WCNC (AM)

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WCNC
AM 1240 WCNC News Talk 2023.png
Broadcast areaElizabeth City-Nags Head
Frequency 1240 kHz
BrandingAM 1240 WCNC
Programming
Format Conservative talk
Affiliations Bloomberg Radio
Premiere Networks
Westwood One
Ownership
Owner
  • East Carolina Radio, Inc.
  • (East Carolina Radio of Elizabeth City)
WOBX-AM
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 49438
Class C
Power 1,000 Watts
Transmitter coordinates
 36°18′38″N76°13′56″W / 36.31056°N 76.23222°W / 36.31056; -76.23222
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website http://www.ecri.net/

WCNC (1240 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news talk format. [2] 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-1990s 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, North Carolina) 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. [3]

For a brief time WCNC and its sister station WZBO were simulcasting sports talk that originated on ECRI's WOBX-FM. Then in August 2022 the station was once again broadcasting classic country along with its sister station WZBO. The station's programming currently originates from ECRI's main studio facility in Nags Head, North Carolina. On November 28, 2023, WCNC-AM began simulcasting ECRI's News Talk format once again that originates on WOBX-AM transmitting in Wanchese, NC with the studio facility in Nags Head. WZBO-AM continues to air the classic country format. The same audio streamed from the WOBX-AM webstream is the audio that is on the air on WOBX-AM.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WCNC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "WOBR Nags Head Relaunches As The Pirate". radioinsight.com. December 6, 2012. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Radio stations tune in to Hispanic listeners". Virginia Pilot. Retrieved October 13, 2007.


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