'QMGT was Disco? I've heard that years ago, it was Easy Listening, but all the time I ever heard them, they were Urban. My daddy coached ball with a former DJ from there and he (Bill Weatherly) gave me several albums from that station and/or somewhere else. One was a Jackie Gleason (sp) and his Orchestra and two were sound effects albums, all long-gone now.
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'QMGT was Disco? I've heard that years ago, it was Easy Listening, but all the time I ever heard them, they were Urban. My daddy coached ball with a former DJ from there and he (Bill Weatherly) gave me several albums from that station and/or somewhere else. One was a Jackie Gleason (sp) and his Orchestra and two were sound effects albums, all long-gone now.
Roger on that. Wait, Summerville, north of GSO Airport? WWNT is now simulcasting with 'PET, according to Dave, just a while back.
That's just what the guy said.
The building may have been abandoned, but it was next to the towers.
The local paper claimed that's how WGTL signed off each night (wasn't Como, but someone who sang opera style), and how it signed off for good when it had equipment problems. It was supposed to come back but the man was 78 and the building was torn down. Ironically, what they tore it don for was also torn down for a road project.
You're in an entirely different city.
I thought WCOG was sports and simulcasting WSJS. Maybe someone can tell us.
WWBG is simulcasting WWNT which used to be WTOB.
I am very certain I was referring to WCOG's towers in Greensboro, but for some reason I thought PET and 98.7 were in the building. And now that I think of it, the building might have been empty.
Roger on that and while I'm here, that's what I get, for not proofreading, re: my post you quoted, sorry.
Gotcha.
I remember 'GTL, fondly, always loved that little station, how sad.
Now that's possible, Winston-Salem versus Greensboro.
I believe 'COG is doing Oldies, with a translator on 105.3.
I don't think so. 'BG and the new 'TOB did simulcast at one point, but last time I heard them, I believe they were doing more separate programming these days. WWNT on 1380 is simulcasting WPET, AM 950 and FM 92.7 out of Greensboro.
Whenever it was, if it was 'PET and 'KSI, they were at 221 West Meadowview Road, although I remember hearing an old 'PET signon which said they were at 121 Meadowview Road.
Well, Wikipedia does say they've been doing it since 2021. I don't think it was ever mentioned here.
Wikipedia does say this. WWBG has been simulcasting WTOB since 2020. This is the first I'm hearing about it.
And it has been separate from the old WTOB for more than a decade.
Wikipedia says WWNT is silent. Okay, that needs to be fixed, if we can find a source. But none of these changes were ever mentioned here.
Roger on that. Not a big Wiki fan, but I'd say they're right on this one. Heard them the last time I was back in the area, (to quote Andy Griffith) it was back last October. Also Amos and I've discussed it via Conversation, as well.
summerville, north of GSO airport, yes. WWNT is the "old" WTOB (1380) i was unaware they were simulcasting WPET, but it makes sense.
Yes, that's why I mentioned the Summerville site of WCOG and WWGB.
WCOG is Classic Hits, only simulcast is their translator @ 105.3. It did used to be sports simulcasting WSJS, but not for a couple of years.
WWBG is simulcasting WTOB (980) not WWNT. WWNT is, according to Josh, simulcasting WPET.
Hmmm, dunno.
I was talking about the new 'TOB on 980, the old 'AAA.
Now that's a new one on me.
Yes and that they are. Back last October, when in the area, I heard them testing, with Southern Gospel music and after hearing a This Is The Truth (I believe that's all they said) liner, I called Truth to see what station it was. The receptionist told me the callsign, then (as Preacher said last night) a bell went off. Reckon, after they got the bugs worked out between the station and 'PET running only their local Cross liners (not 100.9's, oops), that's when they started the simulcast. WPET, is using The Cross branding now, along with Truth's first SGM station, 100.9, WSTS. Well, come to think of it, they also use it on AM 1090, out of Selma, too.
I know. You'd think I would have heard that they joined up with the new WTOB.
sorry Josh, it's not Summerville. it's Summerfield. My mistake. The WCOG, WWBG and W287GD (wcog's 105.3 translator) transmitters and towers are off of Willow Ridge Drive, in Summerfield.
Gotcha! I thought of Summerfield, but didn't say anything. I believe Summerfield is towards Rockingham County, north of Greensboro, Brown Summit, etc.
Oh and to further complicate the 'TOB, 'BG saga, wasn't 980 WEGO for a while, before it was 'TOB? Talk about the regional callsign shuffle!
I was part of the Management Team (Sales Manager) at WKSI, we flipped it from WRQK in June 1985. Stan Thomas was GM, and our programming consultant was the late great Randy Kabrich.