WYMY
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| Broadcast area | |
| Frequency | 101.1MHz |
| Branding | La Ley 101.1 FM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Regional Mexican SpanishCHR(weekdays 7-9 PM) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WCOG,WMFR,WPCM,WSML,WSJS | |
| History | |
First air date | 1946 |
Former call signs |
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Former frequencies | 101.3 MHz (1946-1947) |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 9080 |
| Class | C0 |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 358.5 meters (1,176 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°56′15.5″N79°26′29.1″W/ 35.937639°N 79.441417°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WYMY(101.1FM;"La Ley") is aRegional Mexicanradio station inBurlington, North Carolina,United States. It serves the Triad and Triangle areas, which includes cities such as Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Raleigh and Durham. In addition the signal goes well north ofDanville, Virginia.The outlet, which is owned byCurtis Media Group,claims to have the largest FM radio signal in all of North Carolina, operating with an ERP of 100 kW. The reason for that FM radio signal claim comes from Curtis Media, due to the population covered by the station's signal. The transmitter is located onBass Mountainin theCane Creek MountainsinAlamance County,and studios are in Burlington.
History
[edit]WBBB-FM signed on at 101.3 in 1946 as a sister station toWBBBinBurlington, North Carolina.After moving to 101.1, the station becameeasy listeningWNCB. Starting in 1978, WPCM flipped to acountry musicformat as "Country 101".[3]
During the 1990s, the station paired up withWKIXinGoldsboro, North Carolina,and targeted listeners in theRaleighmarket.[4]At one point, the call letters were changed to WKXU.[1]For a time, this station playedclassic country.[5]Later, WKXU switched to country music, calling itself Kix 101.1.
The station changed to anews/talkformat under the WZTK call letters on July 6, 2004. The first live voices heard on "FM Talk 101.1"[citation needed]were those ofBrad KrantzandBritt Whitmire,who remained with the station for the format's duration.[6]WZTK's sister AM station WPCM (920 kilohertz), previously known as WBBB, simulcast the FM's talk programming until summer 2005, when it went back to its beach/oldies format.
ABC News Radiobroadcast on the hour. Listeners heard a variety of talk shows includingMichael Savage,Alan Colmes,as well as financial advice fromClark Howard,and local/state issues. FM Talk 101.1 also offeredsmooth jazzweekends. WZTK was once an affiliate ofJones Radio Networks'sSmooth Jazzsatellite-delivered format until the format was discontinued on September 30, 2008. It continued to air on WZTK without announcers, with music provided by Jones Radio/Dial Global.
The station was also an affiliate of theCarolina PanthersRadio Network and carriedWake Forest Universityfootball & men's basketball.
On February 14, 2007, WZTK's parent company, Curtis Media Group, closed a purchase ofWSJS,WMFR,and WSJS's simulcast partnerWSML.This gave Curtis a monopoly on news/talk in the Triad (and for all practical purposes, in the Triangle, as well) untilWPTIandWRDUswitched to the format in January 2010. Both WMFR and WSML joined newly acquiredWCOGto form Triad Sports Radio later that year.
On March 12, 2012, Curtis Media Group announced it would end the news/talk format after 8 years.Brad and Britt,Neal Boortz,and Clark Howard all moved to WSJS andWPTK,while Alan Colmes, Michael Savage, and Allan Handelman were displaced entirely.[7][8]
At midnight on March 13, 2012, after the second hour ofThe Alan Colmes Show,the station flipped to a simulcast ofWWPL.This was a placeholder move as Curtis Media Group prepared a new format that they promised would have more community service and long-term profitability.[9][10]WZTK launched its new format in Spanish on April 3 by simulcastingWYMY,this time as "La Ley 96.9 & 101.1 FM".[11][12]
On January 3, 2013, WZTK's callsign was changed to WYMY[1]when 96.9 FM became WBZJ and ended the simulcast.[13]On March 11, 2014, the simulcast resumed,[14]but six months later, it ended again after WYMY solved some weather-related signal problems.
References
[edit]- ^abc"Call Sign History".RetrievedApril 22,2011.
- ^"Facility Technical Data for WYMY".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"Raleigh-Durham FM Dial".Archived fromthe originalon February 1, 2003.RetrievedMay 5,2010.
- ^David Menconi, "KIX walks; 96.1 to Shift",News & Observer,January 9, 1998.
- ^"Greensboro News Briefs,"Greensboro News and Record,April 8, 2004.
- ^Washburn, Mark (August 4, 2012)."WBT pair hopes opposites attract listeners".Charlotte Observer.RetrievedAugust 17,2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^"North Carolina's Curtis Media makes talk changes in Raleigh & Greensboro".Radio-Info.com.March 12, 2012. Archived fromthe originalon March 14, 2012.RetrievedMarch 12,2012.
- ^Venta, Lance (March 12, 2012)."680 WPTF Raleigh Expands News; 850 WKIX and 101.1 WZTK To Flip".RadioInsight.RetrievedMarch 12,2012.
- ^"FM Talk 101.1 WZTK".www.curtismedia.com.Archived fromthe originalon July 29, 2012.RetrievedJune 6,2022.
- ^Covington, Owen (March 13, 2012)."WSJS, WZTK make programming, format changes".Triad Business Journal.RetrievedMarch 14,2012.
- ^Craver, Richard (March 13, 2012)."WSJS radio revamps morning show, adds talk show".Winston-Salem Journal.Archived fromthe originalon March 15, 2012.RetrievedMarch 13,2012.
- ^"Raleigh-Durham's La Ley 96.9 to add Second FM signal; expands coverage west to Greensboro-Winston Salem-High Point market".Curtis Media Group. Archived fromthe originalon July 29, 2012.RetrievedApril 6,2012.
- ^"Curtis Media Launches 96.9 WBZJ Raleigh".January 3, 2013.
- ^La Ley Raleigh Returns to 96.9
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 9080 (WYMY)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- WYMYinNielsen Audio's FM station database