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WYAY (FM)
WYAY (106.3 FM, "Carolina Gold") is a radio station broadcasting an oldies format. Licensed to Bolivia, North Carolina, United States, WYAY serves the Wilmington area. The station is currently owned by Maryland Media One. History The 106.3 frequency was WCCA, a beach music station and then a classic country station. before taking over the call letters and talk format previously heard on what is now 103.7 WILT when Sea-Comm Media purchased the station. With the callsign WLTT, 106.3 became a news/talk station called "The Big Talker" and in 2004, WWTB, an adult standards station at 103.9 FM which was licensed to Topsail Beach, North Carolina, began airing the same programming. Sea-Comm general manager Paul Knight called the format a "not-politically-correct talk station." This simulcast ended when the WBNE 93.7 frequency took the role, moving to Topsail Beach and changing its callsign to WNTB. WLTT changed its license city in 2009 from Shallotte to Bolivia. WLTT and WNTB simulc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolivia, North Carolina
Bolivia is a town in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 143 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Brunswick County. Geography Bolivia is located in east-central Brunswick County at (34.069119, -78.147755). Old U.S. Route 17 (Old Ocean Highway) passes through the center of the town, while the current U.S. Route 17 (Ocean Highway) bypasses it to the northwest. US-17 leads northeast to Wilmington and southwest to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town of Bolivia has a total area of , all land. Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there were 149 people, 71 households, and 54 families residing in the town. 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 148 people, 58 households, and 45 families residing in the town. The population density was 224.7 people per square mile (86.6/km2). There were 77 housing units at an average density of 116.9 per square mile (45.0/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WPGI
WPGI is an oldies radio station licensed to Georgetown, South Carolina, and serving the Grand Strand area. The Andrulonis Media outlet, an affiliate of the "Carolina Country" network, is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to broadcast at 93.7 MHz with an ERP of 6 kW. History WSCA-FM signed on at 93.7 in Georgetown playing classic rock but later joined with WJXY-FM, changing its letters to WXJY. As WJXY's simulcast partner, WXJY was "Cruisin' Country", with a mix of country and rock music, then rhythmic as "Hot 93". Hot 93 changed to contemporary hit radio and added WSEA as a simulcast partner. Then WJXY-FM, WXJY and WIQB became ESPN Radio affiliates as "The Team" in 2003. WXJY changed its simulcast partner to WSEA in July 2010, changing its format to contemporary hit radio. WXJY once again simulcast WJXY. In 2013, the station aired a Southern rock/country music format called "The Outlaw". On September 20, 2016, Cumulus' Joule Broadcasting announced t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WFAY
WFAY (1230 AM broadcasting, AM) is a radio station city of license, licensed to serve Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States. The station is owned by Jeffrey Andrulonis' Andrulonis Media. WFAY serves the Fayetteville area. WFAY is the flagship (broadcasting), flagship station of the Carolina Country network, a country music network covering portions of North and South Carolina, and having been in Andrulonis's hands on and off since 1995, it is the flagship of the entire Andrulonis Media portfolio. History WFAI signed on the air in 1947. At one time, WFAI was a CBS Radio affiliate carrying Arthur Godfrey, Art Linkletter and Ma Perkins. Jack Lee (politician), Jack Lee bought WFAI in 1960, and his "Open Mike" may have been the first talk show in Fayetteville. Danny Highsmith hosted "Talk Back" in the 1970s. "Talk Back" aired from 10–11 a.m. Monday to Friday. Lee had worked with Joy Pyne in Delaware, and her show was on WFAI at one time. Curt Nunnery hosted "Curt's Coffe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrulonis Media
Andrulonis Media, LLC is a multimedia marketing firm that owns several radio stations in the United States. It is controlled by the Andrulonis family and currently has stations based in the Grand Strand of South Carolina and Cumberland County in North Carolina. History The company began operations in Pennsylvania as "Colonial Media Group." It first invested in the Twin Tiers radio market in 2008. The company strategy was to take rimshot signals in farther-flung boroughs such as Kane and Coudersport and move them to towns adjacent to the area's largest city in Olean, hoping to gain market share from the two main broadcasters in the area, Backyard Broadcasting (then owners of WPIG, the dominant station in the region, now owned by Seven Mountains Media) and Pembrook Pines Media Group (whose stations are now owned by Waypoint Media). From 2011 to 2013, Colonial operated a local television station in Olean. In 2018, Andrulonis announced the sale of the last of those stations to Rick Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WWAY
WWAY (channel 3) is a television station in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States, affiliated with ABC, CBS, and The CW Plus. Owned by Morris Multimedia, the station has studios on Magnolia Village Way in Leland, and its transmitter is located west of Winnabow in Town Creek Township. History WWAY signed on the air on October 30, 1964, as the second television station in Wilmington, 10½ years after NBC affiliate WECT (channel 6). It was originally owned by Cape Fear Telecasting, a firm controlled by local interests. The station's first studios were located on the 10th floor of the Murchison Building in downtown Wilmington. Logically, it should have signed on as a CBS affiliate. However, it has been an ABC affiliate from the very first day. This was somewhat unusual for a two-station market, especially one of Wilmington's size. For most of its first 20 years in television, ABC was relegated to secondary status on existing stations in most two-station markets. However, at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WECT
WECT (channel 6) is a television station in Wilmington, North Carolina, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Gray Television, which provides certain services to Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox affiliate WSFX-TV (channel 26) under a shared services agreement (SSA) with American Spirit Media. Both stations share studios on U.S. Route 117, Shipyard Boulevard in Wilmington, while WECT's transmitter is located near Winnabow, North Carolina. History Channel 6 began broadcasting on April 9, 1954 with the call sign WMFD-TV. It aired an analog television, analog signal on very high frequency, VHF channel 6 from a 941-foot WECT tower, transmitter near Delco, North Carolina, Delco. The station was owned by Atlantic Telecasting Corporation alongside Wilmington's oldest radio station, WMFD (AM), WMFD. Atlantic Telecasting sold off the radio station in 1958 and changed the television station's calls changed to the current WECT. The WMFD-TV call letters are now used by an independ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whiteville, North Carolina
Whiteville is a city in Columbus County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 5,394 at the 2010 census. It is the largest city in Columbus County and is the county seat. History Columbus County was created in 1808. In 1810, a community was platted on land owned by James B. White for the purpose of creating a county seat and establishing government buildings. It was originally known as White's Crossing before being incorporated under its present name in 1832. A post office called Whiteville has been in operation since 1821. The town was sacked by Union forces during the latter stages of the American Civil War. In 1950, Whiteville fielded a professional minor league baseball team in the Class D Tobacco State League. The Whiteville Tobs club lasted only one season before disbanding with the entire league. The Columbus County Courthouse was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Geography Whiteville is located in north-central Columbus County at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shallotte, North Carolina
Shallotte is a town in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,675 at the 2010 census. The Shallotte River passes through the town. History Shallotte was incorporated as a town in 1899. A former Hardee's restaurant, located on Main Street, was used as a filming location for the robbery scene in the Melissa McCarthy film '' Tammy''. It was demolished in 2017 and a Zaxby's was built in the same lot in the early summer of 2017. Geography Shallotte is located in west-central Brunswick County at (33.977030, -78.392517). U.S. Route 17 (Ocean Highway) passes through the town, bypassing the town center to the northwest. (Main Street is designated US 17 Business.) US 17 leads northeast to Wilmington and southwest to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.72%, is water. Climate Demographics 2020 census As of the 2020 United States census, there wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WNTB
WNTB (93.7 FM broadcasting, FM) is a radio station. Licensed to Topsail Beach, North Carolina, USA, it serves the Wilmington, North Carolina area. The 93.7 frequency was previously home to WILT (FM), WBNE, later at 103.7 FM. From 2007 to 2020 WNTB simulcast WLTT, later WYAY (FM), WUDE. The Big Talker was a Fox News Affiliate. WNTB and WLTT 106.3 FM, Bolivia, simulcast to 5 counties in southeastern North Carolina as part of the Sea-Comm Media station group. The station was owned by Sea-Comm, Inc. External links * * Radio stations in North Carolina, NTB {{NorthCarolina-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Topsail Beach, North Carolina
Topsail Beach is a town in Pender County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 383 at the 2012 census. It is part of the Wilmington Metropolitan Statistical Area. History Local folklore claims the name, Topsail (pronounced Tops’l), originated during the 1700s when pirate ships, including Blackbeard, roamed the coastal waters. Historians explain that marauding pirates hid their ships in the channel behind the island and waited for passing merchant ships loaded with goods. The pirates would pursue and attack the merchants, claiming the cargoes as their own. Eventually the merchants became aware of this infamous hiding place and began to watch for the tops of the pirates' sails showing over the rolling dunes - hence the name Topsail Island. Prior to World War II, the only access to Topsail Island was by boat. Area residents frequently made this short trip to picnic and search for the pirate Blackbeard's rumored buried treasure. During World War II, the U.S. Navy took ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
