Am I confused (don't answer that), or did 105.7 and 550 used to be co-owned? I believe they were with 1400, but for some reason, back when the am was known as 55DRV, they were together, as in ownership. AM 550 was Gospel and 105.7 was (of course) Country.
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Am I confused (don't answer that), or did 105.7 and 550 used to be co-owned? I believe they were with 1400, but for some reason, back when the am was known as 55DRV, they were together, as in ownership. AM 550 was Gospel and 105.7 was (of course) Country.
93.1 started life as WAIR-FM, flipped to Gospel music as WGPL "Witnessing God's Precious Love" in 1968, then became Z93 in April 1974 with the WSEZ calls. The switch to WMQX came in February 1987, first as AC, then the switch to Oldies in November 1988.
107.5 launched as WYFS in 1958, it then became WAAA-FM in 1966, WSGH in 1972 and WKZL on January 1, 1976.
A long time ago 550AM and 96.9FM were co-owned. WDBM AM-FM. The FM became WOOO at some point.
1400AM and 105.7FM were co-owned. WSIC AM-FM. The FM became WFMX at some point.
Go to fccdata.org and enter the call letters. FCC scanned the history cards. Fun to look back...
Thanks for the History lesson. Had a friend years ago in the area, who worked in radio a couple times at a couple places (none of those stations though), who was the first to inform me of 93.1 being Gospel back in the day. I believe he also said, that Don Matney (sp) of WWGL fame, had something to do with 93.1 in those days. Wonder if there was a connection to WGPL and the old WPGD, other than the same COL? D.W. Long was heavily involved with 'PGD, as I understand.
The only station I am aware 550 AM was co-owned with is the station that is now WKKT.
And when I was in college, both those stations were Top 40 and they were the most popular stations with the other students. WKZL was slightly more popular.
Broadcasting Yearbook said WSEZ was easy listening, which was obviously wrong at that time, but the book was sometimes slow to update and I would tell them when they were wrong. Sometimes it took years to get a correction.
WKZL and WSEZ both had album rock formats at some point in the 80s, but not at the same time. I remember a vandalized billboard along I-40 in Winston-Salem. It fit the Z-93 image, but I have to wonder whether it was approved by them. This was before WKRR Rock 92 and at some point WSEZ decided not to compete with them and became WMQX "Mix".
According to another old acquaintance back home years ago (this one and I were active hams and had other common interests obviously), 'KRR was formerly WCSE Carolina's Stereo Entertainer. I remember when 'KRR started, their studio sounded very empty. I actually heard them under their former callsign, when visiting family closer to Asheboro, but didn't know it was them and they never IDed, but I knew it was them, now. That (of course) was the FM to WGWR, which has been WKXR for years now.
The WXII tower site has never changed except going digital the only difference was WXLV, it moved to the big tower in Randleman, When WXLV left Sauratown WTQR and WVBZ utilized the vacated tower, From left to right, WTQR/WVBZ Main Aux, WXII, WUNL TV, and the all "orange" and orange and white monopoles were previous TX sites for WTQR.
why do you say that? it's on the air, simulcasting WUNC-TV's 4 -1, 4 -2, 4 -3 and 4 -4 broadcasts (as all of the UNC-TV network does). WUNL-TV channel 26. (they're on RF 33)
Hmmm, I saw somewhere, where they signed off, rather abruptly, IIRC. Maybe that was the analog signal.
Roger on that, thanks. I remember when channel 20 was WEJC, We Exalt Jesus Christ. I believe they were first licensed to Lexington, then moved to Greensboro.
The 2009 analog signoff of WUNL is available online, and yes...it did sign off sort of abruptly during the roll call of the then-11 stations in the UNC-TV network.
As pointed out by the original uploader, it technically violated FCC rules because the signal actually cut off right before it showed "WUNL Winston-Salem," although I guess it didn't really matter at that point!
That's what I was thinking of, thanks. Looked for it and can't find it now, but do remember seeing it. A lot of things don't matter anymore, that used to.
I heard them before the switch to rock. I was a long way from the old transmitter but still got a listenable signal. The one song I remember from what I believe was an AC format was "Everything She Wants" by Wham.
I remember them being in a building north of Lexington that housed a store called The Toy Chest on what is now Business 85. Or it least it was. It was Temporary 85.
I also remember that building burning.
WSLV was unwatchable in the days of analog. One night WSOC pre-empted an ABC show and I watched on WXLV, it you can call it that. The show was never repeated so I could really see it, and this was before networks made shows available online. People online were telling how they downloaded episodes of shows, possibly illegally.
When it switched to digital, WXLV was the one station I could pick up dependably. I spent the whole summer watching it and never once turned to WSOC. No problems. Then.
WCWG did pretty well but when leaves showed up on the trees, I had problems. Now that it's sharing with WXII I rarely get a watchable signal. It was my WB station and my CW station because the WB station in Charlotte had such a terrible signal.
Country WCSE (and WGWR-AM) was purchased by former NFL quarterback Fran Tarkenton in late '83. He switched WCSE to Soft AC as WRLT "Light" in April '84 with plans to upgrade the 20kw signal to 100kw and cover the Triad. James Dick then bought the station in late 1985 and finished the build out. The calls were flipped to WKRR in October, and the new signal and format, "Rock 92", debuted New Years Eve 1985.