WHBQ-TV, a television station (channel 13 digital) licensed to Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Allen was born Deborah Lynn Thurmond in Memphis, Tennessee and was strongly influenced by Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Ray Charles, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and the current music which was being played in Memphis on WHBQ and WDIA, as well as country greats such as Brenda Lee, Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash.
He started his radio career in 1949 on WHBQ/560 in Memphis, and was the city's leading radio personality for nine years and was the first to simulcast his "Red, Hot & Blue" show on radio and television.
However, the Times New Roman "13," which the station has used since the early 1990s, was retained (unlike WHBQ-TV in Memphis, which switched to a "13" resembling that used by its Tampa sister station WTVT).
Until then, the only areas of the state to receive a sole ABC affiliate were the northwest (from Memphis' WHBQ-TV) and the Gulf Coast (from WVUE in New Orleans).
On October 7, 2013, WATN debuted a local talk program, Local Memphis Live(replacing Live! with Kelly and Michael, which was dropped in early September) that competes with WHBQ's newscast and WREG's own news/talk program in the 9 a.m. timeslot.
WHBQ-FM, a radio station (107.5 FM) licensed to Germantown, Tennessee, United States
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WGKX, a radio station (105.9 FM) licensed to Memphis, Tennessee, United States, which used the call sign WHBQ-FM until 1973.
WHBQ-FM's main antenna is in Cordova, Tennessee covering the central and northern portions of the Memphis area.
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In 1997 the station took its first jab at the Top 40 radio market with another call sign change to WKSL, and the moniker "KISS FM".