Kannapolis (Kŭh-nă-pŭh-lŭs) is a city in Cabarrus and Rowan counties, in the U.S. state of North Carolina, northwest of Concord and northeast of Charlotte and is a suburb in the Charlotte metropolitan area. The city of Kannapolis was incorporated in 1984. The population was 42,625 at the 2010 census, which makes Kannapolis the 20th largest city in North Carolina. It is the home of the Kannapolis Intimidators, the Class A baseball affiliate of the Chicago White Sox, and it is the hometown of the Earnhardt racing family. The center of the city is home to the North Carolina Research Campus, a public-private venture that focuses on food, nutrition, and biotech research.
WUNC is the flagship National Public Radio member station for the Research Triangle area of North Carolina, broadcasting on the FM band at 91.5 MHz. Based in Chapel Hill and operated by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, it airs NPR, American Public Media, Public Radio International, and BBC programming in an "all-news-and-information" format. On the weekends, the network broadcasts locally produced folk music programming; the longest-running continuously produced program offered by the station is Back Porch Music, a weekly folk and traditional music program.
Willie Gathrel "Bill" Hefner, was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from North Carolina, serving between 1975 and 1999.
WAXN-TV, virtual channel 64, is an independent television station serving Charlotte, North Carolina, United States that is licensed to Kannapolis. The station is owned by the Cox Media Group subsidiary of Atlanta-based Cox Enterprises, as part of a duopoly with Charlotte-licensed ABC affiliate WSOC-TV. The two stations share studios on North Tryon Street north of uptown Charlotte; WAXN's transmitter is located near Reedy Creek Park in the Newell section of Charlotte.
WGTL was a radio station licensed to Kannapolis, North Carolina. It operated on 870 kHz with a power of 1000 watts, daytime, non-directional. The call letters were chosen to represent a common slogan for its city of license, "World's Greatest Textile Land." WGTL has been off the air since 1992.
The Cannon Mills Company was an American textile company founded by James William Cannon, based in Kannapolis, North Carolina. It was founded in 1888 and went bankrupt in July 2003. The Cannon brands were then purchased by the Iconix Brand Group.
WTPT is an Active Rock station licensed to Forest City, North Carolina and serving the Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina regions, including Greenville and Spartanburg, South Carolina, and Asheville, North Carolina. The Entercom outlet is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to broadcast at 93.3 MHz with an ERP of 93 kW. The station goes by the name 93.3 The Planet Rocks.
WTCG is a radio station licensed to serve the community of Mount Holly, North Carolina, United States. Until 2009, it had been licensed to Clayton, Georgia, and known as WGHC, Rabun County Radio 1370. The station was founded in 1961.
WDEX is a radio station broadcasting a Gospel format. Licensed to Monroe, North Carolina, United States, the station serves the Charlotte area. The station is currently owned by New Life Community Temple of Faith, Inc.
Kannapolis is an Amtrak train station in Kannapolis, North Carolina. It is served by the Carolinian and the Piedmont passenger trains. Amtrak's daily Crescent passes through the station but does not stop. The street address is 201 South Main Street, and is located in the heart of downtown Kannapolis.
WSAT is a radio station broadcasting an oldies format. Licensed to Salisbury, North Carolina, United States. The station is currently owned by William Marc Graham, through licensee 2B Productions, LLC Sports coverage on the station includes Catawba College football and men's and women's basketball, area high school sports, the Carolina Panthers of the NFL, and American Legion baseball.
WTKF is a radio station broadcasting a talk radio format. Licensed to Atlantic, North Carolina, United States, it serves the Morehead City-New Bern-Jacksonville area. WTKF signed on in 1992 as North Carolina's first FM talk-formatted station. It grew from the now-defunct WBTB/1400, which was licensed to Beaufort, North Carolina. As the first radio station in North Carolina to broadcast a talk format on FM radio, it boasted the slogan "First In Talk". In 2002, WTKF began simulcasting its signal on Jacksonville, North Carolina's WJNC AM 1240. On January 22, 2008, WTKF shifted from its 7,000-watt signal at 107.3 FM to a more-powerful 46,000-watt signal at 107.1 FM. The station is currently owned by Atlantic Ridge Telecasters.
WSME is an Eastern North Carolina radio station broadcasting an oldies format. The station is licensed to the town of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, serving the Jacksonville area. The station is licensed to B&M Broadcasting LLC. WSME also simulcasts via an FM translator (W246CJ), at 97.1 FM.
WRNA is a radio station broadcasting a Southern Gospel format. Licensed to China Grove, North Carolina, United States, it serves the Rowan and Cabarrus county areas. From 1985 to 1987, the station broadcast a local, 15-minute program called "Gospel Light Teen Time" each Sunday from 5:15 to 5:30 pm. The station is currently owned by South Rowan Broadcasting.
WCRU is a radio station licensed to Dallas, North Carolina and serving the Charlotte area. The station is currently owned by Truth Broadcasting Corporation.
The Concord Kannapolis Area Transit, operating under the banner Rider, is the public transit system shared between the cities of Concord and Kannapolis, North Carolina, United States. It operates local bus service as well a express bus service to neighboring Charlotte.
The following television stations operate on virtual channel 64 in the United States:
