Gatlinburg Radio: When the Mountain Speaks

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Gatlinburg Radio is the mountain’s voice—a station devoted to the people, legends, and unsolved mysteries of the Smokies and Appalachia. From folklore and faith to history and high strangeness, we broadcast what others overlook. Gatlinburg Roots, in association with the Gatlinburg Heritage Club, brings factual stories of White Oak Flats, the early families who cleared these hills, and how that mountain settlement grew into Gatlinburg and the gateway to America’s most-visited national park.

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Gatlinburg Radio: When the Mountain Speaks

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The Riverside Hotel — Where Gatlinburg Grew Up 21.10.2025 6:57

Gatlinburg Roots , in association with the Gatlinburg Heritage Club , presents the story of the Riverside Hotel —a place where Gatlinburg itself grew up. Built in 1914 by Stephen and Pearlie Whaley, the Riverside stood on the same ground many of us know today. Through wars and hard years the lamps in its lobby stayed lit, and by 1951 it had expanded with new rooms, a dining hall, a pool alive with...