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WRCM
WRCM (91.9 MHz) is a listener-supported, non-commercial FM radio station licensed to Wingate, North Carolina and serving the Charlotte metropolitan area. It airs a Contemporary Christian radio format and identifies itself as " K-LOVE". It is owned by the Educational Media Foundation, based in Rocklin, California, a non-profit ministry. Some listeners can also hear K-LOVE on 94.1 WWLV in Lexington, North Carolina or on 88.3 WLXK in Boiling Springs, North Carolina. History Columbia International University, then known as Columbia Bible College, applied to the FCC for the license in 1982. Internally, this was known as The 92 FM Project. Other entities applied on top of CBC including Wingate College (now Wingate University) and a church in Waxhaw, North Carolina area. After 10 years of negotiations with the other groups, WRCM was granted the license and was signed on the air by founding general manager Ken Mayfield at 12 noon on June 14, 1993. Present at sign on were CIU president, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WMHK
WMHK (89.7 FM) is a non-commercial Christian radio station in Columbia, South Carolina. It is owned and operated by the Educational Media Foundation. Its programming is Contemporary Christian music programmed from K-LOVE studios in Rocklin, California. WMHK is one of South Carolina's most powerful stations. It provides at least grade B coverage to much of the South Carolina portions of the Charlotte and Augusta areas, and can be heard clearly as far east as Florence and as far west as Union. History Columbia International University signed WMHK on the air August 30, 1976 with a vision to share the Gospel through the airwaves. Until its sale to the Educational Media Foundation, it was unique in the sense that it was locally owned and operated, while most radio stations in Columbia are corporate owned. During its time as a locally owned station, WMHK enjoyed much higher ratings than most other CCM stations. Jim Marshall, former general manager of WMHK, was responsible for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WLXK
WLXK (88.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Contemporary Christian format airs the K-LOVE programming format from Rocklin, California. Previously, it simulcasted WRCM in Wingate, North Carolina when it was owned by Columbia International University. Licensed to Boiling Springs, North Carolina, United States, the station is currently owned by the Educational Media Foundation. Gardner–Webb University radio station WGWG signed on in 1974 with beautiful music and "The Afternoon Rock Show". The signal increased to 50,000 watts in 1994. Streaming began in 1998. By 1999, the format included music performed live in the studio, talk shows, and high school football. The music format changed from adult album alternative in 2010. Gardner–Webb announced the sale of the 88.3 frequency and the move by the radio station to online-only June 28, 2013. On October 6, 2014, it was announced that then-WRZM, along with WRCM and its translators, were being sold to EMF Broadcasting. The deal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WLNK
WLNK (107.9 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to serve Charlotte, North Carolina. The station is owned by Urban One. WLNK broadcasts a hot adult contemporary radio format. Studios are located at One Julian Price Place on West Morehead Street, just west of Uptown Charlotte, and the station shares a broadcast tower with former television partner WBTV located near Dallas at (). WLNK broadcasts using HD Radio. History WBT-FM WBT-FM was first heard on the 107.9 frequency on August 15, 1962, but this was actually the second incarnation of WBT-FM. Those call letters were used on WBT's first FM service at 99.9 MHz from 1947 to 1954. Clyde McLean was the original announcer on WBT-FM, and the station was purposed for "Storecasting" or playing background music for businesses in the Charlotte area. Very little advertising was sold on the station, and the company's television station, WBTV was becoming profitable for the company. For that reason, Jefferson Standard Broadcasting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WNOW (AM)
WNOW (1030 AM) "Activa" is a radio station broadcasting a Regional Mexican format licensed to Mint Hill, North Carolina, United States. The AM frequency is currently owned by Noberto Sanchez's Norsan Group, through licensee Norsan Media LLC. The AM frequency is a daytime-only operation, as it operates on the same frequency as clear-channel WBZ in Boston. FM Translator In addition to the main station at 1030 kHz, WNOW is relayed by an FM translator in order to widen its broadcast area and provide 24 hour coverage with stereo high fidelity sound. History The station signed on August 1, 1987, in Union County as a contemporary Christian station by the founding general manager, Ken Mayfield. An April sign-on date was delayed by paperwork problems. Artists included Amy Grant, Dion, Dan Peek and Deniece Williams. Russ Jones took over as manager soon after Mayfield's departure in 1989 for WTYC. By 1992, WNOW was already offering programming from other countries. A two-hour S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wingate, North Carolina
Wingate is a town in Union County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,491 at the 2010 census. History The Wingate Commercial Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. It is named for Washington Manly Wingate. Geography Wingate is located at (34.985021, -80.447254). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land. Wingate is drained by tributaries to Richardson Creek, including Rays Fork and Meadow Branch. Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 4,055 people, 1,002 households, and 693 families residing in the town. 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 2,406 people, 751 households, and 464 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,430.2 people per square mile (553.0/km²). There were 825 housing units at an average density of 490.4 per square mile (189.6/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 60.6% White, 28.8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocklin, California
Rocklin is a city in Placer County, California, about from Sacramento, and about northeast of Roseville in the Sacramento metropolitan area. Besides Roseville, it shares borders with Granite Bay, Loomis and Lincoln. As of the 2010 census, Rocklin's population was 56,974. The California Department of Finance placed the 2019 population at 68,823. History Before the California Gold Rush, the Nisenan Maidu occupied both permanent villages and temporary summer shelters along the rivers and streams that miners sifted, sluiced, dredged and dammed to remove the gold. Explorer Jedediah Smith and a large party of American fur trappers crossed the Sacramento Valley in April 1827. The group saw many Maidu villages along the river banks. Deprived of traditional foodstuffs, homesites and hunting grounds by the emigrants, the Nisenan were among the earliest California Indian tribes to disappear. During the 1850s, miners sluiced streams and rivers, including Secret Ravine, which runs throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dallas, North Carolina
Dallas is a town in Gaston County, North Carolina, United States, and a suburb of Charlotte, located north of Gastonia. The population was 4,488 at the 2010 census. It was named for George M. Dallas, Vice President of the United States under James K. Polk. Geography Dallas is located at (35.314816, -81.175215). It is approximately four miles north of the city of Gastonia and about west of Charlotte. Lincolnton is north and Hickory is north of Dallas along US 321. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land. Dallas lies within the Long Creek watershed. Long Creek is a right tributary of the South Fork Catawba River. Dallas is drained by Long Creek tributaries Dallas Branch and Little Long Creek. History Dallas was officially incorporated in 1863 and is the oldest incorporated town in Gaston County. It served as the original county seat for Gaston County from 1846 until 1911. The old Gaston County courthouse, renovated in 186 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WSGE
WSGE (91.7 MHz) is a non-commercial, public radio station in Dallas, North Carolina, and serving the Charlotte metropolitan area. It is owned by Gaston College and run by a staff of professionals, students and volunteers. It has an adult album alternative (AAA) radio format. The station seeks donations from listeners and local business, holding periodic on-air fundraisers. The radio studios and offices are in the Craig Arts & Sciences Building. WSGE has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 7,500 watts. Its transmitter is off Hipp Road in Alexis, North Carolina, near North Carolina Highway 27. The signal covers 26 North and South Carolina counties with a population of 1.3 million residents. Programming WSGE identifies itself as "Your Independent Music Source 91.7." A large portion of its music programming consists of Adult Album Alternative (AAA) music with emphasis on local, independent musicians and live in-studio performances. Other programming includes beach music, folk m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Trail, North Carolina
Indian Trail is a Suburb, suburban town in Union County, North Carolina, Union County, North Carolina, United States. A part of the Charlotte metropolitan area, Indian Trail has grown rapidly in the 21st century, going from 1,942 residents in 1990 to 39,997 in 2020. Every Fourth of July the town holds an annual parade which is one of the biggest parades in the Charlotte area. History Founded on March 12, 1861, the town holds a history of traders traveling along the "Indian Trail," which ran from Petersburg, Virginia, to the Waxhaw people, Waxhaw Indians and gold mining areas. Indian Trail was first a farming community; however, German American, German and Scotch-Irish American, Scot-Irish and Irish Americans, Irish settlers began to move into the area due to its geographical location. In 1874, the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad was built between the cities Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte and Monroe, North Carolina, Monroe. The railroad, which runs through the town, brought prosp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waxhaw, North Carolina
Waxhaw is a town in Union County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 20,534 according to the 2020 Census. The population grew 108.28% from 2010. The name is derived from the indigenous people who lived in the area, who were known as the Waxhaw people. Geography Waxhaw is located at (34.928201, -80.744835). According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of . Waxhaw's northernmost municipal boundary is located four and one-half miles south of the Charlotte southernmost city limit. Waxhaw is part of Union County. Waxhaw is located in the historic region called The Waxhaws and both the region and the town are named after the indigenous Native American tribe who lived there prior to colonial settlement. Europeans sometimes referred to their settlements in the area as, The Waxhaw Settlement. The town of Waxhaw is in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, which is a wooded area with rolling hills. This region is where gold was first disco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wingate University
Wingate University is a private Baptist university with campuses in Wingate, Charlotte, and Hendersonville, North Carolina. It is affiliated with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina (Southern Baptist Convention). The university enrolls more than 3,600 students. It offers 37 undergraduate majors as well as eight master's and five doctoral degrees. Academic programs are housed in the Cannon College of Arts and Sciences; the Levine College of Health Sciences; the Byrum School of Business; and the College of Professional Studies, which includes the Thayer School of Education and the School of Sport Sciences. History In 1896, Wingate University began as The Wingate School, a primary and secondary institution founded by the Baptist Associations of Union County, North Carolina, and Chesterfield County, South Carolina, in response to a dearth of locally-available public schools. The university remains affiliated with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina (Southern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
