WKHT
Broadcast areaKnoxville metropolitan area
Frequency104.5 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingHot 104.5
Programming
FormatRhythmic Top 40
Ownership
Owner
WCYQ, WNOX, WWST
History
Former call signs
WEMQ (1991-1993)
WQBB-FM (1993-1998)
WQIX (1998-2000)
WBON (2000-2003)
Call sign meaning
We're Knoxville's HoT 104.5!
Technical information
Facility ID40854
ClassA
ERP1,400 watts
HAAT209.1 meters (686 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
36°0′10″N 83°56′40″W / 36.00278°N 83.94444°W / 36.00278; -83.94444
Links
WebcastListen Live
Websitewww.hot1045.net

WKHT (104.5 FM) is a Rhythmic Top 40 station based in Knoxville, Tennessee. The SummitMedia outlet broadcasts with an ERP of 1.4 kW.

History

This station signed on as WQBB-FM, airing the same programming as adult standards WQBB. Later the FM played "Young country" as WQIX.[1]

Prior to its flip to Rhythmic Top 40 in July 2003, the station was a Classic Rock outlet as "104.5 The Bone".[2] HOT 104.5 has enjoyed success. In less than two years on the air HOT 104.5 forced its competitor WILD 98.7/WYIL to change formats. Currently HOT 104.5's only competitor is sister station Top 40 Mainstream WWST.

The playlist of WKHT primarily consists of R&B/hip-hop plus some Rhythmic Pop hits; thus it is considered to be a rhythmic Top 40 station by Billboard as opposed to mainstream R&B. This is due to the fact that Knoxville does not have a large African-American population. Its target audience is females 18-34.

Journal Communications and the E. W. Scripps Company 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 WKHT. The transaction was completed in 2015, pending shareholder and regulatory approvals.[3] Scripps exited radio in 2018; the Knoxville stations went to SummitMedia in a four-market, $47 million deal completed on November 1, 2018.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Radio Stations". Archived from the original on April 18, 2002. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  2. ↑ https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2003/RR-2003-07-04.pdf
  3. ↑ "E.W. Scripps, Journal Merging Broadcast Ops". TVNewsCheck. July 30, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Scripps Completes Two More Pieces Of Radio Division Sale". Inside Radio. November 2, 2018. Retrieved November 2, 2018.
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