WILT

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Will (WILT)
Image:WILT logo.png
City of license Wilmington, North Carolina
Broadcast area Wilmington, North Carolina
Branding 104.5 Will FM
Slogan We Play Everything
Frequency 104.5 MHz
Format Adult Hits
ERP 3,100 watts
HAAT 137 meters
Class A
Facility ID 74159
Transmitter Coordinates 34°10′0.00″N 77°56′40.00″W / 34.1666667, -77.9444444
Affiliations ABC Radio
Owner Nm Licensing LLC
Sister stations SAM Fm WSSM
Webcast Listen Live
Website 1045willfm.com

WILT (104.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Adult Hits format.[1] Licensed to Wilmington, North Carolina, USA, the station serves the Wilmington area. The station is currently owned by Nm Licensing LLC and features programing from ABC Radio .[2]

[edit] History

For many years this station was rock WRQR "Rock 104.5". In the Fall 1997 Arbitron ratings, WRQR was the top station, with John Boy and Billy getting a lot of the credit, though co-owner Chuck Sullivan pointed out "We've got the best of the old rock and best of the new rock."[3]

Kimberly "Night Nurse" McLaughlin-Smith aired a reggae show on WRQR on Sunday mornings.[4]

In July 2004, NextMedia Group purchased WRQR, WAZO, and WMFD from Ocean Broadcasting LLC, and WKXB and WSFM from Sea-Comm Inc.[5]

WRQR lost John Boy and Billy to WKXS-FM in December 2006.[6] On January 2, 2007, Two Guys Named Chris from Rock 92 in Greensboro, North Carolina began airing on WRQR, the first station other than Rock 92 to carry the show.[7]

The current format and letters moved March 31, 2008, from what is now WLGD in Jacksonville, North Carolina for a better signal in Wilmington.[8]

[edit] References

  1. ^ WILT Facility Record. United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ^ Station Information Profile. Arbitron.
  3. ^ Lee Roberts, "Riffs/Junkyard Update; Bands in Clubs; WRQR Pops to Top of Local Radio Ratings," Star-News, February 5, 1998.
  4. ^ John Staton, "Reggae Rising - Reggae Destiny Festival Offers Island Soul," Star-News, September 25, 2003.
  5. ^ Bonnie Eksten, "Ocean Broadcasting, Sea-Comm Stations Sold to NextMedia - New Owner to Operate Locally," Star-News, July 14, 2004.
  6. ^ Angela Mack, "Fans KISS Favorite Radio Station Goodbye," Star-News, October 30, 2006.
  7. ^ "'Two Guys Named Chris' Show Now Syndicated," Greensboro News & Record, January 4, 2007.
  8. ^ http://radioinsight.com/index.php?s=wrqr+wssm, Retrieved on 2008/04/10.

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