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-licensed

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in the U.S. state of

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, which can be sorted by their

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, cities of license, licensees, and programming formats.

List of radio stations

Defunct

* WBIG *

WCRY WCRY (1460 AM, "Joy 1460") was a radio station broadcasting a black gospel music format. Licensed to serve Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, United States, it broadcast to the Research Triangle metropolitan area. It first began broadcasting in 19 ...

WGIV WGIV (1370 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Pineville, North Carolina, and serving the Charlotte metropolitan area. It airs an urban contemporary radio format. WGIV is owned by Frank Neely, but the station is operated by Ste ...

* WGSB * WGTL *

WGTM (Spindale, North Carolina) WGTM (1520 AM) was a radio station broadcasting an oldies and adult standards format. It was licensed to Spindale, North Carolina, United States, and is owned by Jesse A. Cowan. WGTM went silent on November 20, 2015, after losing its transmit ...

WGTM (Wilson, North Carolina) WGTM was an AM radio station licensed to and located in Wilson, North Carolina. Named for the World's Greatest Tobacco Market, WGTM was founded in the 1930s by the Wilson Tobacco Board of Trade. The station originally transmitted at 1310 ...

* WJBX * WJOS *

WJPI WJPI (1470 AM) was an Urban Gospel radio station formerly licensed to Plymouth, North Carolina, United States. The station was owned by 24-7 Communications, LLC. WJPI went silent on April 1, 2011. On September 28, 2012, the Federal Communicatio ...

* WLTT * WMBL * WOOW * WPTP-LP * WQNX *

WRDK WRDK (90.7 FM) was a radio station licensed to serve Bladenboro, North Carolina, United States. The station was owned by Richburg Educational Broadcasters, Inc. The station surrendered its license on March 12, 2018; the Federal Communications Com ...

* WSPF *

WTOW WTOW (1320 AM) was a radio station broadcasting a Gospel music format. Licensed to Washington, North Carolina, United States, the station was owned by Shabach Media Group. As of June 1, 2018, the station went silent. History 2003 license renewal ...

* WTRQ *

WVBS WVBS (1470 AM) was a radio station licensed to Burgaw, North Carolina, United States. It last broadcast a Christian format, as an affiliate of the Fundamental Broadcasting Network The Fundamental Broadcasting Network (FBN) is a network of Con ...

WVOT WVOT (1420 AM) was a radio station licensed to and located in Wilson, North Carolina, United States. The FCC assigned frequency was 1420 kHz. The station operated at 1,000 Watts non-directional by day, and 500 watts directional at night, lar ...

WVSP WVSP-FM (94.1 MHz, "ESPN Radio 94.1") is a sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Yorktown, Virginia, United States, serving The Peninsula, Middle Peninsula and Southside of Hampton Roads. WVSP-FM is owned and operated by Max ...

* WWIL *

WWNG WWNG (1330 AM) was a radio station broadcasting an adult standards/ MOR format to the Havelock, North Carolina, United States area. The station was owned by Dick Broadcasting, through licensee Dick Broadcasting Company, Inc. of Tennessee. WWNG ...

References

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External links

* (Directory ceased in 2017)
North Carolina Association of Broadcasters

Asheville Radio Museum
(est. 2001)
Carolinas Chapter of the Antique Wireless Association

Images

File:Radio listeners at Duke University-North Carolina football game circa 1939 Library of Congress fsa1998013982.jpg, Radio listeners in Durham during football game (Duke University vs. North Carolina), circa 1939 File:WBT-AM tower after hugo.JPG, WBT-AM tower in Charlotte area after

Hurricane Hugo Hurricane Hugo was a powerful Cape Verde tropical cyclone that inflicted widespread damage across the northeastern Caribbean and the Southeastern United States in September 1989. Across its track, Hugo affected approximately 2 million peop ...