WIBT

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WIBT
Broadcast area Shelby/Charlotte, North Carolina
Branding "96.1 The Beat"
Slogan Charlotte's Beat
First air date 1970s
Frequency 96.1 (MHz)
Format Rhythmic Contemporary Hit Radio
ERP 100,000 watts
Callsign meaning W I BeaT
Owner Clear Channel
Website http://www.charlottesbeat.com/

WIBT (96.1 The Beat) is a Rhythmic Top 40 station licensed to Shelby, North Carolina, USA and serves the Charlotte area. The Clear Channel Communications outlet broadcasts at 96.1 MHz with an effective radiated power of 100 kW. Its transmitter is located in Dallas, North Carolina.

[edit] History

The station was originally WWMG and its previous formats included Adult Contemporary in the 1970s and 1980s and Oldies in the 1990s. But in 2004 it made headlines when the Oldies format was dropped for its current format. But despite the controversy WIBT would become a success story when it went to #1 in the Fall 2004 Arbitrons. As a Rhythmic Top 40 formatted station, WIBT is in competition with long-time Urban heritage station WPEG Power 98 and Pop station WNKS Kiss 95.1.

[edit] Trivia

By mere coincidence, WIBT is the eastern reflection of KIBT in Colorado Springs, which also calls itself 96.1 The Beat with a Rhythmic format.

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Clear Channel Communications, Inc.

Corporate officers: Lowry Mays | Mark Mays | Randall Mays | Tom Hicks
Board of directors: Alan Feld | Perry Lewis | Lowry Mays | B.J. McCombs | Phyllis Riggins | Theodore Strauss | J.C. Watts | John H. Williams

Radio / Television stations: (See List of broadcast stations owned by Clear Channel)
Other major assets: Clear Channel Outdoor | Clear Channel UK | Premiere Radio Networks | FOX Sports Radio Network
FM radio stations in the Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill market (Arbitron #33)


By frequency: 88.9 | 89.9 | 90.7 | 91.7 | 91.9 | 92.7 | 93.5 | 93.7 | 94.1 | 95.1 | 95.7 | 96.1 | 96.9 | 97.9 | 99.3 | 99.7 | 100.9 | 101.9 | 102.9 | 103.7 | 104.7 | 105.3 | 106.1 | 106.5 | 107.1 | 107.9


By callsign: WAGI | WBAV | WBT-FM | WDAV | WEND | WFAE | WIBT | WKKT | WLYT | WKQC | WLNK | WNSC | WNKS | WNMX | WPEG | WPZS | WQNC | WRCM | WRFX | WRHM-FM | WSGE | WSOC-FM | WTHZ | WXRC | WYFQ | WYLI-LP

See also: Charlotte (FM) (AM)

North Carolina Radio Markets

Asheville | Charlotte-Gastonia (FM) (AM) | Elizabeth City-Nags Head | Fayetteville | Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point (FM) (AM) | Greenville-New Bern-Jacksonville (FM) (AM) | Raleigh-Durham (FM) (AM) | Rocky Mount-Wilson | Wilmington

See also: List of radio stations in North Carolina and List of United States radio markets
South Carolina Radio Markets

Charleston (FM) (AM) | Columbia | Florence | Greenville-Spartanburg (FM) (AM) | Hilton Head | Myrtle Beach | Rock Hill (FM) (AM)

See also: List of radio stations in South Carolina and List of United States radio markets
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