to serve Camden, New Jersey. The station is owned by Mega-Philadelphia LLC and airs a Spanish Hits format. History The station was originally owned by the City of Camde ...
, Knoxville *
WFWL WFWL (1220 AM, "The Catfish") was a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Camden, Tennessee, United States, the station was owned by Community Broadcasting Services, Inc. and featured programming from Citadel Media. In ...
* WHER, Memphis *
WMRO WMRO (1560 AM, "Magic 1560") was a radio station licensed to and serving Gallatin, Tennessee. The station was locally owned by Scott, Leslie, and Sandra Bailey of Classic Broadcasting, Inc. The station's studios and transmitter facilities were ...
* WNTT * WOCV *
WSM-FM (1941–1951) WSM-FM was a commercial radio station that was operated by The National Life and Accident Insurance Company in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, beginning on March 1, 1941. Under its original call sign of W47NV, it was described at the time as ...
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WTNW WTNW (820 AM broadcasting, AM, "Music Radio 820") was a radio station broadcasting a variety hits format, licensed to Jasper, Tennessee, United States. The station originally signed-on the air in 1986 playing an adult contemporary format as WAPO, ...
* WUTS * WUTZ *
WXOQ WXOQ (105.5 FM, "The Worm Q105") was a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Selmer, Tennessee, United States, the station was last owned by Gerald W. Hunt and featured programming from Citadel Media. WXOQ's license was ...


See also

* Tennessee media **
List of newspapers in Tennessee This is a list of newspapers in Tennessee, United States. Daily and nondaily newspapers Defunct See also * Tennessee media ** List of radio stations in Tennessee ** List of television stations in Tennessee ** Media of cities in Tennessee: C ...
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List of television stations in Tennessee This is a list of broadcast television stations that are licensed in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Full-power stations VC refers to the station's PSIP virtual channel. RF refers to the station's physical RF channel. Defunct full-power stations * ...
** Media of
cities A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
in Tennessee:
Chattanooga Chattanooga ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States. Located along the Tennessee River bordering Georgia, it also extends into Marion County on its western end. With a population of 181,099 in 2020, ...
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Knoxville Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the state's ...
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Memphis Memphis most commonly refers to: * Memphis, Egypt, a former capital of ancient Egypt * Memphis, Tennessee, a major American city Memphis may also refer to: Places United States * Memphis, Alabama * Memphis, Florida * Memphis, Indiana * Memp ...
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Murfreesboro Murfreesboro is a city in and county seat of Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 152,769 according to the 2020 census, up from 108,755 residents certified in 2010. Murfreesboro is located in the Nashville metropol ...
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Nashville Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the seat of Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the most populous city in the state, 21st most-populous city in the U.S., and the ...


References


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WDIA WDIA (1070 AM) is a radio station based in Memphis, Tennessee. Active since 1947, it soon became the first radio station in the United States that was programmed entirely for African Americans. It featured black radio personalities; its success in ...
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External links

* (Directory ceased in 2017)
Tennessee Association of Broadcasters


Images

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Tennessee Tennessee ( , ), officially the State of Tennessee, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th-largest by area and the 15th-most populous of the 50 states. It is bordered by Kentucky to th ...
Radio Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmit ...