| City of license | Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
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| Broadcast area | Piedmont Triad |
| Branding | 93.1 The Wolf |
| Slogan | Always More Than 50 Minutes Of Fresh Country Every Hour |
| Frequency | 93.1 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| Format | Country HD2: Oldies |
| ERP | 99,000 watts |
| HAAT | 335 meters |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 40752 |
| Former callsigns | WMQX-FM (until 11/20/2006) WSEZ (until 02/23/1987)[1] |
| Owner | Entercom |
| Sister stations | WJMH, WQMG-FM, WSMW |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 931wolfcountry.com |
WPAW ("93.1 the Wolf") is a country music radio station licensed to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and serving the Piedmont Triad region, which includes Greensboro and High Point. The Entercom outlet broadcasts at 93.1 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW.
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The station's original calls were WAIR-FM (sister station and simulcast partner to current WPOL). The station was known as "Fresh Air 93".[2] In the late 1960s the station began separate programming with religious during the day and beautiful music at night, with the call letters WGPL.[3]
In 1979, the station returned to a partial simulcast of a Top-40 format with WAIR, but the 93.1 station took on the calls WSEZ and the combination was collectively known as Z-93.
In the 1980s WSEZ completely separated from WAIR, playing Top 40 and later album-oriented rock. In 1985, one-fourth of WAIR programming was a simulcast of WSEZ.[4] On March 6, 1987, the station became WMQX "W-Mix", an adult contemporary station playing hits of the 60s, 70s and 80s with "less talk, more variety".[5] The WMQX letters stayed during the station's entire tenure as an Oldies station, which began in 1990. The format change, along with a name change to Oldies 93-Point-Fun, boosted the station's popularity.[6]
On October 3, 2006 the station began spinning the format wheel, which landed on country on October 4. The move now gives the region three country outlets as they take on heritage rival WTQR and upstart classic country station WIST.
As of the week ending November 25, 2006, WMQX officially changed its call letters to WPAW. The call letters were formerly assigned to 99.7 FM in Vero Beach, Florida which were in use from 1995, until March 5, 2001. The call letters WPAW also were assigned to WPAW-AM in the Syracuse, NY area during the late 1960's.
5a-10a: Chuck & Leanne - 'The Wake Up With The Wolf Show'
10a-3p: Clay JD Walker and The Wolf@Work
3p-7p: Gunner Jackson
7p-mid: Charley McCain
In January 2007 WPAW signed on a hybrid analog/digital transmitter, allowing the radio station to transmit an HD2 signal, with an expanded, commercial-free version of then off-air Oldies 93 format. The Oldies 93HD runs an expanded playlist with no jocks. Listeners in the Triad can listen to Oldies 93HD if they purchase an HD Radio.
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