WUDE

WUDE/WNTB
City of license	WUDE: Bolivia, North Carolina WNTB: Topsail Beach, North Carolina
Broadcast area	Wilmington, North Carolina
Branding	93.7 & 106.3 The Dude
Frequency	WUDE: 106.3 MHz WNTB: 93.7 MHz
First air date	WUDE: 1986 (as WPGO) WNTB: 2000 (as WFXZ)
Format	Country
ERP	WUDE: 6,000 watts WNTB: 6,000 watts
HAAT	WUDE: 93 meters WNTB: 99.9 meters
Class	WUDE: A WNTB: A
Facility ID	WUDE: 60882 WNTB: 73954
Transmitter coordinates	WUDE: 34°02′50″N 78°16′12″W / 34.04722°N 78.27000°W / 34.04722; -78.27000 WNTB: 34°18′4″N 77°48′7″W / 34.30111°N 77.80194°W / 34.30111; -77.80194
Callsign meaning	WUDE: W The DUDE WNTB: W N Topsail Beach
Former callsigns	WUDE: WAEM (8/1983-11/1983) WPGO (1983-1990) WCCA (1990-2003) WLTT (2003-2013)^[1] WNTB: WFXZ (2000-2003) WBNE (2003-2007)^[2]
Affiliations	Jones Radio Network, ABC Radio, Fox News Radio
Owner	Thomas Davis (Davis Media, LLC)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	gottalovethedude.com

WUDE (106.3 FM)/WNTB (93.7 FM) "The Dude" are simulcast radio stations broadcasting a country music format.^[3] Licensed to Bolivia, North Carolina, USA, and Topsail Beach, North Carolina, USA, respectively, WUDE and WNTB serve the Wilmington area. The stations are currently owned by Thomas Davis, through licensee Davis Media, LLC of Williamsburg, Virginia.

Both WUDE & WNTB are CBS News affiliates. Local programming was overhauled in April 1, 2013 by Hometown Wilmington Media, which had purchased the then-WLTT/WNTB from Sea-Comm Inc. the previous November. The stated reason for the move was to transform the station into a source of "unbiased news and information" in keeping with the company's larger goals.^[4]

History

The 106.3 frequency was WCCA, a beach music station and then a classic country station.^[5] before taking over the call letters and talk format previously heard on what is now 103.7 WILT.^[6] In 2004, WWTB, an adult standards station at 103.9 FM which was licensed to Topsail Beach, North Carolina, began airing the same programming as WLTT.^[7] This simulcast ended when the WBNE 93.7 frequency took the role, moving to Topsail Beach and changing its letters to WNTB.

WLTT changed its license city in 2009 from Shalotte to Bolivia. WLTT and WNTB simulcast The Big Talker to 5 counties in southeastern North Carolina.

Curtis Wright hosted "The Morning Beat" for four years ending in March 2010. He was replaced by Robby Kendall, who left May 6. Having come from a Whiteville station, Kendall had insufficient knowledge of Wilmington's history and politics, and he disliked the early hours. Neither general manager Paul Knight nor Wright wanted Wright's return. Kendall's co-host Chad Adams took over the show.^[8]

With the "retirement" of Chad Adams on March 29, 2013, the station identification was changed from "The Big Talker FM" to "Port City Radio". On April 1, 2013, the format was changed to local news from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM.^[9]

After stunting with a ticking clock, on December 2, 2013, WLTT and WNTB changed their format to country, branded as "The Dude".^[10] On December 10, 2013, WLTT changed their call letters to WUDE, to go with the "Dude" branding.^[1]

Previous logo

References

1 2 "Call Sign History (WUDE)". Retrieved 2010-04-10.
↑ "Call Sign History (WNTB)". Retrieved 2014-04-10.
↑ "WUDE Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ Callison, Jenny (2012-08-14). "The Big Talker changes programming". Greater Wilmington Business Journal. Retrieved 2012-08-29.
↑ Morgan Lee, "Station Jilts Country to Woo Female Listeners", Star-News, 1999-03-02.
↑ "Briefly Noted - Marriott at Beach Will Open Friday", Star-News, 2003-06-25.
↑ Amy Hotz, "Station Bought - Format Changing", Star-News, 2004-01-29.
↑ Roman, Casey (2010-05-05). "New host of The Big Talker signs off". WECT. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
↑ "Chad Adams's last day; Big Talker becomes Port City Radio". WWAY. 2013-03-29. Retrieved 2014-04-10.
↑ "Port City Radio Moves; Dude Launches In Wilmington". radioinsight.com. 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2014-04-10.

External links

93.7 & 106.3 The Dude website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WUDE

Radio-Locator information on WUDE

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WUDE

Query the FCC's FM station database for WNTB

Radio-Locator information on WNTB

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WNTB

Radio stations in the Wilmington–Shallotte market

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Country radio stations in the state of North Carolina

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