WPOL

WPOL

City	Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Broadcast area	Piedmont Triad
Branding	The Light 1340
Frequency	1340 kHz
Repeater(s)	Translator W276CI 103.5 WKEW 1400 AM
First air date	March 25, 1937
Format	Gospel
Power	1,000 watts unlimited
Class	C
Facility ID	72970
Transmitter coordinates	36°4′26.00″N 80°15′19.00″W / 36.0738889°N 80.2552778°W / 36.0738889; -80.2552778
Former callsigns	WMQX (1987-1995)
Owner	Truth Broadcasting Corporation
Sister stations	WKEW
Website	lightthetriad.com

WPOL (1340 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station broadcasting a Gospel music radio format. Licensed to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the station is owned by Truth Broadcasting Corporation. In Winston-Salem and nearby communities, WPOL can also be heard on an FM translator at 105.3 MHz, for listeners who prefer FM radio. It is also simulcast on sister station 1400 kHz WKEW in Greensboro, North Carolina.

WPOL runs the Yolanda Adams nationally syndicated morning show as well as other syndicated and local gospel and religious shows aimed at the African-American community.

History

WPOL first signed on the air on March 25, 1937.^[1]

In the 1970s, WAIR aired an Urban contemporary format. In 1985, WAIR was three-fourths urban and one-fourth a simulcast of album rock station WSEZ at 93.1 FM (now WPAW).^[2]

The WKEW simulcast began at the end of 2000.^[3]

Translators

In addition to the main station, WPOL is relayed by an FM translator to widen its broadcast area.^[4]

Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	ERP W	Class	FCC info
W276CI	103.5	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	250	D	FCC

References

↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1977
↑ Robin Adams, "Black-Oriented Radio Stations Make Gains," Winston-Salem Chronicle, August 8, 1985.
↑ "Dillon Fence Reunites for N.C. Performances," Greensboro News & Record, December 21, 2000.
↑ "W276CI Radio Station Information".

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WPOL

Radio-Locator Information on WPOL

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WPOL

Query the FCC's FM station database for W276CI

Radio-Locator information on W276CI

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for W276CI

Radio stations in the Winston-Salem–Greensboro–High Point, North Carolina market

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