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

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


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