WQTM
Radio station in Fair Bluff, North Carolina, United States
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WQTM (1480 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Fair Bluff, North Carolina. The station is currently owned by Keith Baldwin.
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| Frequency | 1480 kHz |
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| Branding | Throwback Joy 1480 AM |
| Programming | |
| Format | Urban gospel |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Keith Baldwin |
| History | |
First air date | October 21, 1967[1] |
Former call signs | WWKO (1967–1984)[1] WNFO (1984–1988) WJHB (1988–1996) WNCR (1996–2002) WVXY (2002) WZFB (2002–2006) WSRC (2006–2009) WWKO (2009–2011)[2] |
Call sign meaning | "Team" (former sports format) |
| Technical information[3] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 2860 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 10,000 watts day 48 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°19′23.00″N 79°0′7.00″W |
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Public license information | |
WQTM fell silent on September 15, 2018 due to damage from Hurricane Florence, the station formerly broadcast a sports talk format.[4]
The station was reassigned its legacy WWKO call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on January 29, 2009.[2] The station changed call sign to WQTM and returned to the air as a simulcast of WEVG in Evergreen, Alabama effective July 12, 2011.
The simulcast with WEVG ended due to then-station owners Rama Communications not paying for services rendered by WEVG. Effective July 9, 2019, Rama Communications sold WQTM and the construction permit for translator W279DQ to Keith Baldwin for $10. After the sale, WQTM dropped the sports format in favor of an urban gospel format.
