WKHT

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title: "WKHT" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["radio-stations-established-in-2003", "radio-stations-in-knoxville,-tennessee", "rhythmic-contemporary-radio-stations-in-the-united-states"] description: "Radio station in Knoxville, Tennessee" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WKHT" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Radio station in Knoxville, Tennessee ::

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Field	Value
name	WKHT
logo	[[Image:WKHT Hot104.5 logo.png
city	Knoxville, Tennessee
area	Knoxville metropolitan area
branding	Hot 104.5
frequency	104.5 MHz
airdate
format	Rhythmic Top 40
erp	1,400 watts
haat	209.1 meters
class	A
licensing_authority	FCC
facility_id	40854
coordinates
callsign_meaning	We're Knoxville's Hot 104.5!
former_callsigns
owner	SummitMedia
licensee	SM-WKHT, LLC
sister_stations	WCYQ, WNOX, WWST
webcast	Listen Live
website	hot1045.net
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| name = WKHT | logo = [[Image:WKHT Hot104.5 logo.png|200px]] | city = Knoxville, Tennessee | area = Knoxville metropolitan area | branding = Hot 104.5 | frequency = 104.5 MHz | airdate = | format = Rhythmic Top 40 | erp = 1,400 watts | haat = 209.1 meters | class = A | licensing_authority = FCC | facility_id = 40854 | coordinates = | callsign_meaning = We're Knoxville's Hot 104.5! | former_callsigns = | owner = SummitMedia | licensee = SM-WKHT, LLC | sister_stations = WCYQ, WNOX, WWST | webcast = Listen Live | website = 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 in November 1991 as WEMQ, later on as WQBB-FM, airing the same programming as adult standards WQBB. Later the FM played "Young country" as WQIX.

Prior to its flip to Rhythmic Top 40 in July 2003, the station was a Classic Rock outlet as "104.5 The Bone". 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. Scripps exited radio in 2018; the Knoxville stations went to SummitMedia in a four-market, $47 million deal completed on November 1, 2018.

References

References

1. "Radio Stations".
2. "RR-2003-07-04".
3. (July 30, 2014). "E.W. Scripps, Journal Merging Broadcast Ops". TVNewsCheck.
4. (November 2, 2018). "Scripps Completes Two More Pieces Of Radio Division Sale.". Inside Radio.

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