WUSY

WUSY (100.7 MHz "U.S. 101") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Cleveland, Tennessee, and serving the Chattanooga metropolitan area. The station airs a country music radio format. Local DJs staff the station by day, with the syndicated Cody Alan Show heard overnight.

WUSY
CityCleveland, Tennessee
Broadcast areaChattanooga, Tennessee
BrandingU.S. 101
SloganChattanooga's #1 for Country
Frequency100.7 MHz (HD Radio)
Translator(s)96.1 W241AF (Rossville, GA as HD2 relay)
First air dateAugust 1, 1961 (1961-08-01)
FormatCountry
HD2: Mainstream urban
ERP100,000 watts
HAAT363 meters (1,191 ft)
ClassC0
Facility ID12315
Transmitter coordinates35°12′26.00″N 85°17′10.00″W
Call sign meaningUS as in the station's branding "U.S. 101"
Former call signsWCLE-FM (1961–1981)
WLCY (1981–1982)
WQLS (1982–1983)
OwnerEntercom
(Entercom License, LLC)
Sister stationsWKXJ, WLND, WRXR-FM
WebcastListen Live
Listen Live (HD2)
WebsiteUS101Country.com
Real961.com (HD2)

WUSY's studios and offices are on Old Lee Highway in Chattanooga.[1] The transmitter is off Sawyer Cemetery Road in Signal Mountain.[2]

WUSY broadcasts using the HD Radio format. Its country music is heard on HD 1 and an urban contemporary format known as "Real 96.1" is heard on its HD 2 channel. It is also heard on 250 watt translator station W241AF in Rossville at 96.1 MHz.[3]

History

On August 1, 1961, WCLE-FM first signed on the air.[4] It was the sister station to AM 1570 WCLE. Because WCLE was a daytimer, the FM station simulcast the AM's programming by day and continued broadcasting at night. At first, the station was powered at 5,100 watts and only served the Cleveland area.

In 2000, Cumulus announced it would buy 11 radio stations in 4 markets from iHeartMedia (then known as Clear Channel Communications) in exchange for 25 radio stations in 5 markets plus cash as a part of that company's merger with AMFM Incorporated.[5]Other Clear Channel stations were WLOV (urban contemporary by this time), sports talk WUUS, CHR WKXJ, active rock WRXR (the former WLMX-FM), and oldies WSGC.[6]

On November 1, 2017, iHeartMedia announced that WUSY, along with all of their sister stations in Chattanooga and Richmond, will be sold to Entercom due to that company's merger with CBS Radio.[7] The sale was completed on December 19, 2017.[8]

WUSY is a 7 time winner of the ACM Awards (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018) and nominated in 2004, on the CMA Awards, WUSY is a 13 time winner from 1995-2001 (after this, the CMA stated that any station that wins will be ineligible the following year), 2005, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018; their on-air personalities have also won awards in their own right.

On-air personalities

Current on-air lineup:

  • 12am-5:30am - CMT After Midnight with Cody Alan
  • 5:30am-10am - Ken & Daniel
  • 10am-3pm - Justin
  • 3pm-7pm - Mo and StyckMan
  • 7pm-12am Cowboy Kyle
  • Ed Buice with the news

Weekend programming includes "The Crook and Chase countdown show", and a Sunday morning gospel program called "The Gospel Road” with Ken Hicks.

Former on-air personalities:

  • Bearman (deceased)
  • David Earl Hughes (deceased)
  • Capt. Bobby Byrd
  • Big John Anthony (deceased)
  • Kim Carson
  • Dexter
  • Brandi (worked the 12AM-6AM slot on weekdays)
  • Sarah Jennings (real name Brandi King)
  • Bob Cox (news)
  • Big Al McClure
  • The Real Tug McCoy (Tug Cowart)
  • Big Zack Evans
  • Jim Beam

HD2

W241AF in Rossville, Georgia rebroadcasts WUSY's HD2 channel. On April 2, 2012, this station debuted "The Beat", an urban contemporary format after stunting with "Beat It" by Michael Jackson. The translator's power was increased from 10 to 250 watts.[9]

On November 11, 2014 W241AF/WUSY-HD2 changed format from urban contemporary to classic country, branded as "US101 The Legend 96.1".[10]

On November 30, 2016 W241AF/WUSY-HD2 returned to an urban contemporary format from classic country, branded as "Real 96.1".[11]

References
  1. US101Country.com/contact
  2. Radio-Locator.com/WUSY
  3. Radio-Locator.com/W241AF
  4. Broadcasting Yearbook 1965 page B-141
  5. "Clear Channel/Cumulus Swap". Yahoo News. 2000-05-30. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
  6. "Chattanooga: No Choo-Choo, Just Towers and Studios". 2002-05-15. Retrieved 2008-12-10.
  7. "Entercom Trades Boston & Seattle Spin-Offs To iHeartMedia For Richmond & Chattanooga". RadioInsight. 1 November 2017.
  8. "Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. December 19, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  9. "Beat Headed For Chattanooga". radioinsight.com. 2012-04-02. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
  10. US101 Chattanooga Adds a Legend Radioinsight - November 11, 2014
  11. Urban Real 96.1 Launches in Chattanooga Radioinsight - November 30, 2016
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