WLOD (AM)

WLOD (1140 AM), a radio station broadcasting from Loudon, Tennessee, just southwest of Knoxville, was formerly owned by Blount Broadcasting Corporation. On October 14, 2021, at 15:30, it began operating under a local marketing agreement with Radio Loudon LLC. Radio Loudon LLC then became the licensee on March 22, 2022. At midnight, WLOD began airing Scott Shannon's True Oldies Channel on April 1, 2022.

WLOD

Loudon, Tennessee
Frequency	1140 kHz
Programming
Format	Oldies
Affiliations	CBS News; Atlanta Braves; Tennessee Radio Network; RedskinRadio.com Network
Ownership
Owner	(Radio Loudon LLC)
History
First air date	January 1, 1983
Former call signs	WLNT (1983–1985)
Call sign meaning	We LOve olDies
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	38473
Class	D
Power	1,000 watts daytime; 500 & 1.8 watts pre-sunrise authority
Transmitter coordinates	35°43′35.00″N 84°20′49.00″W
Translator(s)	104.7 MHz W284DC (Loudon)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS

The station first signed on the air on January 1, 1983, as WLNT.^[2] Because AM 1140 is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A stations WRVA in Richmond and XEMR in Monterrey, Mexico, WLOD must sign-off at sunset to avoid interfering with those stations. On July 27, 2020, WLOD added FM translator W284DC at 104.7 MHz.

Previous ownership history

Tellico Broadcasting Company 1/1/83-09/25/1985 Owners: James McGhee & Howard Oberholtzer Jr. Studios located at 405 Mulberry Street, Loudon TN

Loudon Broadcasters 09/25/1985-10/27/1998 Owners: Gene Chrusciel & Doyle Lowe Studios located at 405 Mulberry Street, Loudon TN

Metrowest/Horne Radio 10/27/1998-12/4/2009 Owner: Doug Horne Studios located at 317 Watt Road, Farragut TN

Blount Broadcasting 12/04/2009-3/22/2022 Owners: Jim & Johnnie Sexton Studios located at 261 Hannum Street Alcoa, TN