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WKIX-FM
WKIX-FM (102.9 Hertz, MHz) is a classic hits formatted radio station located in Raleigh, North Carolina, that plays hit music from the 1960s in music, 1960s, 1970s in music, 1970s, and 1980s in music, 1980s as "KIX 102". Its studios are located in Raleigh, and the transmitter tower is in Cary, North Carolina, Cary. History The station began operating in 1998 under the call letters WWND, and carried a smooth jazz format as "102.9 the Wind". This setup was very similar in nature to one carried out by another station, WNND-FM 103.9 (now WNNL) from 1990 to 1996. In February 2001, the station began an all-1980s format as "Star 102.9", with new call letters, WWMY, following shortly thereafter. Goldsboro, North Carolina, Goldsboro country station WKIX 96.9 soon joined the new WWMY in a simulcast as WWPL, WYMY, simulcasting WWMY with 100,000 watts to points east of Raleigh as "Star 96-9 and 102-9". Over the next two years, Star attempted to tweak its format by becoming a hot AC hybrid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WKJO (FM)
WKJO (102.3 MHz) is a classic hits formatted radio station licensed to Smithfield, North Carolina. The station is owned by Curtis Media Group, and simulcasts the "KIX 102, Carolina's Greatest Hits" programming of hit music from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s that originates from WKIX-FM (102.9) in Raleigh. WKJO's transmitter tower is northwest of Smithfield in rural Clayton, North Carolina. History WOKN was urban contemporary before picking up the WEQR letters and adult contemporary format from 96.9 FM in 1990. WEQR simulcast WEQQ in Pinetops with a hot adult contemporary format and the name "The Double Q". Beasley Broadcast Group sold WEQR to Curtis Media in 1996. WEQQ became WKTC in 1998 and WEQR continued with the format until 2001, when the station began simulcasting WKXU; the country music format and WKIX letters moved from 96.9 FM. Branding during this time included Kix 102.3 and Country 102. The station swapped call letters with 97.7 FM in Kinston in 2006, becoming WWNF ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WBBB
WBBB (96.1 FM "96.1 BBB"), is an adult hits radio station based in Raleigh, North Carolina, owned by Curtis Media Group. Its studios are located in Raleigh, and the transmitter tower is near Garner close to Lake Wheeler. History The station was signed on in 1949 by the Raleigh ''News and Observer'' as WNAO-FM to simulcast sister station WNAO 850 AM. The stations were sold to Sir Walter Television effective February 13, 1953. In 1955 the station became WKIX-FM, simulcasting much of sister AM WKIX's top 40 format. This move was out of necessity as WKIX (AM)'s 10 kW signal was powered down to a directional 5 kW at night, preventing the station from having full area coverage. In 1972, WKIX-FM changed format to easy listening WYYD. In a change announced in March 1983, WYYD gave up its Carson Radio Services beautiful music format for a new sound without instrumentals described as "between beautiful music and adult contemporary" by general manager Ed Weiss. Burkhart, Abr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WKIX (AM)
WKIX (850 kHz) is an AM radio station with an oldies format. Licensed to Raleigh, North Carolina, United States, the station serves the Research Triangle area. The station is owned by Curtis Media Group. Studios are located in Raleigh. History Early years WNAO signed on in 1947, owned by the '' News and Observer'' newspaper. As of 1948, WNAO was an ABC radio affiliate. WNAO-FM was added in 1949. Sir Walter Television purchased the stations from the newspaper effective February 13, 1953. The Raleigh-Durham market's first TV station, WNAO-TV, channel 28, signed on in 1953, but went off the air in 1957. The AM (10,000 watts at 850 kHz) and FM (35,000 watts at 96.1 MHz) radio stations were sold to an independent broadcaster, Ted Oberfelter, who changed the call letters to WKIX and WKIX-FM to avoid the association with the newspaper. WKIX, Channel 85 In 1958, Hugh Holder, a former CBS announcer, along with three partners bought the radio stations. Holder changed the form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WPLW-FM
WPLW-FM (102.5 Hertz, MHz) is a is a classic hits formatted commercial radio, commercial radio station city of license, licensed to Hillsborough, North Carolina, and serving the Research Triangle, including Durham, North Carolina, Durham and Raleigh, North Carolina, Raleigh. The station simulcasts the "KIX 102, Carolina's Greatest Hits" programming of hit music from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s that originates from WKIX-FM (102.9 FM Broadcasting, FM) in Raleigh. The station is owned by New Century Media Group. According to FCC ownership filings, New Century Media Group is 100% owned by Donald W. Curtis, Chairman and CEO of Curtis Media Group. WPLW-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 1,500 watts and is considered a List of North American broadcast station classes, Class A FM station. By contrast, some Raleigh-area stations, such as WNCB and WRDU run 100,000 watts. The transmitter is off Bivins Road north of Durham. History The station sign-on, signed on from Louisburg, N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WWPL
WWPL (96.9 FM, "Pulse FM") is a contemporary hits radio station licensed to Goldsboro, North Carolina, which is east of the Raleigh-Durham Triangle. The station is owned by Curtis Media Group. Its studios are located in Raleigh, and the transmitter tower is near Princeton, North Carolina. History Originally WGBR-FM at 99.7 FM and then 93.3 FM, this Goldsboro station for most of its early history originally simulcast its AM counterpart. It switched its call letters to WEQR in 1950. During much of the late 1970s and into the 1980s, the station, under the nickname "Q96", underwent several format changes over the years including soft rock (1978-1980), contemporary rock (1980-1984) and adult contemporary (to 1987) until evolving into a CHR station. In 1989, Curtis Media Group bought the station and moved the country music format and calls of Tarboro's WKTC from 104.3 to 96.9. The WEQR letters and hot adult contemporary format went to the former WOKN at 102.3 FM. "Katie Country" ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WPTF
WPTF (680 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station broadcasting a news/talk radio format. Licensed to Raleigh, the station serves the Research Triangle area of North Carolina. It is owned by the Curtis Media Group, with studios located on Highwoods Boulevard in Raleigh. WPTF's transmitter site is a two-tower facility off East Chatham Street, near Maynard Road NE, in Cary, North Carolina. WPTF is one of two AM radio stations in North Carolina, along with WBT in Charlotte, which operate fulltime with 50,000 watts, the maximum power for AM stations in the U.S. (As a Class A clear-channel station, WBT has more protection from other stations than WPTF, which is classified as Class B.) WPTF has a Omnidirectional antenna, non-directional daytime signal from a single tower, which provides a grade B signal as far west as the Charlotte suburbs, as far east as Greenville, North Carolina, Greenville and Jacksonville, North Carolina, Jacksonville, and as far north as the Roanoke, Virginia s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh (; ) is the capital city of the state of North Carolina and the List of North Carolina county seats, seat of Wake County, North Carolina, Wake County in the United States. It is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, second-most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte. Raleigh is the tenth-most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast, List of United States cities by population, the 41st-most populous city in the U.S., and the largest city of the Research Triangle metro area. Raleigh is known as the "City of Oaks" for its many oak, oak trees, which line the streets in the heart of the city. The city covers a land area of . The United States Census Bureau, U.S. Census Bureau counted the city's population as 474,069 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States. The city of Raleigh is named after Sir Walter Raleigh, who established the lost Roanoke Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curtis Media Group
Curtis Media Group is a broadcast media company based in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA. The company owns and operates several North Carolina radio stations and television networks. Broadcast Stations Curtis Media Group owns and operates the following stations: Radio AM *WPTF 680 AM (Raleigh, North Carolina, Raleigh, NC) *WQDR (AM), WQDR 570 AM (Raleigh, NC) *WGBR 1150 AM (Goldsboro, North Carolina, Goldsboro, NC) *WFMC 730 AM (Goldsboro, NC) *WKIX (AM), WKIX 850 AM (Raleigh, NC) *WXIT 1200 AM (Blowing Rock, North Carolina, Blowing Rock, NC) *WATA 1450 AM (Boone, North Carolina, Boone, NC) *WECR 1130 AM (Newland, North Carolina, Newland, NC) *WWMC 1010 AM (Kinston, North Carolina, Kinston, NC) *WSSG 1300 AM (Goldsboro, NC) *WNCT (AM), WNCT 1070 AM (Greenville, North Carolina, Greenville, NC) FM *WQDR-FM 94.7 FM (Raleigh, NC) *WBBB 96.1 FM (Raleigh, NC) *WWPL 96.9 FM (Goldsboro, NC) *WPLW-FM 102.5 FM (Hillsborough, North Carolina, Hillsborough, NC) *WKIX-FM 102.9 FM (Raleigh, NC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WQDR (AM)
WQDR (570 Hertz, kHz; "Rock 92.9") is a classic rock AM radio, AM radio station, licensed to Raleigh, North Carolina, which serves the Triangle region, including Durham, North Carolina, Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Its studios are located in Raleigh, and the transmitter is co-located at the WPTF transmitter site in Cary, North Carolina, Cary. WQDR's programming is also carried on two translator stations in Raleigh, W225DF (92.9 FM broadcasting, FM) and W262CZ (100.3 FM), as well as in Durham on W227CZ (93.3 FM), and in Chapel Hill on W228CV (93.5 FM). History The station was first licensed in 1954 as WMSN, with 500 watts, daytime-only, on 570 kHz. The station manager was B. H. Ingle, Sr., pastor of the First Missionary Church and owner of B. H. Ingle & Sons Roofing and Heating Company. Programming was advertised as "Hillbilly, Western, and Gospel music, Associated Press news, weather reports and news of local and county interest". The debut broadcast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WQDR-FM
WQDR-FM (94.7 MHz) is a commercial radio station in Raleigh, North Carolina, broadcasting to the Research Triangle, including the cities of Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, Fayetteville, Rocky Mount, Wilson, and Goldsboro. "94-7 QDR" presents a country music radio format and is owned by the Curtis Media Group. WQDR-FM's studios and offices are on Highwoods Boulevard in Raleigh. The transmitter is off Business Route 70 in Garner, on an antenna used by many Raleigh TV and FM stations. WQDR-FM is a Primary Entry Point (PEP) station for the Emergency Alert System, and was previously the Common Program Control Station (or CPCS-1) for the Raleigh operational area of the Emergency Broadcast System. WQDR-FM broadcasts in the HD Radio format, with its HD-2 subchannel carrying the soft oldies programming of co-owned AM 850 WKIX. WQDR-FM's HD-3 subchannel airs the classic rock programming of AM 570 WQDR. History Early years In August 1949, the Durham Life Insurance Company signed on WPTF- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Research Triangle
The Research Triangle, or simply The Triangle, are both common nicknames for a metropolitan area in the Piedmont region of North Carolina in the United States, anchored by the cities of Raleigh and Durham and the town of Chapel Hill, home to three major research universities: North Carolina State University, Duke University, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, respectively. The nine-county region, officially named the Raleigh–Durham–Cary combined statistical area (CSA), comprises the Raleigh–Cary and Durham–Chapel Hill Metropolitan Statistical Areas and the Henderson Micropolitan Statistical Area. The "Triangle" name originated in the 1950s with the creation of Research Triangle Park, located between the three anchor cities and home to numerous high tech companies. A 2019 Census estimate put the population at 2,079,687, making it the second largest combined statistical area in the state of North Carolina behind Charlotte CSA. The Raleigh–Durham t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdiction over the areas of broadband access, fair competition, radio frequency use, media responsibility, public safety, and homeland security. The FCC was formed by the Communications Act of 1934 to replace the radio regulation functions of the Federal Radio Commission. The FCC took over wire communication regulation from the Interstate Commerce Commission. The FCC's mandated jurisdiction covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories of the United States. The FCC also provides varied degrees of cooperation, oversight, and leadership for similar communications bodies in other countries of North America. The FCC is funded entirely by regulatory fees. It has an estimated fiscal-2022 budget of US $388 million. It has 1,482 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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