WRTG

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WRTG
Broadcast area Research Triangle
Frequency 1000 kHz
BrandingLa Grande
Programming
Format Spanish variety
Ownership
OwnerEstuardo Valdemar Rodriguez And Leonor Rodriguez
WLLN, WLLQ, WREV, WSRP
History
First air date
1969
Former call signs
  • WKBQ (1969–1987)
  • WHEV (1987–1994)
Call sign meaning
Research Triangle, Garner (disambiguation of WRTP, former calls of WLLQ)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 9072
Class D
Power 1,000 watts day
Transmitter coordinates
35°43′50.55″N78°36′11.01″W / 35.7307083°N 78.6030583°W / 35.7307083; -78.6030583
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website www.lagrandenc.com

WRTG (1000 AM) is a daytime-only radio station licensed to Garner, North Carolina, which also serves the Raleigh region. It airs a Spanish language format as part of the La Grande network.

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History

WRTG began in 1969 as country station WKBQ. In 1987, the station became classic country WHEV under the ownership of Henry E. Veil. After going silent in the early 1990s, Veil gave the license to Durham-based Carolina Christian Communications, which signed 1000 AM back on the air in 1994 as WRTG with a simulcast of contemporary Christian station WRTP, 1530 AM. A third AM signal, WGSB (1060 AM in Mebane, North Carolina) joined the simulcast in 1995. The stations were then known as "His Radio WRTP" and owned by Radio Training Network along with WRTP-FM in Roanoke Rapids and several FM translators across the Triangle and Eastern North Carolina.

In October 2004, WRTG, WRTP and WGSB were all purchased by Estuardo Valdemar Rodriguez and Leonor Rodriguez, owners of WLLN in Lillington, North Carolina, for $1.1 million. On February 3, 2005, WRTG and its two sister AM stations ceased broadcasting the "His Radio WRTP" Christian format, and after a day off the air, the three stations resumed broadcasting a Spanish-language regional Mexican format formerly heard on WFTK. In November 2011 WRTG changed its format to "Radio La Grande".

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WRTG". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.