WERX-FM

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WERX-FM
WERX-logo.png
Frequency 102.5 MHz
Branding102.5 The Shark
Programming
Format Classic hits
Ownership
OwnerLawrence Loesch & Margaret Loesch
History
First air date
1982 (as WZBO)
Former call signs
WZBO (19821983)
WZBO-FM (19831992)
Technical information
Facility ID 36764
Class C1
ERP 64,000 watts
HAAT 210 meters
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website 1025theshark.com

WERX-FM (102.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to Columbia, North Carolina, US, it serves the Outer Banks and Hampton Roads areas. The station is currently owned by Lawrence Loesch & Margaret Loesch. [1]

The station had originally been WZBO, running an adult contemporary format out of their Edenton, North Carolina studio. In 1990, The Loesch family purchased the station and was able to raise the station's power from 6 kW to 64 kW and relocated its tower to Columbia, North Carolina and its studios to Nags Head, North Carolina and went modern rock as WERX. In the mid-1990s the station went to an oldies format, and finally to its current classic hits format.

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References

  1. "WERX-FM 102.5 MHz". Radio-Locator.com. June 28, 2011. Retrieved February 15, 2024.

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