Wednesday, October 7, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1916, Lebanon’s Cumberland College lost to Georgia Tech 222-0, still the most lopsided score in college football history. Cumberland had already dropped football but had to field a team anyway or risk paying Georgia Tech a $3,000 penalty. An East Tennessee outlaw who spent nearly five […]

Tuesday, October 6, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1871, nine Fisk University students left Nashville on a fundraising tour to save their struggling school. They became the famed Fisk Jubilee Singers, and their success paid to build Jubilee Hall, still the oldest building on Fisk’s campus. A Sevierville orchard is celebrating 50 years with its […]

Monday, October 5, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1925, Nashville’s WSM radio signed on for the first time. Less than two months later, the station launched the show that became the Grand Ole Opry. Dreaming of fresh powder this winter? A new nonstop flight out of Nashville just made the slopes a lot easier […]

Sunday, October 4, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1863, President Abraham Lincoln telegraphed Gen. William S. Rosecrans regarding the vital strategic necessity of holding Chattanooga and East Tennessee, writing, “If we can hold Chattanooga and East Tennessee, I think the rebellion must dwindle and die.” The CARS Tour made its debut at Newport […]

Saturday, October 3, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1791, the Knoxville Land Lottery took place when founder James White sold 64 half-acre lots within the newly surveyed town plan along the Tennessee River. Gov. William Blount named the new frontier settlement Knoxville to honor George Washington’s Secretary of War, Henry Knox. Did you […]

Friday, October 2, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1954, a 19-year-old Elvis Presley made his one and only Grand Ole Opry appearance at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, singing Blue Moon of Kentucky to a lukewarm crowd. Read the story here. One Tennessee bowler celebrated his 13th birthday in a way most of us only dream […]

Thursday, October 1, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 2019, Nashville hit 98 degrees, its fifth straight day above 90, as a September heat wave spilled into October. With highs near 90 again today, fall seems to be running a little late this year, too. See the record here. Where would you retire if the […]

Wednesday, September 30, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1780, the Overmountain Men, including frontiersmen who had mustered at Sycamore Shoals in what’s now Tennessee, reached Quaker Meadows, North Carolina, on their march to Kings Mountain. A week later, they defeated British Loyalists there. Two Murfreesboro teens risked it for the brisket this week, and […]

Tuesday, September 29, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1978, Tennessee’s own Dolly Parton hosted NBC’s The Midnight Special, performing hits like Here You Come Again and I Will Always Love You. Actor Glen Powell, in town cheering for Texas, spent his pregame stopping to take selfies with Tennessee fans, winning over the crowd even […]

Monday, September 28, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 2024, Winfield Dunn, Tennessee’s 43rd governor, died at 97. A Memphis dentist who’d never held office, he won in 1970 to become the state’s first Republican governor in 50 years. A 16-year-old superfan built a LEGO replica of Dolly Parton’s childhood home as a tribute to […]