WUSY

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title: "WUSY" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["radio-stations-in-chattanooga,-tennessee", "country-radio-stations-in-tennessee", "radio-stations-established-in-1961", "1961-establishments-in-tennessee", "audacy,-inc.-radio-stations"] description: "Radio station in Cleveland–Chattanooga, Tennessee" topic_path: "general/radio-stations-in-chattanooga-tennessee" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WUSY" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Radio station in Cleveland–Chattanooga, Tennessee ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox radio station"]

Field	Value
name	WUSY
logo	WUSY US101 logo.png
logo_size	100px
city	Cleveland, Tennessee
area	Chattanooga metropolitan area
branding	U.S. 101
frequency
translator
airdate
language	English
format	Country
subchannels	HD2: Urban contemporary "Real 97.7"
erp
haat	363 m
class	C0
licensing_authority	FCC
facility_id	12315
coordinates
callsign_meaning	"US" as in the station's branding "U.S. 101"
former_callsigns
owner	Audacy, Inc.
licensee	Audacy License, LLC
affiliations	Premiere Networks
sister_stations
webcast
(HD2)
website
(HD2)
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| name = WUSY | logo = WUSY US101 logo.png | logo_size = 100px | city = Cleveland, Tennessee | area = Chattanooga metropolitan area | branding = U.S. 101 | frequency =
| translator = | airdate = | language = English | format = Country | subchannels = HD2: Urban contemporary "Real 97.7" | erp = | haat = 363 m | class = C0 | licensing_authority = FCC | facility_id = 12315 | coordinates = | callsign_meaning = "US" as in the station's branding "U.S. 101" | former_callsigns = | owner = Audacy, Inc. | licensee = Audacy License, LLC | affiliations = Premiere Networks | sister_stations = | webcast = (HD2) | website = (HD2)

WUSY (100.7 FM "U.S. 101") is a commercial radio station. It is licensed to Cleveland, Tennessee and serves the Chattanooga metropolitan area. The station's radio format is country music.

WUSY's studios and offices are on Old Lee Highway in Chattanooga. The transmitter is off Sawyer Cemetery Road in Signal Mountain.

WUSY broadcasts using the HD Radio format. Its country music is heard on HD 1 and an urban contemporary format known as "Real 97.7" is heard on its HD 2 channel and translator W249BR 97.7 FM Lookout Mountain.

History

On August 1, 1961, WCLE-FM first signed on the air. It was the sister station to AM 1570 WCLE. Because WCLE was a daytimer, the FM station simulcast the AM's programming by day and continued broadcasting at night. At first, the station was powered at 5,100 watts and only served the Cleveland area. When WUSY signed on in 1983, "Big Jon" Anthony didn't have the key to the studio and had to force his way in to place US 101 on the Chattanooga map.

The old studios were at the Osborne Building right off I-75 and have been at their current location off Lee Highway since the 1990s.

In 2000, Cumulus announced it would buy 11 radio stations in 4 markets from iHeartMedia (then known as Clear Channel Communications) in exchange for 25 radio stations in 5 markets plus cash as a part of that company's merger with AMFM Incorporated. Other Clear Channel stations were WLOV (urban contemporary by this time), sports talk WUUS, CHR WKXJ, active rock WRXR (the former WLMX-FM), and oldies WSGC.

On November 1, 2017, iHeartMedia announced that WUSY, along with all of their sister stations in Chattanooga and Richmond, would be sold to Entercom due to that company's merger with CBS Radio. The sale was completed on December 19, 2017.

WUSY-HD2

W241AF in Rossville, Georgia rebroadcasts WUSY's HD2 channel. On April 2, 2012, this station debuted "The Beat", an urban contemporary format after stunting with "Beat It" by Michael Jackson. The translator's power was increased from 10 to 250 watts.

On November 11, 2014, W241AF/WUSY-HD2 changed format from urban contemporary to classic country, branded as "US101 The Legend 96.1".

On November 30, 2016, W241AF/WUSY-HD2 returned to an urban contemporary format from classic country, branded as "Real 96.1".

On November 26, 2021, W241AF split from simulcasting WUSY-HD2 without notice and rebranded as "Real 100.7 HD2".

On August 1, 2022, WUSY-HD2 rebranded as "Real 97.7", simulcasting on translator W249BR 97.7 FM Lookout Mountain.

References

References

1. [https://us101country.iheart.com/contact/ US101Country.com/contact]
2. [https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/patg?id=WUSY-FM Radio-Locator.com/WUSY]
3. [http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1965/B2-1965-YB-All.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1965 page B-141]
4. (2000-05-30). "Clear Channel/Cumulus Swap". Yahoo News.
5. (2002-05-15). "Chattanooga: No Choo-Choo, Just Towers and Studios".
6. (1 November 2017). "Entercom Trades Boston & Seattle Spin-Offs To iHeartMedia For Richmond & Chattanooga".
7. (December 19, 2017). "Consummation Notice". [[Federal Communications Commission]].
8. (2012-04-02). "Beat Headed For Chattanooga". radioinsight.com.
9. [https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/90853/us101-chattanooga-adds-a-legend/ US101 Chattanooga Adds a Legend] Radioinsight - November 11, 2014
10. [https://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/109413/a-real-stunt-in-chattanooga/ Urban Real 96.1 Launches in Chattanooga] Radioinsight - November 30, 2016
11. [https://radioinsight.com/blogs/220738/dont-touch-that-dial-even-when-we-want-you-to/ Don't Touch That Dial (Even If We Want You To)] Radioinsight - March 2, 2022
12. [https://radioinsight.com/headlines/235734/real-returns-to-chattanooga/ Real Returns to Chattanooga] Radioinsight - August 2, 2022

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