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97.3 WKBC Modification

Huff said:
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.
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WRLT "Light" is the station I heard.

Unfortunately, this station has big problems with WXLK K92 in Roanoke.
 
vchimpanzee said:
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.
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The one song I remember hearing specifically in Kimesville, was whatever it's called, Celebrate Good Times, Come On!
 
vchimpanzee said:
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.
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Roger on that. Oh and a lot of things were 85 LOL.
 
vchimpanzee said:
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.
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We could watch (actually) the old 'NRW, which is of course 'XLV, on cable and over-the-air, just right outside Greensboro.
 
Huff said:
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.
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Roger on that, thanks for the History lesson. 'RLT must have been what I heard, given the song I mentioned in a previous reply and yes, I do remember their first night as Rock 92.
 
Oldie919 said:
Josh....the song you're referring to is "Celebration" by Kool and the Gang.....;)
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Yep, that'd be the one. I believe they did a song, something like The Rhythm Of The Night, as well. I remember, back in the days of WLXI, channel 61 being a video station (kinda like radio on TV, for those who don't remember), complete with VJs, as they were called, they had a weekly Countdown and back when that song was popular, I remember calling in and requesting it. Sorry for the run-on sentence.
 
Josh Owens said:
Yep, that'd be the one. I believe they did a song, something like The Rhythm Of The Night, as well. I remember, back in the days of WLXI, channel 61 being a video station (kinda like radio on TV, for those who don't remember), complete with VJs, as they were called, they had a weekly Countdown and back when that song was popular, I remember calling in and requesting it. Sorry for the run-on sentence.
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"Rhythm of the Night", if that is the exact title, is probably DeBarge.

I think I remember videos on WLXI.
 
vchimpanzee said:
"Rhythm of the Night", if that is the exact title, is probably DeBarge.
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Yeah, I believe that's the correct title and artist.

vchimpanzee said:
I think I remember videos on WLXI.
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Don't believe they got out that far, probably still don't if they're even on today, but we used to watch 'em in the den on a little indoor TV. That thing used to pick up pretty good, even channel 14 out of Reidsville, back in the days when it was W14AU. Actually, come to think of it, that station came in better, further back in the house, on an older (and yet smaller) set LOL.
 
Josh Owens said:
Don't believe they got out that far, probably still don't if they're even on today, but we used to watch 'em in the den on a little indoor TV. That thing used to pick up pretty good, even channel 14 out of Reidsville, back in the days when it was W14AU. Actually, come to think of it, that station came in better, further back in the house, on an older (and yet smaller) set LOL.
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I may have been closer than I am now.
 
vchimpanzee said:
I may have been closer than I am now.
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LOL, probably so. Re: W14AU, used to hear them on the scanner, too, much later, though. I believe their frequency in those days was 475.7265, or something like that. On my scanner, the last 5 was missing, though.
 


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