WAKM

WAKM
City	Franklin, Tennessee
Frequency	950 kHz
Branding	Radio Close To Home
Programming
Format	Country music
Affiliations	Westwood One; Motor Racing Network
Ownership
Owner	Lind Carden & Charles Jackson ; (Heritage Broadcast Associates)
History
First air date	March 1953
Former call signs	WJTJ (1981-1981); WTJT (1981-1983)
Technical information
Facility ID	22365
Class	D
Power	5,000 watts day; 80 watts night
Transmitter coordinates	35°57′24″N 86°50′02″W
Links
Website	WAKM Website

WAKM is an AM radio station in Franklin, Tennessee, broadcasting on a frequency of 950 kHz.

History

WAKM first signed on in March 1953, broadcasting from its studio facilities located on Mallory Station Road in Franklin. The station would remain at that location until July 28, 2017, when it moved to new studios on Main Street in the following week, on August 2, 2017.[1][2]

Programming

WAKM primarily broadcasts a country music format.

WAKM is also noted for its coverage of NASCAR, which comes from both Motor Racing Network & Performance Racing Network.

The station is an affiliate of the Tennessee Titans radio network, carrying football games from the Nashville, Tennessee based NFL Football team, the Tennessee Titans.[3]

WAKM also carries University of Tennessee Volunteers College Football & Men's Basketball games from the Vol Network.

Also since the stations sign on, WAKM has carried the longest running local traders post show titled "Trade Time Live", which airs every weekday at noon.

References

WAKM Homepage
"Titans Radio in Tennessee". Titans Radio.

External links

WAKM in the FCC's AM station database
WAKM on Radio-Locator
WAKM in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

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[2] WAKM Homepage

[3] "Titans Radio in Tennessee". Titans Radio.

Country radio stations in the state of Tennessee
Stations	KYTN – Union City WAKM – Franklin WANT – Lebanon WBEJ – Elizabethton WBRY – Woodbury WCOR – Lebanon WCYQ – Oak Ridge WDEB-FM – Jamestown WDKN – Dickson WDKW – Maryville WDXE – Lawrenceburg WECO-FM – Wartburg WEIO – Huntingdon WEKR – Fayetteville WEPG – South Pittsburg WEYE – Surgoinsville WFWL – Camden WGAP – Maryville WGKX – Memphis WGOC – Kingsport WGSQ – Cookeville WHMT - Tullahoma WHNY - Paris WHNY-FM – Henry WIKQ – Tusculum WIVK-FM – Knoxville WJDT – Rogersville WJJM-FM – Lewisburg WJLE – Smithville WJLE-FM – Smithville WJSQ – Athens WKBQ – Covington WKDF – Nashville WKJQ-FM – Parsons WKOS – Kingsport WKWX – Savannah WKXD-FM – Monterey WLAR – Athens WLCT – Lafayette WLFP – Germantown/Memphis WLIL – Lenoir City WLIV – Livingston WLIV-FM – Monterey WLLX – Lawrenceburg WLNQ – White Pine WLNT-LP – Loudon WLOD – Loudon WLXA - Loretto WMCP – Columbia WMCT – Mountain City WMOD – Bolivar WMSR-FM - Collinwood WMTN – Morristown WMYL – Halls Crossroads WNKX-FM – Centerville WNOX – Karns WNPC – Newport WNZE – Clarksville WOGT - East Ridge/Chattanooga WOGY – Jackson WOOP-LP – Cleveland WOPC - Linden WORM-FM – Savannah WOWF – Crossville WPWT - Colonial Heights WQLA - La Follette WRGS – Rogersville WSBI – Static WSDQ – Dunlap WSIX-FM – Nashville WSLV - Ardmore WSM – Nashville WSM-FM – Nashville WTNK – Hartsville WTNV – Tiptonville WTRB – Ripley WUCZ – Carthage WUSY – Cleveland WVFB – Celina WVWB - Waverly WVWZ - Ashland City WWGM - Selmer WWGY - Union City WWYN – Mckenzie WXOQ – Selmer WXRH - Rockwood WYCZ – White Bluff WYSH – Clinton WYTM-FM – Fayetteville WZLT – Lexington
Defunct	WAXO – Lewisburg
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