WNNL (103.9 FM) is an

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formatted station serving the

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metropolitan region. Owned by Radio One with

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and

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, ''"The Light 103.9"'' is "The Triangle's #1 Station for Inspiration" and home to the

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morning show. Its studios are located in Raleigh and its transmitter site is in Fuquay-Varina, the station's city of license. WNNL broadcasts two channels in the HD radio format.

History

WAKS-FM was a

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station in

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and sister station to WAKS/1460 when it signed on in 1981. In 1987 the station became

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WAZZ. In 1989 the station moved to

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and began playing

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as WNND "The Wind". After financial problems, WNND was sold to Clear Channel and switched to a

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format, with the call letters WZZU, previously used by what is now

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. The current format began in October 1997 on WZZU and

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. Clear Channel owned WNNL,

and

until 2000 when the stations were spun off to Radio One for Clear Channel to meet ownership caps following their acquisition of AMFM.

References

External links

Official Website
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