WDRU (1030 AM) is a

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to

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, United States, the station serves the

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area. The station is owned by Truth Broadcasting Corporation. WDRU broadcasts

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sports programming, beginning with the 2012 football season. Its parent company, Truth Broadcasting, reached a deal with WEGO in Winston-Salem and

WKEW WKEW (1400 AM) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a Gospel music radio format. Licensed to Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, the station is owned by Truth Broadcasting Corporation. In Greensboro and nearby communities, WKEW can also be h ...

in Greensboro to provide coverage along the I-40 corridor, which had been covered by

WZTK WZTK (105.7 FM) is an American radio station stunting with a Christmas music format. The station is licensed to the city of Alpena, Michigan. The station is currently owned by Midwestern Broadcasting Company. History WZTK was issued its broad ...

before flipping to Spanish programming.

History

WFTK was a

station and later aired

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programming before Truth Broadcasting changed to the current format. The station was licensed as WBZN in 1984, but signed on September 1, 1989 as WFTK, owned by the Baker Family Stations, from studios along

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. On May 3, 2005, WFTK became WDRU. Originally licensed to Wake Forest, the station moved its license to Creedmoor in 2005. It also altered its signal pattern in order to better serve listeners in the western portion of the Triangle (

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Translators

WDRU broadcasts during daytime hours only unlike its sister station,

WTRU WTRU (830 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Kernersville, North Carolina, and serving the Piedmont Triad. It is owned by Truth Broadcasting and carries a Christian talk and teaching radio format. Truth Broadcasting is owned by ...

in the Greensboro/Winston-Salem market. This is to protect WBZ in

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. However, the station does operate FM

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, both which broadcast 24 hours. The station is also heard in HD Radio at 103.9-2,

WNNL WNNL (103.9 FM) is an Urban Gospel formatted station serving the Raleigh/Durham metropolitan region. Owned by Radio One with WQOK and WFXC/ WFXK, ''"The Light 103.9"'' is "The Triangle's #1 Station for Inspiration" and home to the Yolanda Adams ...

HD2.

References

External links

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