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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/ff/WBAV_V101.9_logo.png/250px-WBAV_V101.9_logo.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/ff/WBAV_V101.9_logo.png/330px-WBAV_V101.9_logo.png 2x" data-file-width="362" data-file-height="240" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gastonia,_North_Carolina" title="Gastonia, North Carolina">Gastonia, North Carolina</a></li></ul></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Broadcast area</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Charlotte_metropolitan_area" title="Charlotte metropolitan area">Charlotte metropolitan area</a> (Metrolina)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Frequency" title="Frequency">Frequency</a></th><td class="infobox-data">101.9 <a href="/wiki/Megahertz" class="mw-redirect" title="Megahertz">MHz</a> (<a href="/wiki/HD_Radio" title="HD Radio">HD Radio</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branding</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>V 101.9</i></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Programming</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Radio_format" title="Radio format">Format</a></th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Urban_adult_contemporary" title="Urban adult contemporary">Urban adult contemporary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Digital_subchannel" title="Digital subchannel">Subchannels</a></th><td class="infobox-data">HD2: Fox Sports Charlotte (<a href="/wiki/Sports_radio" title="Sports radio">Sports</a>)<br />HD3: Podcast Radio US (All-<a href="/wiki/Podcasts" class="mw-redirect" title="Podcasts">podcasts</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Compass_Media_Networks" title="Compass Media Networks">Compass Media Networks</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Premiere_Networks" title="Premiere Networks">Premiere Networks</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Ownership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beasley_Broadcast_Group" title="Beasley Broadcast Group">Beasley Broadcast Group</a></li><li>(Beasley Media Group Licenses, LLC)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Sister_station" title="Sister station">Sister stations</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/WKQC" title="WKQC">WKQC</a>, <a href="/wiki/WNKS" title="WNKS">WNKS</a>, <a href="/wiki/WPEG" title="WPEG">WPEG</a>, <a href="/wiki/WSOC-FM" title="WSOC-FM">WSOC-FM</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">First air date</div></th><td class="infobox-data">September 1947<span class="noprint">; 77 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1947-09</span>)</span> (as WGNC-FM)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Former call signs</div></th><td class="infobox-data">WGNC-FM (1947–1978)<br />WZXI (1978–1987)<br />WLIT (1987–1988)<br />WCKZ (1988–1994)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div 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class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_North_American_broadcast_station_classes" title="List of North American broadcast station classes">Class</a></th><td class="infobox-data category">C0</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Effective_radiated_power" title="Effective radiated power">ERP</a></th><td class="infobox-data">100,000 <a href="/wiki/Watt" title="Watt">watts</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Height_above_average_terrain" title="Height above average terrain">HAAT</a></th><td class="infobox-data">301 meters (988 ft)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Links</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Public license information </div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://publicfiles.fcc.gov/fm-profile/WBAV-FM">Public file</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/publicFacilityDetails.html?facilityId=6587">LMS</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Webcast" title="Webcast">Webcast</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://v1019.com">Listen live</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://v1019.com/">v1019.com</a><br /><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://foxsportsradiocharlotte.com/">foxsportsradiocharlotte.com</a> (HD2)<br /><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://podcastradious.com/">podcastradious.com</a> (HD3)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>WBAV-FM</b> (101.9 <a href="/wiki/Hertz" title="Hertz">MHz</a>, <i>"V 101.9"</i>) is an <a href="/wiki/Urban_adult_contemporary" title="Urban adult contemporary">urban adult contemporary</a> <a href="/wiki/Radio_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio station">radio station</a> serving the <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_metropolitan_area" title="Charlotte metropolitan area">Charlotte metropolitan area</a> (Metrolina).<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Owned by <a href="/wiki/Beasley_Broadcast_Group" title="Beasley Broadcast Group">Beasley Broadcast Group</a>, WBAV's <a href="/wiki/Radio_studio" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio studio">studios</a> and offices are on South Boulevard in Charlotte's <a href="/wiki/South_End_(Charlotte_neighborhood)" class="mw-redirect" title="South End (Charlotte neighborhood)">South End</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In morning <a href="/wiki/Drive_time" title="Drive time">drive time</a>, it carries the <a href="/wiki/Radio_syndication" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio syndication">syndicated</a> <i><a href="/wiki/Steve_Harvey_Morning_Show" class="mw-redirect" title="Steve Harvey Morning Show">Steve Harvey Morning Show</a></i>. </p><p>WBAV-FM has an <a href="/wiki/Effective_radiated_power" title="Effective radiated power">effective radiated power</a> (ERP) of 100,000 <a href="/wiki/Watt" title="Watt">watts</a>, the maximum for most American FM stations. The <a href="/wiki/Transmitter" title="Transmitter">transmitter</a> is on <a href="/wiki/Crowder%27s_Mountain" class="mw-redirect" title="Crowder's Mountain">Crowder's Mountain</a>, along McSwain Groves Road in <a href="/wiki/Gastonia,_North_Carolina" title="Gastonia, North Carolina">Gastonia</a> (its <a href="/wiki/City_of_license" title="City of license">city of license</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The station broadcasts using <a href="/wiki/HD_Radio" title="HD Radio">HD Radio</a> technology. It carries <a href="/wiki/Sports_radio" title="Sports radio">sports</a> from <a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_Radio" title="Fox Sports Radio">Fox Sports Radio</a> on its HD-2 <a href="/wiki/Digital_subchannel" title="Digital subchannel">subchannel</a>. It carries all-<a href="/wiki/Podcasts" class="mw-redirect" title="Podcasts">podcasts</a> on its HD-3 subchannel.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WBAV-FM&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WGNC-FM,_WZXI_and_WLIT"><span id="WGNC-FM.2C_WZXI_and_WLIT"></span>WGNC-FM, WZXI and WLIT</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WBAV-FM&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: WGNC-FM, WZXI and WLIT"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The station <a href="/wiki/Sign-on" class="mw-redirect" title="Sign-on">signed on</a> the air in September 1947<span class="noprint">; 77 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1947-09</span>)</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The original <a href="/wiki/Call_sign" title="Call sign">call sign</a> was <b>WGNC-FM</b> and it had a power of 11,100 watts, a fraction of its current output. It was locally owned by the McSwain Family. WGNC-FM was a full <a href="/wiki/Simulcast" title="Simulcast">simulcast</a> of co-owned <a href="/wiki/WGNC_(AM)" title="WGNC (AM)">WGNC</a> <a href="/wiki/1450_AM" title="1450 AM">1450 AM</a>. The stations normally ran a broadcast day of 5:00 AM to 12:00 midnight until the late 1970s, when it began operating 24 hours daily. WGNC-AM-FM were <a href="/wiki/Network_affiliate" title="Network affiliate">network affiliates</a> of <a href="/wiki/ABC_News_Radio" title="ABC News Radio">ABC</a>. </p><p>In 1976, WGNC-FM broke off from its AM sister station's programming and began airing a <a href="/wiki/Soft_adult_contemporary" class="mw-redirect" title="Soft adult contemporary">soft adult contemporary</a> format. The call letters were changed to <b>WZXI</b> in 1978. The station was one of three soft AC stations in the <a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte</a> <a href="/wiki/Media_market" title="Media market">radio market</a>. Protests over the programming change were launched by <a href="/wiki/WKQC" title="WKQC">WEZC</a> in December 1982. That led WZXI to change to <a href="/wiki/Beautiful_music" title="Beautiful music">beautiful music</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1987, WZXI became <b>WLIT</b> and later switched to a satellite-delivered <a href="/wiki/Middle_of_the_road_(music)" title="Middle of the road (music)">Middle of the Road</a> (MOR) format.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WCKZ">WCKZ</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WBAV-FM&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: WCKZ"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On January 22, 1988, shortly after <a href="/wiki/Beasley_Broadcasting" class="mw-redirect" title="Beasley Broadcasting">Beasley Broadcasting</a> bought the station, WLIT became <b>WCKZ</b>, better known as "Kiss 102". "Kiss" aired a "<a href="/wiki/Rhythmic_Contemporary_Hit_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhythmic Contemporary Hit Radio">Rhythmic Contemporary Hit Radio</a>" format (commonly known as "CHURban," a precursor to what is today <a href="/wiki/Rhythmic_Contemporary" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhythmic Contemporary">Rhythmic Contemporary</a>). Artists included <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Richie" title="Lionel Richie">Lionel Richie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shalamar" title="Shalamar">Shalamar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Whitney_Houston" title="Whitney Houston">Whitney Houston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Lisa" title="Lisa Lisa">Lisa Lisa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phil_Collins" title="Phil Collins">Phil Collins</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jody_Watley" title="Jody Watley">Jody Watley</a>. The station also increased its transmitter's power on <a href="/wiki/Crowder%27s_Mountain" class="mw-redirect" title="Crowder's Mountain">Crowder's Mountain</a> and moved its studio from Gastonia to Charlotte.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>However, due to rival <a href="/wiki/WPEG" title="WPEG">WPEG</a>'s increase in power, as well as increased competition from <a href="/wiki/WNKS" title="WNKS">WAQQ</a>, the station began falling in the ratings. That, along with financial troubles, resulted in the station filing for <a href="/wiki/Bankrupt" class="mw-redirect" title="Bankrupt">bankruptcy</a> in 1992. In late 1993, Beasley announced it would sell WCKZ to Broadcasting Partners Inc. (BPI), which recently purchased WPEG. A local group, Citizens for Broadcasting in the Public Interest, started a petition to stop the sale, but the sale was approved in mid-January 1994. BPI decided to merge WCKZ's rhythmic format with WPEG in order to eliminate the competition between the two stations. (The "<a href="/wiki/KISS-FM_(brand)" title="KISS-FM (brand)">Kiss-FM</a>" moniker, with a more <a href="/wiki/Mainstream_Top_40" class="mw-redirect" title="Mainstream Top 40">Mainstream Top 40</a> format, was relaunched on <a href="/wiki/WNKS" title="WNKS">95.1 FM</a> in May 1996.) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="WBAV-FM">WBAV-FM</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WBAV-FM&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: WBAV-FM"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On January 25, 1994, at 2 p.m., WCKZ flipped to <a href="/wiki/Urban_AC" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban AC">Urban AC</a>, branded as "V 101.9."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> New <b>WBAV-FM</b> call letters were adopted the day prior to the flip.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The WBAV call letters were assigned on February 11 to co-owned station <a href="/wiki/WGIV_(1600_AM)" title="WGIV (1600 AM)">WGIV</a>. Following a format change, the AM station returned to the WGIV call letters in May 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Broadcasting Partners merged with Evergreen Media in May 1995. In December 1996, as part of a multi-market swap, WBAV-FM, along with Evergreen's four other Charlotte stations, were traded to <a href="/wiki/EZ_Communications" title="EZ Communications">EZ Communications</a> (owners of <a href="/wiki/WSOC-FM" title="WSOC-FM">WSOC-FM</a> and <a href="/wiki/WKQC" title="WKQC">WSSS</a>. <a href="/wiki/WRFX" title="WRFX">WRFX</a> then went to <a href="/wiki/IHeartMedia,_Inc." class="mw-redirect" title="IHeartMedia, Inc.">SFX Broadcasting</a>, with Evergreen receiving EZ Communications' Philadelphia stations <a href="/wiki/WIOQ" title="WIOQ">WIOQ</a> and <a href="/wiki/WUSL" title="WUSL">WUSL</a> in return. In July, EZ Communications was bought by <a href="/wiki/American_Radio_Systems" title="American Radio Systems">American Radio Systems</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ARS was bought out by <a href="/wiki/Infinity_Broadcasting" class="mw-redirect" title="Infinity Broadcasting">Infinity Broadcasting</a> on September 19, 1997. Infinity changed its name to <a href="/wiki/CBS_Radio" title="CBS Radio">CBS Radio</a> in December 2005 as part of the spin-off of CBS' motion picture and cable television assets under a relaunched <a href="/wiki/Viacom_(2005%E2%80%93present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Viacom (2005–present)">Viacom</a>. </p><p>On January 22, 2004, WBAV-FM dropped the <a href="/wiki/Radio_syndication" class="mw-redirect" title="Radio syndication">syndicated</a> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Joyner" title="Tom Joyner">Tom Joyner</a> morning show, which would move to <a href="/wiki/WFNZ-FM" title="WFNZ-FM">WQNC</a>. Joyner was replaced by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Steve_Harvey_Morning_Show" title="The Steve Harvey Morning Show">The Steve Harvey Morning Show</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>WBAV-FM was one of only three <a href="/wiki/Urban_Adult_Contemporary" class="mw-redirect" title="Urban Adult Contemporary">Urban Adult Contemporary</a> stations owned by <a href="/wiki/CBS_Radio" title="CBS Radio">CBS Radio</a>, the other two being <a href="/wiki/KTWV" title="KTWV">KTWV</a> in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> and the now defunct <a href="/wiki/WUUB" title="WUUB">WJBW/WNEW-FM/WUUB</a> in <a href="/wiki/West_Palm_Beach" class="mw-redirect" title="West Palm Beach">West Palm Beach</a>. Charlotte was also the only market where CBS Radio operated two full-powered urban stations, WBAV-FM and WPEG.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On October 2, 2014, CBS Radio announced that it would trade all of the company's <a href="/wiki/Tampa" class="mw-redirect" title="Tampa">Tampa</a> and Charlotte stations (including WBAV), as well as <a href="/wiki/WTEL_(AM)" title="WTEL (AM)">WIP</a> in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Beasley_Broadcast_Group" title="Beasley Broadcast Group">Beasley Broadcast Group</a> in exchange for five stations located in <a href="/wiki/Miami" title="Miami">Miami</a> and Philadelphia.<sup id="cite_ref-radio-cbsbeasley_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-radio-cbsbeasley-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The swap was completed on December 1, 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-ri-cbsbeasleycomplete_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ri-cbsbeasleycomplete-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The trade brought the 101.9 frequency back to its former owners for the first time since 1993. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WBAV-FM&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WAME" title="WAME">550</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKSK_(AM)" title="WKSK (AM)">580</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFNZ_(AM)" title="WFNZ (AM)">610</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WZGV" title="WZGV">730</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTCG" title="WTCG">870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WYFQ" title="WYFQ">930</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCRU" title="WCRU">960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WULR" title="WULR">980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNOW_(AM)" title="WNOW (AM)">1030</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WXNC" title="WXNC">1060</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBT_(AM)" title="WBT (AM)">1110</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAVO" title="WAVO">1150</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WIXE" title="WIXE">1190</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDYT" title="WDYT">1220</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHVN" title="WHVN">1240</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCGC" title="WCGC">1270</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHKY_(AM)" title="WHKY (AM)">1290</a></li> <li><a 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title="WEZG-LP">102.5</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Broadcast_relay_station" title="Broadcast relay station">Translators</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/W201DI" class="mw-redirect" title="W201DI">88.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W202BW" class="mw-redirect" title="W202BW">88.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W217AX" class="mw-redirect" title="W217AX">91.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W222CW" class="mw-redirect" title="W222CW">92.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W226CD" class="mw-redirect" title="W226CD">93.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W229CF" class="mw-redirect" title="W229CF">93.7</a></li> <li>94.3 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/W281BE" title="W281BE">W232AX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W232DI" class="mw-redirect" title="W232DI">W232DI</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W234BY" class="mw-redirect" title="W234BY">94.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W243BY" class="mw-redirect" title="W243BY">96.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W247CV" class="mw-redirect" title="W247CV">97.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W248CO" class="mw-redirect" title="W248CO">97.5</a></li> <li>98.3 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/W252BU" class="mw-redirect" title="W252BU">W252BU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W252DI" class="mw-redirect" title="W252DI">W252DI</a></li></ul></li> <li>98.5 <ul><li><a href="/wiki/W253BA" class="mw-redirect" title="W253BA">W253BA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W253CV" class="mw-redirect" title="W253CV">W253CV</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W254AZ" title="W254AZ">98.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W256BP" class="mw-redirect" title="W256BP">99.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W261CY" class="mw-redirect" title="W261CY">100.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W262BM" class="mw-redirect" title="W262BM">100.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W263CY" class="mw-redirect" title="W263CY">100.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W268DM" class="mw-redirect" title="W268DM">101.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W272DU" class="mw-redirect" title="W272DU">102.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W273DA" class="mw-redirect" title="W273DA">102.5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W277CB" class="mw-redirect" title="W277CB">103.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W281BE" title="W281BE">104.1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W282BP" class="mw-redirect" title="W282BP">104.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W289BO" class="mw-redirect" title="W289BO">105.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W298CF" class="mw-redirect" title="W298CF">107.5</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/NOAA_Weather_Radio" title="NOAA Weather Radio">NOAA Weather Radio</a><br />frequency</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KHC27" class="mw-redirect" title="KHC27">162.425</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WXL70" class="mw-redirect" title="WXL70">162.475</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KJY85" class="mw-redirect" title="KJY85">162.525</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/HD_Radio" title="HD Radio">Digital radio</a><br />by frequency & subchannel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WDAV" title="WDAV">89.9-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDAV" title="WDAV">89.9-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDAV" title="WDAV">89.9-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFAE" title="WFAE">90.7-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFAE" title="WFAE">90.7-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_Radio_Exchange" title="Public Radio Exchange">90.7-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTBI-FM" class="mw-redirect" title="WTBI-FM">91.5-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRCM" title="WRCM">91.9-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air1" title="Air1">91.9-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRCM" title="WRCM">91.9-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNKS" title="WNKS">95.1-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNKS" title="WNKS">95.1-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNKS" title="WNKS">95.1-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHQC" title="WHQC">96.1-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air1" title="Air1">96.1-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHQC" title="WHQC">96.1-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKKT" title="WKKT">96.9-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKKT" title="WKKT">96.9-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPEG" title="WPEG">97.9-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPEG" title="WPEG">97.9-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPEG" title="WPEG">97.9-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBT-FM" title="WBT-FM">99.3-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRFX" title="WRFX">99.7-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W254AZ" title="W254AZ">99.7-2</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">101.9-1</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">101.9-2</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">101.9-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLKO" title="WLKO">102.9-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pride_Radio" title="Pride Radio">102.9-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSOC-FM" title="WSOC-FM">103.7-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSOC-FM" title="WSOC-FM">103.7-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSOC-FM" title="WSOC-FM">103.7-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKQC" title="WKQC">104.7-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKQC" title="WKQC">104.7-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKQC" title="WKQC">104.7-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WOSF" title="WOSF">105.3-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFNZ_(AM)" title="WFNZ (AM)">105.3-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WEND" title="WEND">106.5-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRHM" title="WRHM">107.1-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W281BE" title="W281BE">107.1-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRHM" title="WRHM">107.1-3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLNK" title="WLNK">107.9-1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBT_(AM)" title="WBT (AM)">107.9-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFNZ-FM" title="WFNZ-FM">107.9-3</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By <a href="/wiki/Call_signs_in_North_America" title="Call signs in North America">call sign</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/KHC27" class="mw-redirect" title="KHC27">KHC27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KJY85" class="mw-redirect" title="KJY85">KJY85</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W201DI" class="mw-redirect" title="W201DI">W201DI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W202BW" class="mw-redirect" title="W202BW">W202BW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W217AX" class="mw-redirect" title="W217AX">W217AX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W222CW" class="mw-redirect" title="W222CW">W222CW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W225BD" class="mw-redirect" title="W225BD">W225BD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W226CD" class="mw-redirect" title="W226CD">W226CD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W229CF" class="mw-redirect" title="W229CF">W229CF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W281BE" title="W281BE">W232AX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W232DI" class="mw-redirect" title="W232DI">W232DI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W234BY" class="mw-redirect" title="W234BY">W234BY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W243BY" class="mw-redirect" title="W243BY">W243BY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W247CV" class="mw-redirect" title="W247CV">W247CV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W248CO" class="mw-redirect" title="W248CO">W248CO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W252BU" class="mw-redirect" title="W252BU">W252BU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W252DI" class="mw-redirect" title="W252DI">W252DI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W253BA" class="mw-redirect" title="W253BA">W253BA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W253CV" class="mw-redirect" title="W253CV">W253CV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W254AZ" title="W254AZ">W254AZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W256BP" class="mw-redirect" title="W256BP">W256BP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W261CY" class="mw-redirect" title="W261CY">W261CY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W262BM" class="mw-redirect" title="W262BM">W262BM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W263CY" class="mw-redirect" title="W263CY">W263CY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W264CU" class="mw-redirect" title="W264CU">W264CU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W268DM" class="mw-redirect" title="W268DM">W268DM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W272DU" class="mw-redirect" title="W272DU">W272DU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W273DA" class="mw-redirect" title="W273DA">W273DA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W277CB" class="mw-redirect" title="W277CB">W277CB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W281BE" title="W281BE">W281BE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W282BP" class="mw-redirect" title="W282BP">W282BP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W289BO" class="mw-redirect" title="W289BO">W289BO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W290DK" class="mw-redirect" title="W290DK">W290DK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/W298CF" class="mw-redirect" title="W298CF">W298CF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAME" title="WAME">WAME</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAVO" title="WAVO">WAVO</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">WBAV-FM</a> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">HD2</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">HD3</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBT_(AM)" title="WBT (AM)">WBT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBT-FM" title="WBT-FM">WBT-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCGC" title="WCGC">WCGC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WCRU" title="WCRU">WCRU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDAV" title="WDAV">WDAV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDEX" title="WDEX">WDEX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDYT" title="WDYT">WDYT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WDZD-LP" title="WDZD-LP">WDZD-LP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WEND" title="WEND">WEND</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WEZG-LP" title="WEZG-LP">WEZG-LP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFAE" title="WFAE">WFAE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFNZ_(AM)" title="WFNZ (AM)">WFNZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFNZ-FM" title="WFNZ-FM">WFNZ-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGFY" title="WGFY">WGFY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGIV" title="WGIV">WGIV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGNC_(AM)" title="WGNC (AM)">WGNC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGSP_(AM)" title="WGSP (AM)">WGSP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGSP-FM" title="WGSP-FM">WGSP-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHKY_(AM)" title="WHKY (AM)">WHKY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHQC" title="WHQC">WHQC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHVN" title="WHVN">WHVN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WIXE" title="WIXE">WIXE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJYJ" title="WJYJ">WJYJ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKSK_(AM)" title="WKSK (AM)">WKSK (AM)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKKT" title="WKKT">WKKT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKQC" title="WKQC">WKQC</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WKQC" title="WKQC">HD2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKQC" title="WKQC">HD3</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLNK" title="WLNK">WLNK</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WBT_(AM)" title="WBT (AM)">HD2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WFNZ-FM" title="WFNZ-FM">HD3</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLKO" title="WLKO">WLKO</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pride_Radio" title="Pride Radio">HD2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WMTG-LP" class="mw-redirect" title="WMTG-LP">WMTG-LP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNKS" title="WNKS">WNKS</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WNKS" title="WNKS">HD2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNKS" title="WNKS">HD3</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNOW_(AM)" title="WNOW (AM)">WNOW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WNSC-FM" title="WNSC-FM">WNSC-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WOGR_(AM)" title="WOGR (AM)">WOGR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WOLS" title="WOLS">WOLS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WOSF" title="WOSF">WOSF</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WFNZ_(AM)" title="WFNZ (AM)">HD2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPEG" title="WPEG">WPEG</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WPEG" title="WPEG">HD2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPEG" title="WPEG">HD3</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WPZS" title="WPZS">WPZS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRBK" title="WRBK">WRBK</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRCM" title="WRCM">WRCM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRFJ" title="WRFJ">WRFJ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRFX" title="WRFX">WRFX</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/W254AZ" title="W254AZ">HD2</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRHI" title="WRHI">WRHI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRHJ-LP" title="WRHJ-LP">WRHJ-LP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRHM" title="WRHM">WRHM</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/W281BE" title="W281BE">HD2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRHM" title="WRHM">HD3</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WRKB" title="WRKB">WRKB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSGE" title="WSGE">WSGE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSIC" title="WSIC">WSIC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSOC-FM" title="WSOC-FM">WSOC-FM</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WSOC-FM" title="WSOC-FM">HD2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSOC-FM" title="WSOC-FM">HD3</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WTCG" title="WTCG">WTCG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WULR" title="WULR">WULR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WXL70" class="mw-redirect" title="WXL70">WXL70</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WXNC" title="WXNC">WXNC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WXRC" title="WXRC">WXRC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WYFG" class="mw-redirect" title="WYFG">WYFG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WYFQ" title="WYFQ">WYFQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WYFQ" title="WYFQ">WYFQ-FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WYTX-LP" title="WYTX-LP">WYTX-LP</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WZGV" title="WZGV">WZGV</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/WGTL" title="WGTL">WGTL (870 AM)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WLCM_(South_Carolina)" title="WLCM (South Carolina)">WLCM (1360 AM)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WEGO_(AM)" title="WEGO (AM)">WEGO (1410 AM)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WGIV_(1600_AM)" title="WGIV (1600 AM)">WGIV (1600 AM)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBCN_(North_Carolina)" title="WBCN (North Carolina)">WBCN (1660 AM)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WYLI-LP" class="mw-redirect" title="WYLI-LP">WYLI-LP (93.7 FM)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <dl><dt>Nearby regions</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Asheville_Radio" title="Template:Asheville Radio">Asheville</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Columbia_Radio" title="Template:Columbia Radio">Columbia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Piedmont_Triad_Radio" title="Template:Piedmont Triad Radio">Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Greenville-Spartanburg_Radio" title="Template:Greenville-Spartanburg Radio">Greenville-Spartanburg</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Johnson_City-Kingsport-Bristol_Radio" title="Template:Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol Radio">Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Southwest_VA_Radio" title="Template:Southwest VA Radio">Southwest Virginia</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>See also</dt> <dd><a 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