WMIT (FM)
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| City of license | Black Mountain, North Carolina |
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| Broadcast area | Asheville, North Carolina Tri-Cities, Tennessee-Virginia Greenville/Spartanburg, South Carolina (The Upstate) Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Branding | 106.9 The Light |
| Slogan | "Radio You Can Believe In" |
| Frequency | 106.9 MHz(Also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | 1941 |
| Format | Contemporary Inspirational |
| ERP | 36,000 watts |
| HAAT | 942 meters |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 5970 |
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| Callsign meaning | Mount MITchell Near the station's transmitter location |
| Affiliations | Fox News Radio |
| Owner | Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (Blue Ridge Broadcasting Corporation) |
| Website | 1069thelight.org |
WMIT-FM (106.9 FM, "106.9 The Light") is a contemporary Christian radio station in Asheville, North Carolina. The station is licensed to the town of Black Mountain. WMIT is a noncommercial, listener supported ministry of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.
Despite its 36,000-watt effective radiated power, its signal can be heard in the Tri-Cities, Greenville/Spartanburg, and Charlotte as well as its home market of Asheville—a potential audience of 5.2 million people in five states (though WMIT claims listenership in two additional states as well). This is because its transmitter is located over 6,700 feet above sea level—one of the highest transmitter sites east of the Mississippi River.
The station's call letters stand for Mount Mitchell, the highest mountain peak east of the Mississippi River, which is located about 2½ miles NE of the station's transmitter.
In 2007, WMIT commenced HD Radio service with theEdge 106.9 on the HD2 channel, featuring Christian music for teenagers and young adults.
[edit] History
WMIT signed on in 1941. Rising 180 feet above 6557-foot Clingman's Peak, the WMIT tower's light was higher than anything else east of the Mississippi.
The two-story building housing the station included living space. The road to the top was usually passable. Diesel engines powered the station at first, but eventually power lines had to be installed.
Gordon Gray had to close the station in Spring 1950 because he did not have the time to run it. When the station returned to the air in 1951, its power was the equivalent of 325,000 watts, and it could be picked up in Atlanta, Georgia, 190 miles away. Six and a half million potential listeners could pick up the signal. Studios were in Charlotte, North Carolina, 90 miles away, and programming was delivered by means of a station-to-transmitter link. Much of the music was classical or semi-classical, though three hours a day of local, regional music was played due to listener interest.[1]
[edit] External links
- 106.9 The Light website
- Edge 106.9 website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WMIT
- Radio Locator information on WMIT
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WMIT
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