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The racial makeup of the city was 53.09% White, 44.84% Black or African American, 0.38% Native American, 0.58% Asian, 0.15% from other races, and 0.96% from two or more races. 0.90% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. [8]
WMFC's original broadcast studios were located in a Quonset hut near downtown Monroeville. [1] The station's final studios were in a brick building on Alabama State Route 21, just northeast of the city. [1] WMFC last broadcast an oldies music format, with much of the programming fed from Citadel Media's satellite network. [10] In addition to ...
The station's current studios are in a brick building on Alabama State Route 21, just northeast of the city. [ 1 ] In December 1992, WMFC-FM was issued a construction permit by the FCC that allowed them upgrade to class C2 and to increase broadcast power to 50,000 watts from an antenna 150 meters (492 feet) in height above average terrain .
The county seat, Monroeville, is the home of two notable 20th-century authors, Truman Capote and Nelle Harper Lee, who were childhood neighbors. The novelist Mark Childress and journalist Cynthia Tucker are also Monroe County natives. In 1997 the Alabama Legislature designated Monroeville and Monroe County as the "Literary Capital of Alabama".
Call sign Frequency City of license [1] [2] Licensee [1] [2] Format KGDH-LP: 104.5 FM: Mobile: Mobile Hispanic Education Family Fundation: Spanish religious KRLE: 89.7 FM
The Monroe Journal is the oldest and the longest-running newspaper in Monroe County, Alabama. [1] The paper was founded in 1866 in Clairborne. It moved to Monroeville sometime after its 1867 sale by L. M. Brewer. [2] [3] It was purchased by Q. Salter in 1887, when he was just 20 years old. [4] It would remain in the Salter Family for 64 years. [5]
WEUP-FM (103.1 FM, "103.1 WEUP") is an urban contemporary formatted radio station that serves Huntsville, Alabama, and most of the Tennessee Valley in north Alabama, United States. [3] WEUP-FM is known as "103.1 WEUP", often pronounced "103.1 'We Up'", and simulcast on WEUZ (92.1 FM) as well as several translators .
The Old Courthouse in Monroe County is now a theater for many plays on "To Kill a Mockingbird" as well a museum dedicated to multiple authors from Monroeville, including Lee. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, [ 1 ] and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2021.