99.9?

[vchimpanzee]

The market had not had a successful country station. I believe WYNA was the country station of record at the time, but suffered from serious signal issues and couldn't really cover the market.

I thought WPCM was the country station. I've never heard of any WYNA except the one in Myrtle Beach. Which was country at one time, but that's irrelevant.

 

[quadraphonic]

Isn't WYNA 1480 from Louisburg?
They simulcast WDOX 570 now.
They used to simulcast Country 102.5 whatever their calls are now.
Before that, I have heard they had the Franklin County/north Wake market locked down back in the day.

 

[RadioDze]

WYNA was a Raleigh station at 1550, the present-day WCLY (1480 Louisburg is WYRN). There've been quite a few call letters at that spot since it signed on in the 1960s. The former WPCM (101.1 FM in Burlington) began doing country in 1978, I believe and had some sort of country format (1978-1998 as WPCM and 1998-2004 as WKXU) until WZTK debuted there in mid-2004. I don't know what their Triangle listenership was like prior to WQDR going country in 1984. WTIK in Durham (1310), the former WRBX (1530, now WLLQ) in Chapel Hill and th former WKBQ (1000, now WRTG) in Garner were all doing country at roughly the same time period as WYNA. WTIK was country until 1993.

 

[quadraphonic]

"WYRN" also makes sense too. ;D

 

[BIG APE]

;D YAWNNNNNNN! That makes sense too! Who is running John Woods old station in Durham WSSB??and what is it? BIG APE!

 

[RadioDze]

WSSB has been WDUR since the late 1970s and was recently bought by Prieto Broadcasting, I believe. It's still stunting with a mix of rock and classic hits as it has been since its unsuccessful run as a sports talk station with WTSB 1090.

 

[redneckriviera]

WYNA was a Raleigh station at 1550, the present-day WCLY (1480 Louisburg is WYRN). There've been quite a few call letters at that spot since it signed on in the 1960s. The former WPCM (101.1 FM in Burlington) began doing country in 1978, I believe and had some sort of country format (1978-1998 as WPCM and 1998-2004 as WKXU) until WZTK debuted there in mid-2004. I don't know what their Triangle listenership was like prior to WQDR going country in 1984. WTIK in Durham (1310), the former WRBX (1530, now WLLQ) in Chapel Hill and th former WKBQ (1000, now WRTG) in Garner were all doing country at roughly the same time period as WYNA. WTIK was country until 1993.

I was a jock at 1550/WYNA in 1972 when it was Raleigh's only Country station. It was among the first Country stations to employ Top 40 techniques, so it sounded pretty slick compared to the gut-bucket/hillbilly approach still prevalent. More importantly, it was actually audible in Raleigh--something TIK & RBX mostly weren't (rotten AM soil conductivity in R/D). I recall WKBQ, but if I remember correctly they just weren't terribly competitive.

WYNA's daytime signal, of course, led to its demise. It's a long time ago now, but it seems to me that little fulltimer 1240/WRNC gave up its tilting-at-the-KIX-windmill Top 40 run in '73 or '74 and killed off WYNA. Then the FMs swooped in just a few years later.

Rich Reim was WYNA's GM at the time. Is he still around? If so, he could fill in the gaps, I'm sure.

RNR

 

[XTalker]

WQDR was the first Country FM is the Raleigh Market. WKIX really brought the format into prominence in the market in the early 80s. Jay Butler did evenings at KIX until QDR hired him for morning and changed formats (mid-80s.)

 

[XTalker]

Rich Reim was national sales manager at WKIX/WYYD in 1979 or so. Opened an ad agency in Raleigh in 1982. According to the KIX Rewind site, he is now retired and lives in Raleigh. Last time I saw him was at the Dale Van Horn memorial a few years back.