WKEW (1400 AM) is a commercial

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broadcasting a

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, USA, the station is owned by Truth Broadcasting Corporation. In Greensboro and nearby communities, WKEW can also be heard on an FM

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at 96.3

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, for listeners who prefer FM radio. It is also

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1340 kHz

WPOL WPOL (1340 AM) is a commercial radio station broadcasting a Gospel music radio format. Licensed to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the station is owned by Truth Broadcasting Corporation. In Winston-Salem and nearby communities, WPOL can also be he ...

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. It runs the Erica Campbell nationally syndicated morning show as well as other syndicated and local gospel and religious shows aimed at the

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community.

History

WGBG ("We're Going to Beat Germany") signed on 10 months before the

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in 1941, playing such artists as

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and

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. John Cirt Gill, Jr., known as "Jam-A-Ditty", became the state's first

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in 1949. Disc jockey

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began his career at WGBG, which was called "Top Gun Radio". Another student at

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dared him to audition, and he succeeded. Dusty Dunn began his 44-year career at WGBG "when

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were the next big thing." In the early 1980s, he returned to the station (which was WKEW by that time) to do a four-hour morning talk show. ''Open Line'', Greensboro's first talk show hosted by Ken Karns moved to WKEW in November 1986 when WBIG 1470 signed off. In 1980, Bill Mitchell bought WGBG and changed its letters to WKEW. The station also became the first full-time

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station in Greensboro. On September 4, 1998, WKEW changed to

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, a radio format designed for children. Truth Broadcasting bought WKEW in 2000. In January 2001, Radio Disney moved to 1320 WCOG and WKEW began simulcasting the same programming as

in Winston-Salem.

Translators

In addition to the AM signal, WKEW is relayed by an FM

References

External links

FCC History Cards for WKEW
* {{Piedmont Triad Radio

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Gospel radio stations in the United States