WCIE
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| WCIE | |
| City of license | Spring Lake, North Carolina |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Fayetteville, North Carolina |
| Frequency | 1450 kHz |
| First air date | 1963-05-22 |
| Format | All Sports |
| Power | 1,000 Watts |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 19875 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Callsign meaning | Where Christ Is Everything (former religious format) |
| Former callsigns | WFBS, WRZK, WPJS |
| Affiliations | ESPN Radio |
| Owner | WCIE-AM |
| Website | www.ncespn.com |
WCIE (1450 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a All Sports format. Licensed to Spring Lake, North Carolina, USA, it serves the Fayetteville area. The station is currently owned by WCIE-AM.
[edit] History
From 1963 to the mid 1970s, the station was owned by Radio Smiles, a group owner of several AM radio stations in North Carolina, including stations in Kinston (WISP), Graham WSML, Raleigh (WRNC) and others. In the mid 70's the station was purchased by its long-time general manager. In 1979, he sold the station to a North Carolina attorney. On December 30, 1986, Radio Smiles re-acquired the station. On June 27, 1988, the station was transferred to Evangel Christian School, Inc. On January 18, 1996, Evangel transferred the station back to the owner of Radio Smiles. On November 12, 1999, the station was acquired to Colonial Radio Group, Inc. On April 19, 2001, the station was acquired by WCIE-AM, Inc.
Evangel Christian School changed the call letters to WCIE to match their FM station in Lakeland, Florida, WCIE-FM (91.1). The letters stood for "Where Christ is Everything." For a period of time under Evangel, the station "went dark" and did not transmit.
From 1963 to 1980, the music format was top 40. In 1980, it was changed to a "soft soul" music format. For a period of time between 1980 and 1987, the station was programmed with the Z Rock hardcore metal rock music format. When Evangel owned the station, the format was Christian. After Evangel transferred the station, it was programmed with a Spanish language format, Radio Latina, before changing to the ESPN Radio sports/talk format.
In 2000, the WFBS call letters were adopted by an AM radio station on 1280 kHz in Berwick, Pennsylvania. The Berwick station bought the rights to the original WFBS Radio Smiles jingles from the early 1960s and changed their identity to WFBS, Radio Smiles, with a format of early 1960s music. It is not believed that the two stations were otherwise related.
Scott Shannon, New York radio programmer and DJ (also the announcer for the Sean Hannity radio show) started his radio career at WFBS.
[edit] Call sign history:
- WFBS: May 22, 1963 - November 01, 1983
- WRZK: November 01, 1983 - June 22, 1987
- WPJS: June 22, 1987 - August 09, 1988
- WCIE: August 09, 1988 - Present (2007)
[edit] External links
- Radio Latina homepage
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WCIE
- Radio Locator Information on WCIE
- Query Arbitron's AM station database for WCIE
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