For the Virginia radio station that used the WXRI call letters during the 1980s, see
WMOV-FM.
WXRI (91.3 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Southern Gospel format. Licensed to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA, the station serves the Piedmont Triad area. The station is currently owned by Positive Alternative Radio and features programing from Salem Communications.[1][2] Sister stations include WTJY 89.5 FM in Asheboro, North Carolina, WPIR 88.1 FM in Hickory, North Carolina, and WTTX-FM in Appomattox, Virginia. These stations are part of the Positive Alternative Radio network.
[edit] History
In Spring 1997, WXRI signed on in East Bend, playing such artists as The Perrys and The Gaithers[3]
In 1999 and 2000, JoyFM of Winston-Salem, also heard on WPIR in 1999 and WTJY by 2000, was named National Southern Gospel Station of the Year by the Southern Gospel Music Association[4][5].
[edit] References
- ^ "WXRI Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WXRI.
- ^ "WXRI Station Information Profile". Arbitron. http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU08&band=fm&callLetter=WXRI.
- ^ Todd Lotz, "Where to Find the Best in Christian Music," Greensboro News & Record January 15, 1998.
- ^ "Business Milestones," Winston-Salem Journal, June 7, 1999.
- ^ "Business Milestones," Winston-Salem Journal, June 5, 2000
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