Download or read book Knoxville's WNOX written by Ed Hooper and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2009-11-30 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WNOX was the eighth radio station to sign on the air in North America and the first in Tennessee. No station has left a bigger footprint on American popular music or the radio industry as WNOX. Its AM signal could be heard as far south as Daytona Beach and as far north as New York City in the day of uncluttered airwaves. It helped write the book on radio broadcasts and productions with programs like the Mid-Day Merry-Go-Round and the Tennessee Barn Dance. Its legendary programs helped pioneer an entire genre of American popular music and served as a launching pad for country musics greatest stars and some of the nations best broadcasters. The call letters remain an iconic landmark of Knoxville and East Tennessee.