Broadcast area | Charlotte, North Carolina |
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Frequency | 102.3 MHz |
Branding | Latina 102.3 y 107.5 |
Programming | |
Format | Spanish tropical |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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WGSP (AM), WXNC WOLS, WNOW | |
History | |
First air date | 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 | charlotte |
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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]
As of 2013, WGSP-FM was called "Latina 102.3". [9]
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