WGSP-FM

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WGSP-FM
Broadcast area Charlotte, North Carolina
Frequency 102.3 MHz
BrandingKaliente 102.3 y 107.5
Programming
Format Spanish tropical
Ownership
Owner
  • Norsan Media
  • (Norsan Media Group of South Carolina, LLC)
WGSP (AM), WXNC WOLS, WNOW
History
First air date
1975;50 years ago (1975)
Former call signs
WCPL-FM (1975–1989)
WMAP-FM (1989–1999)
WRML (1999–2007) [1]
Call sign meaning
Greenville-SPartanburg or Great Sounds of the Past, which was taken from sister station WGSP
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 57452
Class A
ERP 2,550 watts
HAAT 156 meters (512 feet)
Repeater(s) 1310 WGSP (Charlotte)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website kalienteclt.com

WGSP-FM (102.3 MHz) is a radio station licensed to the community of Pageland, South Carolina, and serving the greater Charlotte metropolitan area. The station is owned by Norsan Media. [3] It airs a Spanish tropical music format. [4]

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History

WCPL-FM was located in Pageland, South Carolina. In 1989, the station became WMAP-FM and began airing the same programming as WMAP in Monroe, North Carolina. [5] After WMAP went off the air, [6] the FM, later known as WRML, played Southern gospel music. In 2006, Norsan took over the station and made plans to move the transmitter closer to the metropolitan area. [7] The programming was also aired on WXNC, at 1060 AM and WGSP, at 1310 AM. [8] Charlotte listeners began receiving the stronger signal in September 2007. [8]

The station was assigned the WGSP-FM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on September 26, 2007. [1]

On January 1, 2009, "La Raza" began airing on WOLS, which Norsan Media began leasing, and WGSP-FM simulcast WOLS for a short time before a switch to tropical music / Latin pop format. [4]

Logo before WGSP simulcast Latina 102.3 FM.png
Logo before WGSP simulcast

Starting in 2013, WGSP-FM was called "Latina 102.3". [9]

On May 29, 2025, WGSP-FM and WGSP rebranded as "Kaliente 102.3 & 107.5".

References

  1. 1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WGSP-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. 1 2 Washburn, Mark (November 20, 2008). "106.1 FM Will Shift to All-Spanish". The Charlotte Observer.
  5. ↑ Stowe, Gene (June 24, 1989). "Monroe's WMAP Radio Picks Up S.C. Station". The Charlotte Observer.
  6. ↑ Lyttle, Steve (March 21, 1997). "New Radio Station Will Slip Into Old Spot on the Dial". The Charlotte Observer.
  7. ↑ Ordoñez, Franco (March 1, 2006). "City's Top Spanish-Language Radio Station Leaping to FM - WGSP-AM Will Begin Simulcasting Today on WRML 102.3". The Charlotte Observer.
  8. 1 2 Washburn, Mark (September 25, 2007). "New Radio Station Is on the Air". The Charlotte Observer.
  9. ↑ Washburn, Mark (February 2, 2013). "Media firm plans Spanish TV in Charlotte". The Charlotte Observer.


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