Kingsport Times-News from Kingsport, Tennessee • 8

8A Kings port Times-News Tuesday January 6 1981 Maness leaving WKIN for Chattanooga position WKPT in 1967 while attending ETSU working as a weekend disc jockey Later he became a morning personality then program director before entering the Air Force Returning from the service in 1971 Maness rejoined WKIN as a salesperson then became sales manager He was named general manager in February 1973 Maness and his wife Judy are the parents of one daughter Brittany His parents Mr and Mrs Jim Maness live in Church Hill If you're a country station you're limited to playing country music If you're a 'beautiful music' station you've got to play beautiful music If you're an album rock station you play only album rock But if you're a popular-music station you play the popular music of the day whatever it is" A native of Church Hill Maness attended Church Hill High School and East Tennessee State University where he majored in speech and drama He began his affiliation with tion now underway and entering into agreement to purchase WGAT-FM in Gate City now pending Federal Communications Commission approval Maness says WKIN is now the "dominant adult contemporary station in this area" Part of this success he attributes to the station's flexible format "Format is a fluid thing" he said "To be successful a ra-diostation needs to reflect the current mood of the community As people change the format changes 1 rate selling based on an inventory of time left to sell in a certain time grid he added Also Maness inaugurated the area's first full-time research department which uses telephone surveys trade magazines and album sales to determine hit records in this region and establish a play list reflecting local tastes This was done he said because popularity lists in trade journals such as Billboard and Cashbox are nationwide in scope and do not reflect what is popular in a given area such as the Tri-Cities Because of this scientific localized approach "WKIN has been the dominant Kingsport station and usually in the top positions in the area in its target demographics" in most Ar-bitron surveys taken since 1976 Other initiatives taken by Maness include affilitation with the RKO Radio Network offering music specials news and features adding a local-news department gaining approval for 24-hour service with construc By JOHN OMYVAKE Entertainment Editor Ken Maness general manager of WKIN-AM since 1973 has been named general manager of WDOD-AM FM in Chattanooga effective today Both stations are owned by Eahakel Broadcasting Corp a Charlotte NC-based company operating six radio facilities and six television stations The Chattanooga station is one of the oldest radio stations in Tennessee having gone on the air April 13 1925 The AM station is a country-oriented station while the FM station plays adult contemporary music and is one of the largest stations between Knoxville and Atlanta broadcasting at 100000 watts WKIN by comparison is a 5000-watt station Maness 32 has seen the Tri-Cities radio market change considerably in the nearly eight years he has been helming WKIN "It's become much more professional" he said "Today the Leaflet lists recycling centers erport Road Kingsport accepts 1 1 MANESS Tri-Cities marketplace is very respected from a record standpoint" While at WKIN Maness made a number of innovations "We pioneered the current rate structure which is based on actual listening audience at the point of day they're running rather than a flat rate" he said The station also pioneered grid- If there's a sackful of aluminum cans in your closet a pile of old newspapers in your basement or a rusting car body in your backyard you may need a copy of a new leaflet from the Committee for a Clean Tennessee Titled "Recycling Centers Tennessee" the publication lists locations where reusable paper and metal may be sold Included are 112 locations along with the types of materials they accept Eight sites are listed for Sullivan County In Kingsport Tri-City Waste Paper Inc 501 Riv- In Hawkins County Holston Surplus Metal Austin Mill Rd Rogersville accepts scrap metals and aluminum cans Aluminum may be sold at three locations in Johnson City: Boone Distributing Co and Holston Distributing Co both on Lafe Cox Dr and ARCOA 217 King Street Southern Fibers Inc Johnson City buys newspapers and Tennessee Cellulose nsulation Co Route 3 Limestone accepts paper products Scrap metal may be sold at Enterprises 1708 Main St Johnson City aui i sues ui wuic twytri The Kingsport Sheltered Workshop accepts glass Scrap metal may be sold to Kingsport Iron and Metal Co Inc River-port Road Kingsport and Twin-City Iron Metal Co 980 Fairview Bristol Tenn Aluminum may be taken to Alumican Recycling Centers of America 920 Shelby St Bristol Va or ARCOA 618 Center St Kingsport Reynolds Aluminum Recycling Co Bristol Va also accepts aluminum except screen wire and shavings North Carolina firm awarded contract for State Route 137 ar av- Phillips' bid was about $141-000 higher than the low bid Specifications allow 375 working days for completion of the project DOT rejected bids on two other projects an interstate exchange on 1-40 in Knoxville and installation of 225 miles of guardrails in Lauderdale Co APAC-Tennessee Inc low bidder on the Knoxville project was found to be a subsidiary of Ashland-Warren Corporation which has been debarred from Tennessee Department pf Transportation yesterday awarded a $154 million contract to Phillips Jordan Inc of Robbinsville NC for completion of a 238-mile section of State Route 137 from Stone Drive in Kingsport to the Virginia state line It was the second-low bid submitted at the Dec 4 bidding The low bid submitted by Blythe Industries Inc of Charlotte NC was rejected when the company was debarred from federally funded work Tennessee work for involvement in the recent bid-rigging scandals Similarly RL Vaughn Inc low bidder on the Lauderdale Co job was found to be a subsidiary of McDowell Enterpises Inc another company involved in bid-rigging Ashland-Warren and McDowell Enterprises are in the last days of an initial 30-day debar-rment A DOT spokeswoman said Commissioner Bill Sansom must make a decision this week regarding longer debarments of the companies Those debarments could run from three months to three years she said Overnight Film Developing Bring Us Your Holiday Film! Fort Henry Mall 'Rotary Barns9 huge success 11 1 -s I teyo qooceT look L- 4 ABORTION A INFORMATION SERVICE COLLECT (615) 524-1263 No Waiting Period WOMEN'S CLINIC KNOXVILLE INC Bwy 441 muAi to 710 HM Av or HfUy SttMt Kvtv tndgt KnonMi Tam 37902 Coffey "This is a project where nobody loses The community wins two ways by having a cleaner community and by having the profits poured back into the community for projects that will benefit it The Rotary Club wins by having a source of money to fund those projects" Coffey said the community effort which is resulting in the collection of between six and seven tons of newspapers for recycling each week is exceeding the expectations of the club's project committee which came up with the idea after seeing a similar project in Asheville sponsored by the Lions Club "We really thought we would reach the 'break-even' point by mid-January But we actually reached that goal in early December" said Coffey When the Kingsport Rotary Club decided to open "Rotary Barns" to collect old newspapers for recycling the men never dreamed the project would be quite so successful Since the distinctive little buildings were placed at the Colonial Heights Shopping Center the Ft Henry Mall the Green-acres Shopping Center the Supermarket Row on Sullivan Street King-Giant Plaza and the Kingsport Mall shortly after Labor Day almost 125 tons of newspapers have been collected at the six locations That amounts to 250000 pounds of newspapers "We are so grateful to the people of Kingsport for their cooperation and support and to the Times-News for their help in publicizing the project" said Rotary Barn Chairman Dave run LTU fjTi BEFORE YOU BUY! 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