WETC
City |
Wendell, North Carolina Zebulon, North Carolina |
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Broadcast area |
Raleigh/Durham Research Triangle |
Branding | Radio Vision |
Slogan | "Siempre contigo" |
Frequency | 540 kHz |
Format | Regional Mexican |
Power |
4000 watts day 500 watts night |
Class | B |
Facility ID | 18269 |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°52′9″N 78°25′56″W / 35.86917°N 78.43222°W |
Owner |
Marta Sanchez (Sanchez Broadcasting Corporation) |
Website | WETC website |
WETC is an AM station licensed to both Wendell and Zebulon, North Carolina on 540. WETC, whose call letters stand for "We Entertain Tobacco Country", was a long-time country station featuring The J. Donavon Show in the late 1980s. In 1992, WETC became the first area radio station to program to the Triangle's burgeoning Spanish-speaking community, going completely Spanish by the late 1990s. WETC was owned by East Wake Broadcasting and later Carolina Regional Broadcasting before being sold to Prieto Communications in 2004.
Prieto Communications sold WETC to Marta Sanchez's Sanchez Broadcasting Corporation for consideration of the forgiveness of $1.45 million in debt; the transaction was consummate on January 4, 2013.
WETC's programming is also heard on WDUR.[1]
WETC has been granted an FCC construction permit to increase day power to 10,000 watts.[2]
References
- ↑ http://www.radio-info.com/site/markets/grid/raleigh-durham, Retrieved on 2010-03-18.
- ↑ "FCC Construction Permit". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WETC
- Radio-Locator Information on WETC
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WETC