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Tennessee Sports Radio to shut down, 2 new radio stations to lau
Tennessee Sports Radio to shut down, 2 new radio stations to lau
KNOXVILLE (WATE) - The owners of Tennessee Sports Radio announced Monday the station will cease broadcasting next month to make room for one of two new radio stations.
Tennessee Sports Radio has operated for the past four years on 1180 AM, the former frequency of ESPN Radio. Personalities include Erik Ainge, Jayson Swain, Dave Hooker and Steve Phillips.
General Manger Jason Bailey and a team of former University of Tennessee athletes, sports journalists and contributing writers also distributed sport news and entertainment online through a popular website and smartphone app.
"We wanted to engage our audience," Bailey said in a release Monday. "We set Tennessee Sports Radio up in a way that was unlike any other radio station in Knoxville. We were ahead of our time, and our listeners and advertisers loved it and responded to it. We had a great four-year run and we raised the bar for sports radio in East Tennessee. Everyone involved with Tennessee Sports Radio should be proud of what they accomplished."
Oskie Media, LLC says it analyzed the Knoxville market for the past seven months to determined what Knoxville listeners want and what the market lacks. They say that research showed the need for two formats unique to the market.
One of those two new stations will launch August 29 on Tennessee Sports Radio's current frequency. The other will launch at a later date on 1120 AM. The details of those new stations have not yet been released.