WCNC (AM)

WCNC
City of license	Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Broadcast area	Elizabeth City-Nags Head
Frequency	1240 kHz
Format	Classic country
Power	1,000 Watts
Class	C
Transmitter coordinates	36°18′38″N 76°13′56″W / 36.31056°N 76.23222°W / 36.31056; -76.23222
Owner	East Carolina Radio, Inc.
Website	http://www.ecri.net/

WCNC (1240 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic country format.^[1] The station is licensed to serve the community of Elizabeth City, North Carolina and is owned by East Carolina Radio.

During the 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s, this station was adult contemporary.

In 1984, owner Joe Lamb sold the station to former DJ Hunt Thomas, who flipped it to Oldies. The oldies format was not successful, and in 1988, Thomas was forced to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and WCNC had to sign off. The station remained dark until 1990 when former owner Lamb took possession of the station and signed it back on with an Easy Listening / Big band format.

In the mid nineties the station was purchased by East Carolina Radio who flipped it to a News/Talk format. Later the format was changed to Music of Your Life and WZBO ( Edenton NC ) aired the same programming. But in 2006 seeing the increase of Hispanic residents in the area, the station flipped to a syndicated Spanish language music programming service called La GranD.^[2]

References

↑ "WOBR Nags Head Relaunches As The Pirate". radioinsight.com. 2012-12-06. Retrieved 2012-12-13.
↑ "Radio stations tune in to Hispanic listeners". Virginia Pilot. Retrieved 2007-10-13.

External links

East Carolina Radio website

Radio stations in the Elizabeth City-Nags Head (North Eastern NC) market

By FM frequency	WVRL - 88.3 WUND-FM - 88.9 WRVS - 89.9 WBUX - 90.5 WURI - 90.9 WZPR - 92.3 WCMS - 94.5 WOBR - 95.3 WPNC - 95.9 WKJX - 96.7 WYND - 97.1 WGTI - 97.7 WOBX - 98.1 WDLZ - 98.3 WVOD - 99.1 WQDK - 99.3 WBXB - 100.1 WFMI - 100.9 WERX - 102.5 WTIB - 103.7 WCXL - 104.1 WFMZ - 104.9 WRSF - 105.7

By AM frequency	WGAI - 560 WCNC - 1240 WZBO - 1260 WOBX - 1530

North Carolina radio markets Asheville Charlotte Fayetteville Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point Greenville–New Bern–Jacksonville Raleigh–Durham Other North Carolina radio regions Elizabeth City–Nags Head Roanoke Rapids–South Hill Rocky Mount–Wilson Wilmington See also List of radio stations in North Carolina Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News Radio

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