WATO (AM)

This article is about the American radio station. For a BBC Radio 4 programme also abbreviated WATO, see The World At One.
WATO
Broadcast areaKnoxville, Tennessee
Frequency1290 kHz
Programming
FormatDefunct (was Talk Radio)
Ownership
OwnerSheepdog Broadcasting
History
First air date
February 1948

WATO (1290 AM) was a radio station in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.[1] The call letters were chosen for the first three letters in "Atomic City"[2] as Oak Ridge was known at the time of the Manhattan Project. WATO was licensed to broadcast at 5 kW during daytime hours and 500 watts at night.[3] It broadcast at 1 kW during daylight hours and 125 watts at night from a temporary site while lookingfor a new permanent home.[4]

  1. ^ Mike Blackerby, No more airing it out; After 60 years, station signs off on Oak Ridge football Archived 2008-10-22 at the Wayback Machine, Knoxville News Sentinel, October 16, 2008
  2. ^ "Restore the Voice of the Secret City". Archived from the original on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2009-04-28.
  3. ^ Federal Communications Commission database, accessed February 18, 2009
  4. ^ FCC STA letter