WUAT explained

WUAT
City:Pikeville, Tennessee
Area:Pikeville, Tennessee
Bledsoe County, Tennessee
Branding:"1110 WUAT"
Airdate:December 19, 1972
Format:Variety
Power:250 Watts daytime only
Class:D
Facility Id:10397
Coordinates:35.605°N -85.1872°W
Former Callsigns:WUAT (1972–Present)
Owner:Vicki R. Smith and Johnny William Paul Bridges
Licensee:WUAT, LLC
Licensing Authority:FCC

WUAT is a Variety formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Pikeville, Tennessee, serving Pikeville and Bledsoe County, Tennessee. WUAT is owned and operated by Vicki R. Smith and Johnny William Paul Bridges, through licensee WUAT, LLC.

History

In 1995, Dr. Charles Bownds and his wife Joyce, originally from Houston, Texas, purchased WUAT.

The station's studios are within the Mini-Outlet store, also owned by the Bownds, along Main Street in Pikeville. Joyce Bownds, who was also the station's morning disc jockey, died on January 31, 2016. On March 18, 2016, ownership of the station was transferred to the Estate of Joyce Virginia Bownds, with her husband Dr. Charles P. Bownds as the executor.

The Estate of Joyce Virginia Bownds entered into an agreement with Vicki R. Smith and Johhny William Paul Bridges, both of Pikeville, on August 24, 2016. The sale to Smith and Bridges' WUAT, LLC, at a price of $20,000, was consummated on October 17, 2016.

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