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Buies Creek, North Carolina Buies Creek ()
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, United States, the station serves the Fayetteville area. The station is owned by Radio Training Network and is a full-time satellite of

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in Franklinton.

Geographic coverage

WCCE's 15,000 watt signal covers all of Harnett and

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counties as well as parts of

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, Johnston and

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counties.

Former programming

The station had previously been the student radio station of

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in Buies Creek. It formerly aired a format featuring

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music during parts of the broadcast day along with religious programming; during this period, WCCE was branded as "Light and Easy 90.1". This format was featured during the 1990s and early 2000s before being dropped in 2006 in favor of a

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format mixed with other religious programming. It also aired various athletic events of the

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. Weekend programming included some bluegrass and

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music shows.

Sale

Following the 2006–2007 school year, Campbell sold WCCE to Radio Training Network, which turned it into a full-power satellite of WRTP. The call letters remain unchanged, even though the new station operates from studios located in North Raleigh. RTN took over the station's operations under a

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until the sale closed in 2007. Soon after taking over the station, RTN won

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approval to increase WCCE's power to 15,000 watts from a new tower in northeastern Cumberland County.

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Harnett County, North Carolina

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