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WPLW-FM
WPLW-FM (102.5 MHz) is a is a classic hits formatted commercial radio station licensed to Hillsborough, North Carolina, and serving the Research Triangle, including Durham and 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) 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 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 signed on from Louisburg in 1989 as WHLQ, an adult contemporary station branded as Q-102.5. The station later began simulcasting a country music format with its sister AM station, WYRN ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WKIX-FM
WKIX-FM (102.9 MHz) is a classic hits formatted radio station located in Raleigh, North Carolina, that plays hit music from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s as "KIX 102". Its studios are located in Raleigh, and the transmitter tower is in 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 country station WKIX 96.9 soon joined the new WWMY in a simulcast as 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 for a brief time before switching to a classic hits format. It was during this time that the station carried ... [...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 Countr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WKJO (FM)
WKJO (102.3 Hertz, 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 WWPL, 96.9 FM in 1990. WEQR simulcast WPWZ, WEQQ in Pinetops, North Carolina, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WQDR (AM)
WQDR (570 kHz; "Rock 92.9") is a classic rock AM radio station, licensed to Raleigh, North Carolina, which serves the Triangle region, including Durham and Chapel Hill. Its studios are located in Raleigh, and the transmitter is co-located at the WPTF transmitter site in Cary. WQDR's programming is also carried on two translator stations in Raleigh, W225DF (92.9 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 scheduled for October 17 had to be delayed by eight days due to damage from Hurricane Hazel. In late 1 ... [...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, Ab ... [...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 ... [...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 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 and Jacksonville, and as far north as the Roanoke, Virginia suburbs. Much of the eastern Piedmont Triad, including Greensboro, gets city-gra ... [...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 ... [...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 te ... [...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, NC) * WQDR 570 AM (Raleigh, NC) * WGBR 1150 AM (Goldsboro, NC) * WFMC 730 AM (Goldsboro, NC) * WKIX 850 AM (Raleigh, NC) *WXIT 1200 AM (Blowing Rock, NC) *WATA 1450 AM (Boone, NC) *WECR 1130 AM ( Newland, NC) *WWMC 1010 AM ( Kinston, NC) * WSSG 1300 AM (Goldsboro, NC) * WNCT 1070 AM ( 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, NC) *WKIX-FM 102.9 FM (Raleigh, NC) *WYMY 101.1 FM ( Burlington, NC) *WZKT 97.7 ( Walnut Creek, NC) *WMMY 106.1 FM ( Jefferson, NC) *WWMY 102.3 FM ( Beech Mountain, NC) *WZJS 100.7 FM (Banner Elk, NC) * WELS-FM 102.9 FM (Kinston, NC) * WMGV 103.3 FM (Newport, NC) * W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transmitter
In electronics and telecommunications, a radio transmitter or just transmitter is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an antenna. The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which is applied to the antenna. When excited by this alternating current, the antenna radiates radio waves. Transmitters are necessary component parts of all electronic devices that communicate by radio, such as radio and television broadcasting stations, cell phones, walkie-talkies, wireless computer networks, Bluetooth enabled devices, garage door openers, two-way radios in aircraft, ships, spacecraft, radar sets and navigational beacons. The term ''transmitter'' is usually limited to equipment that generates radio waves for communication purposes; or radiolocation, such as radar and navigational transmitters. Generators of radio waves for heating or industrial purposes, such as microwave ovens or diathermy equipment, are not usually called transmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh (; ) is the capital city of the state of North Carolina and the seat of Wake County in the United States. It is the second-most populous city in North Carolina, after Charlotte. Raleigh is the tenth-most populous city in the Southeast, 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 trees, which line the streets in the heart of the city. The city covers a land area of . The U.S. Census Bureau counted the city's population as 474,069 in the 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 Colony in present-day Dare County. Raleigh is home to North Carolina State University (NC State) and is part of the Research Triangle together with Durham (home of Duke University and North Carolina Central University) and Chapel Hill (home of the Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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