WRTG (1000 AM) is a

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licensed to

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which also serves the Raleigh region. It airs a

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format as part of the La Grande network.

History

WRTG began in 1969 as country station WKBQ. In 1987, the station became classic country WHEV under the ownership of Henry E. Veil. After going silent in the early 1990s, Veil gave the license to

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-based

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, which signed 1000 AM back on the air in 1994 as WRTG with a simulcast of contemporary Christian station

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, 1530 AM. A third AM signal, WGSB (1060 AM in

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) joined the simulcast in 1995. The stations were then known as "His Radio WRTP" and owned by

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along with WRTP-FM in

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and several FM translators across the Triangle and Eastern North Carolina. In October 2004, WRTG, WRTP and WGSB were all purchased by Estuardo Valdemar Rodriguez and Leonor Rodriguez, owners of

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, for $1.1 million. On February 3, 2005, WRTG and its two sister AM stations ceased broadcasting the "His Radio WRTP" Christian format, and after a day off the air, the three stations resumed broadcasting a Spanish-language regional Mexican format formerly heard on

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. In November 2011 WRTG changed its format to "Radio La Grande".

External links

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FCC History Cards for WRTG
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