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WSOC-FM first signed on the air in 1948. [1] It was the second FM station to begin broadcasting in Charlotte after 106.7 WMIT, which signed on in 1941.(Because WMIT moved to Black Mountain, North Carolina, in the 1960s, WSOC-FM can claim it is now Charlotte's oldest FM station.)
102.5 FM: Rocky Mount: New Lite Media: Gospel WAME: 550 AM: Statesville: Statesville Family Radio Corporation: Classic country WAOG-LP: 100.7 FM: Aberdeen: Calvary Chapel of the Sandhills: Christian WARR: 1520 AM: Warrenton: Logan Darensburg d/b/a Darensburg Broadcasting: African-American Variety WART-LP: 95.5 FM: Marshall: Radio Madison ...
WSOC was originally locally owned by Carolina Broadcasting, operated by the Jones family, along with WSOC radio (1240 AM, now WYFQ on 930 AM, and 103.7 FM). WSOC was the second radio station to sign on in Charlotte, having made its debut in 1929, seven years after the debut of WBT (1110 AM).
Morning announcer during this time was Jim Wall. Though it showed promise for gaining a toehold with the country audience in Charlotte, the owners abandoned the format early in 1986, except for Janet King's midday show, when the AM's ratings began to weaken, [8] and WSOC AM-93 permanently became the shadowed sister of WSOC-FM.
WXRC was the Charlotte affiliate for The Howard Stern Show from April 15, 1997, [21] to 2001. It climbed as high as second in the Charlotte ratings until dropping Stern for Lex and Terry in 2001. [22] Throughout many changes musically, its playlist today consists mostly of artists from the "classic rock" era including the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s ...
On September 2, 1960, Cox Broadcasting Company, then-owners of WSOC, traded frequencies with WIST at 930 kHz. [5] Under the ownership of Cosmos Broadcasting and later Henderson Belk the station gained the WIST legacy of the first true Top 40 station in Charlotte, [citation needed] described by The Charlotte Observer in 1965 as "primarily rock 'n' roll". [6]
The station's first broadcast was in October 2003 under a Low Power FM Class 1 license for 100 watts effective radiated power (ERP). After years of financial problems, the station became dormant in 2011—2014. MAIN's board of directors subsequently voted to divest of WPVM to a newly-formed non-profit, Friends of WPVM, in October 2014.
WKQC (104.7 FM) is a commercial radio station in Charlotte, North Carolina. It is owned by the Beasley Broadcast Group and airs a gold-based, 1980s-centric adult contemporary radio format. For most of November and December, it switches to all-Christmas music. WKQC's studios are located on South Boulevard in Charlotte.