WSPC
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| City of license | Albemarle, North Carolina |
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| Branding | Newstalk 1010 |
| Frequency | 1010 kHz |
| Format | News Talk Information |
| Power | 1,000 watts day 64 watts night |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 49041 |
| Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Callsign meaning | We Serve Pfeiffer College[1] |
| Former callsigns | WWWX (1979-1990) WXLX (1990-1994) |
| Affiliations | ABC Radio , CBS Radio, Premiere Radio Networks |
| Owner | Stanly Communications |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | Official website |
WSPC (1010 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Albemarle, North Carolina, USA. The station is currently owned by Stanly Communications and features programing from ABC Radio, CBS Radio and Premiere Radio Networks.[2][3]
History
WABZ radio signed on in 1946, broadcasting from the Albemarle Hotel.
Robert D. Raiford was program director in 1947, at age 19.[4]
While a student a Pfeiffer College in March 1949, longtime WFMY-TV personality Lee Kinard went to work at WABZ doing janitorial and filing duties. Later he became a DJ and producer. Kinard left Pfeiffer after one year and became a part owner of the station in 1952, along with station manager Bill Page, attorney Staton Williams, chiropractor Joe Ivester and farmer Keith Almond. Kinard left WABZ for WFMY in 1956.[5]
An FM station at 100.9 was added later.
The AM station established a separate identity as WWWX on 1979-09-10. On 1990-02-15, the station changed its call sign to WXLX and on 1994-08-26 to the current WSPC.[6] The owner in 1994 was Bill Norman, a Pfeiffer graduate who got his training at the college's station WSPC. Since the letters had become available, Norman put them on his station.
References
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- ↑ B.J. Drye, "Every Road Leads Back to Stanly County," The Stanly News and Press, October 20, 2013, p. 5A.
- ↑ Dexter Hinson, "Kinard Inducted into Broadcasting Hall of Fame," The Stanly News and Press, September 15, 2008.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
External links
- Official website
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WSPC
- Radio-Locator Information on WSPC
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WSPC
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