Titans Radio Network

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Titans Radio Network
City of license Nashville, Tennessee
Broadcast area statewide Tennessee
southern and western Kentucky
northern Alabama
northern Mississippi, far southern Illinois
far eastern Arkansas
extreme southwest Indiana.
Branding Titans Radio
Slogan Your Tennessee Titans play here, This is Titans Radio!
Frequency Various AM and FM radio stations
First air date 1997 (as the Tennessee Oilers Radio Network)
Format Sports
Class Regional Satellite-delivered radio network
Owner Cumulus Media
Sister stations WGFX-FM
Website TitansRadio.com
Map of radio affiliates

The Titans Radio Network is the radio and television network of the NFL’s Tennessee Titans football team, based in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The network consists of almost 70 AM and FM radio stations in Tennessee, along with nearby areas of Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, eastern Arkansas, and far southern Illinois. [1]

History

During the team’s final season in Houston, Texas as the Houston Oilers, which was a disastrous turnout for the team in 1996, the Oilers Radio Network was reduced from many affiliates across most of Texas and western Louisiana to only the flagship station, and a few affiliates in Tennessee. Most other affiliates cut off the network in favor of preseason basketball. The few new affiliates in Tennessee was in preparation for the teams move to Tennessee to become the Tennessee Oilers. The original Houston Oilers network went defunct.

The Tennessee Oilers Radio Network began in 1997 during the team’s first season in Tennessee. The headquarters were in Nashville, but their home games were played in either the Liberty Bowl in Memphis or the Vanderbilt University’s Stadium until their new stadium, the Adelphia Coliseum (now LP Field) was completed in 1999.

The radio network was spread to many radio stations across Tennessee, and eventually added stations in neighboring Alabama, Kentucky, and nearby parts of a few other states. In 1999, the radio network’s name was changed to the Titans Radio Network to reflect the team’s name change. It was first used in the Titans first pre-season game in August 1999. Country-music formatted station WKDF became the new flagship station in 2002.

Local sports-radio station WGFX-FM, “104.5 The Zone”, which was the original flagship from 1997 to 2001, returned as the flagship for the Titans Radio Network starting in August 2010.

The team had long refused distribution of these radio broadcasts to Sirius XM Radio, because the Titans' contract with Citadel Broadcasting (parent of both WKDF and WGFX) predated the arrival of satellite radio. [2] [3] However, in 2011, the Titans extend their agreement with existing radio partners while a provision allowing home games to be broadcast on Sirius XM. The Titans became the last NFL franchise to reach such a deal. [4]

On-air radio personalities

Here is a list of the current personnel of the Titans Radio Network:

  • Mike Keith -- play by-play announcer, “The Voice of the Titans,” well known for his trademark touchdown call, “Touchdown Titans!” [5]
  • Frank Wycheck -- Color Analyst [5]
  • Johnathan Hutton -- Sideline reporter[6] [5]
  • Rhett Bryan - Gameday Host
  • Kevin Dyson - Pregame/Post-game analyst
  • Blane Bishop - Pregame/Post-game analyst
  • Mark Howard - Pre-game/Post-game Host[7]

Radio affiliates

Here is a list of all Titans Radio affiliates that run coverage of the entire Tennessee Titans schedule.

Tennessee[8]

City of License
/ Market		 Station Notes
Gallatin / Nashville WGFX-FM 104.5 The Zone Flagship station of the radio network.
Secondary Titans Radio outlet for Bowling Green (KY) and the Clarksville TN/Hopkinsville KY areas
Bristol, TN/VA WXSM-AM 640 Also serves Johnson City, Kingsport and far southwestern Virginia
Camden WFWL-AM 1220 Signal relay on 99.7 FM, W259BN Camden
Camden WRJB-FM 95.9
Centerville WNKX-FM 96.7
Chattanooga WGOW-AM 1150
WGOW-FM 102.3 Also serves Dalton, GA
Clarksville, TN WJZM AM 1400
Cleveland WCLE-FM 104.1
Columbia WMCP-AM 1280
Baxter/Cookeville WBXE-FM 93.7
Dickson WDKN-AM 1260
Dyersburg WASL-FM 100.1 Also serves Caruthersville, MO
Fayetteville WYTM-FM 105.5
Franklin (TN) WAKM-AM 950
Humboldt/Jackson WZDQ-FM 102.3
Oliver Springs/Knoxville WOKI-FM 98.7
Lawrenceburg WDXE-AM 1370
WTNX 106.7
Lebanon WANT-FM 98.9 Also serves Nashville and Gallatin. Simulcast of WCOR 1490.
WCOR-AM 1490 Simulcast over WANT 98.9
Lewisburg WJJM-FM 94.3
Manchester WMSR-AM 1320
South Fulton/Martin WCMT-FM 101.3 Also serves Mayfield (TN), Columbus and Fulton (KY)
McMinnville WOWC-FM 105.3
Memphis WMC-AM 790 Also serves east-central Arkansas and northwest Mississippi
WMFS-AM 680
Bartlett/Memphis WMFS-FM 92.9 Also serves east-central Arkansas and northwest Mississippi
Morristown WCRK-AM 1150
Paris, TN WRQR-AM 1000
WMUF-FM 104.7 Also serves Murray (KY)
Pulaski WLXA 98.3
Shelbyville WZNG-AM 1400
Union City WQAK-FM 105.7 Alternate outlet for Martin and South Fulton
Waverly WQMV-AM 1060
Winchester WCDT-AM 1340

Kentucky[9]

City of License Station Notes
Plum Springs/Bowling Green WWKU-AM 1450
Bowling Green W274BQ (FM 102.7) FM Translator of WWKU Plum Springs
Glasgow/Bowling Green WPTQ-FM 105.3 Also serves Brownsville, Cave City, and the Mammoth Cave area.
Calvert City WCCK-FM 95.7 Also serves Grand Rivers, Benton, and Gilbertsville.
Campbellsville WTCO-AM 1450 Also serves Columbia (KY) and Lebanon (KY).
Vine Grove / Elizabethtown WVKB FM 101.5 Grade B coverage available in the Louisville area.
Henderson KY WSON-AM 860 Also serves Evansville, Indiana
Cadiz/Hopkinsville WKDZ-FM 106.5 Also serves Clarksville and Fort Campbell
Providence/Madisonville WWKY-FM 97.7 Also serves Central City and Greenville
Mayfield WNGO-AM 1320 Simulcast of WKYX-AM Paducah
Owensboro WVJS-AM 1420
W263BG (FM 100.5) FM Translator of WVJS Owensboro
Whitesville/Owensboro WXCM-FM 97.1 Also serves Henderson (KY) and Evansville (IN)
Paducah WKYX-AM 570
WPAD-AM 1560
Princeton WAVJ-FM 104.9 Simulcast of WWKY Prividence; Also serves Eddyville and Dawson Springs
WPKY-AM 1580 Simulcast of WWKY Providence

Alabama[10]

City of License Station Notes
Arab/Guntersville WAFN-FM 92.7
Birmingham WJOX-FM 94.5 Also serves Tuscaloosa
Florence/Muscle Shoals WQLT-FM 107.3
Huntsville WUMP-AM 730
WVNN-AM 770
Huntsville/Trinity WVNN-FM 92.5 FM Simulcast of WVNN-AM, also serves Fayetteville, TN
Madison/Decatur WUMP-FM 103.9 Alternate Titans Radio outlet for Huntsville
Scottsboro WWIC-AM 1050

Arkansas

City of License Station Notes
Stuggart KWAK-FM 105.5 [11]

Illinois

City of License Station Notes
Golconda, IL/Paducah, KY WKYX-FM 94.3 [12] Simulcasts WKYX-AM Paducah.
Also serves Sikeston (MO), Marion (KY), and Cave-in-Rock (IL)

Mississippi

City of License Station Notes
Flowood/Oxford, MS WPBQ-AM 1240 [13]

Former affiliates [14]

Tennessee

Kentucky

Alabama

Sponsors

See also

References

  1. ↑ Titans Radio Network
  2. ↑ Sirius XM Radio promotional material. Retrieved November 28, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Titans Radio Contact Form & FAQ" Titans Radio Network. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
  4. ↑ http://espn.go.com/blog/afcsouth/post/_/id/24642/at-long-last-titans-radio-goes-satellite
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Tennessee Titans | Titans Radio
  6. ↑ Titans Radio - Our Team
  7. ↑ Titans Radio - Broadcast Team
  8. ↑ Titans Radio Affiliates in Tennessee
  9. ↑ Titans Radio Affiliates in Kentucky
  10. ↑ Titans Radio affiliates in Alabama
  11. ↑ Titans Radio Affiliates in Arkansas
  12. ↑ Titans Radio Affiliates in Illinois
  13. ↑ Titans Radio Affiliates in Mississippi
  14. ↑ 2008 Tennessee Titans Media Guide, page 548.

External Links

Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Titans_Radio_Network&oldid=719145099"