WCYQ (100.3 FM) is a

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, and serving the

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and

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. The station is owned by SummitMedia and broadcasts a

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, calling itself ''100.3 The Wolf''. The

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s and offices are on Amherst Road in

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. On weekday mornings, The Wolf carries ''

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'', syndicated by

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from

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. WCYQ has an

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(ERP) of 96,000

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s. The

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is north of

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. Its

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is at 618.2 meters (2,028 feet) in

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(HAAT). That elevation means its signal can be received around East Tennessee as well as parts of

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and

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History

WOKI-FM

The station

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the air on . Its original

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was WOKI-FM. It largely

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the programming of its

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, WOKI 1550 AM, a

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that is now silent. When the AM station had to sign off at sunset, WOKI-FM could continue its

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hits into the night. WOKI-AM-FM were owned by Radioak, Inc., with studios on Tulsa Road in Oak Ridge.

WNOX-FM

Dick Broadcasting acquired 99.1 WNOX-FM in Loudon, which became a simulcast signal for the

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programming heard on WIVK 990 AM. Shortly thereafter, the 990 call letters were changed back to WNOX (now

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). The two stations, 990 AM & 99.1 FM, were jointly called "NewsTalk99 WNOX." The stations' local morning show was hosted by Ed Brantley and Bob Thomas. In afternoon

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and Russell Smith were heard. Syndicated hosts were carried the rest of the day including

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and

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. In 2005, the station moved its talk format to 100.3 MHz, the former WOKI-FM. 990 AM and 99.1 FM then became

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and

WNML-FM WNML-FM (99.1 MHz; "99.1 The Sports Animal") is a commercial radio station licensed to Friendsville, Tennessee, and serving the Knoxville metropolitan area. It simulcasts a sports radio format with sister station WNML 990 AM and is owned by Cu ...

, known as "The Sports Animal."

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ended its lease agreement with Oak Ridge FM, Inc. for the 100.3 WNOX frequency two years early and announced that it would be broadcasting the programming of WNOX on both 100.3 WNOX-FM and 98.7 WOKI from July 9, 2010, until August 1, 2010. On July 7, 2010, Oak Ridge FM announced plans for WNOX to stay news/talk, but with different hosts. Ed Brantley, the former general manager of the Knoxville Citadel radio group and previous

WIVK-FM WIVK-FM (107.7 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station in Knoxville, Tennessee. The station is owned by Cumulus Media and broadcasts a country music radio format known as "WIVK The Frog Station." The studios and offices are on Old Kingston Pike i ...

DJ, was hired as general manager of 100.3 FM, and John Pirkle of Oak Ridge FM said he would be an on-air personality. On July 19, 2010, WNOX moved its former programming to 98.7 WOKI, with 100.3 FM airing nothing but reminders that former WNOX listeners should tune to 98.7, its new frequency. On August 1, 2010, the station's owner, Oak Ridge FM, Inc. regained programming control of the station and resumed broadcasting a news/talk format.

WCYQ

On May 3, 2013, the sale of the station to Journal Broadcast Group closed. Upon taking possession, WNOX began stunting towards a new format to be launched on May 9, 2013. The talk programming moved to

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850 AM in Knoxville. The country format of WCYQ moved to 100.3 permanently after simulcasting for two weeks. A

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format was launched on 93.1 in

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, on May 23, 2013. On May 9, 2013, WNOX changed its call letters to WCYQ, swapping call signs with 93.1 FM, which became WNOX.

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and the

E. W. Scripps Company The E. W. Scripps Company is an American broadcasting company founded in 1878 as a chain of daily newspapers by Edward Willis "E. W." Scripps and his sister, Ellen Browning Scripps. It was also formerly a media conglomerate. The company is he ...

announced on July 30, 2014, that the two companies would merge to create a new broadcast company under the E. W. Scripps Company name that owned the two companies' broadcast properties, including WCYQ. The transaction was completed in 2015, pending shareholder and regulatory approvals. Scripps exited radio in 2018. The Knoxville stations went to SummitMedia in a four-market, $47 million deal completed on November 1, 2018. On September 19, 2019, after stunting with construction sounds. WCYQ rebranded as "100.3 The Wolf". In November 2021, Scott Grimes was named the Operations Manager of SummitMedia's Knoxville stations and Program Director of 100.3 WCYQ. Nine months later, Grimes departed WCYQ and SummitMedia Knoxville.InsideRadio.com "People Moves-Scott Grimes" Aug. 2, 2022, retrieved Oct. 25, 2022
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