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WWNC (570 kHz) is a commercial radio station in Asheville, North Carolina. It broadcasts a talk format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The station's studios and transmitter site are on Summerlin Road in Asheville.
WWNC's programming features Glenn Beck and The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show in middays, The Sean Hannity Show in afternoons, The Ramsey Show in evenings and Coast to Coast AM in overnights. Mark Starling hosts a local program in mornings.
WWNC is Asheville's oldest radio station, and among the oldest in North Carolina. It was first licensed, as WABC, on June 24, 1925, to the Asheville Battery Company at 19 Haywood Street. As of June 30, 1926, the station was listed on 1180 kHz with a transmitter power of 20 watts.
In late 1926, it was announced that an application had been filed to transfer ownership of WABC to the Asheville Chamber of Commerce, and change its call sign to WWNC, which stood for "Wonderful Western North Carolina". This allowed A. H. Grebe to transfer the WABC call sign to a New York City station, which was licensed to the Atlantic Broadcasting Company.
The Chamber also financed a major upgrade, which included a power increase to 1,000 watts, and relocated the transmitter site to atop the Flatiron Building. This new configuration made its debut broadcast on February 21, 1927, at 7:00 pm. The station has traditionally recognized this as its founding date. On November 11, 1928, WWNC was moved to its current frequency of 570 kHz, as part of the implementation of the Federal Radio Commission's General Order 40. The Citizen Broadcasting Company acquired the station on February 4, 1929.
The studios were at the Vanderbilt Hotel.[citation needed] Other broadcast locations have included the Flatiron Building and the Citizen-Times Building when it was owned by the daily newspaper.[citation needed] For most of its early years, WWNC was powered at 1,000 watts.
In its early days, WWNC provided weather and road reports, and music at night. Country legend Jimmie Rodgers and Bascom Lamar Lunsford were among the stars who performed on the station. Information included "local sporting events, crop futures and farmers markets, and social and economic affairs (billed as being everything 'from house work to bridge')." WWNC also aired church services. Because the station could be heard throughout the Eastern United States and even in Canada and Mexico, WWNC became valuable in attracting tourists. On October 10, 1931, WWNC changed its affiliation from CBS Radio to the NBC Red Network.
On September 10, 1936, President Franklin Roosevelt spoke at McCormick Field. WWNC broadcast the speech. The station was the Western North Carolina home to Amos and Andy, Fibber McGee and Molly and Jack Benny. In 1938, WWNC was one of the many stations broadcasting Orson Welles' The War of the Worlds.
WWNC
WWNC (570 kHz) is a commercial radio station in Asheville, North Carolina. It broadcasts a talk format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The station's studios and transmitter site are on Summerlin Road in Asheville.
WWNC's programming features Glenn Beck and The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show in middays, The Sean Hannity Show in afternoons, The Ramsey Show in evenings and Coast to Coast AM in overnights. Mark Starling hosts a local program in mornings.
WWNC is Asheville's oldest radio station, and among the oldest in North Carolina. It was first licensed, as WABC, on June 24, 1925, to the Asheville Battery Company at 19 Haywood Street. As of June 30, 1926, the station was listed on 1180 kHz with a transmitter power of 20 watts.
In late 1926, it was announced that an application had been filed to transfer ownership of WABC to the Asheville Chamber of Commerce, and change its call sign to WWNC, which stood for "Wonderful Western North Carolina". This allowed A. H. Grebe to transfer the WABC call sign to a New York City station, which was licensed to the Atlantic Broadcasting Company.
The Chamber also financed a major upgrade, which included a power increase to 1,000 watts, and relocated the transmitter site to atop the Flatiron Building. This new configuration made its debut broadcast on February 21, 1927, at 7:00 pm. The station has traditionally recognized this as its founding date. On November 11, 1928, WWNC was moved to its current frequency of 570 kHz, as part of the implementation of the Federal Radio Commission's General Order 40. The Citizen Broadcasting Company acquired the station on February 4, 1929.
The studios were at the Vanderbilt Hotel.[citation needed] Other broadcast locations have included the Flatiron Building and the Citizen-Times Building when it was owned by the daily newspaper.[citation needed] For most of its early years, WWNC was powered at 1,000 watts.
In its early days, WWNC provided weather and road reports, and music at night. Country legend Jimmie Rodgers and Bascom Lamar Lunsford were among the stars who performed on the station. Information included "local sporting events, crop futures and farmers markets, and social and economic affairs (billed as being everything 'from house work to bridge')." WWNC also aired church services. Because the station could be heard throughout the Eastern United States and even in Canada and Mexico, WWNC became valuable in attracting tourists. On October 10, 1931, WWNC changed its affiliation from CBS Radio to the NBC Red Network.
On September 10, 1936, President Franklin Roosevelt spoke at McCormick Field. WWNC broadcast the speech. The station was the Western North Carolina home to Amos and Andy, Fibber McGee and Molly and Jack Benny. In 1938, WWNC was one of the many stations broadcasting Orson Welles' The War of the Worlds.