WVOT
| Frequency | 1420 kHz |
|---|---|
| Programming | |
| Format | Defunct, was Urban contemporary gospel |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Kingdom Expansion Corporation |
| History | |
First air date | June 1948 |
Former call signs | WVOT (1948–1999) WALQ (1999–2001) |
Call sign meaning | Wilson's Voice Of Tobacco or Wilson's Voice Of Truth |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 8778 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 1,000 Watts (day) 500 Watts (night) |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°44′08″N 77°53′02″W / 35.73556°N 77.88389°W |
WVOT (1420 AM) was a radio station licensed to and located in Wilson, North Carolina, United States. The FCC assigned frequency was 1420 kHz. The station operated at 1,000 Watts non-directional by day, and 500 watts directional at night, largely on a north-facing axis.
Programming
The station's final format was urban contemporary gospel. Past formats have included talk, Carolina beach music, oldies, adult contemporary, contemporary hit radio, and block programming. The station's call letters originally stood for W-V(oice)-O(f)-T(obbacoland.)
History
WVOT signed on in June 1948.[1]
Career Communications bought WVOT in 1990.[2]
In 1997, Career Communications sold the station to Al Taylor's Taylor Group Broadcasting. During this time, the call letters were changed to WALQ. [3]
On November 9, 2017, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) informed WVOT that it had received a complaint on September 9 that the station had not operated since 2011 (broadcast stations are required to return to the air within a year of going silent), and ordered it to provide information about its operations since the expiration of its most recent special temporary authority authorization on August 29, 2014.[4] The station did not respond to the operational status inquiry, and its license was cancelled on December 19, 2017.[5]
WRDU-FM
In 1984, Century Communications sold WVOT & WXYY to Voyager Communications. The FM was moved to Raleigh and the call letters were changed to WRDU. A new tower site for WRDU (now WTKK) was built near Middlesex, North Carolina. The AM facility remained in Wilson.
References
- ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-332. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
- ^ "Magic 95.9FM, THE Music Lovers Station, Plymouth, NC". Retrieved 2010-06-16.
- ^ http://archive.wilsontimes.com/archive_detail.php?archiveFile=1997/November/27/LocalNews/54901o.xml&start=0&numPer=20&keyword=wvot§ionSearch=&begindate=1%2F1%2F1987&enddate=12%2F30%2F2012&authorSearch=&IncludeStories=1&pubsection=&page=&IncludePages=1&IncludeImages=1&mode=allwords&archive_pubname=Wilson+Daily+Times%0A%09%09%09
- ^ Doyle, Peter H. (November 9, 2017). "In re: WVOT(AM), Wilson, NC Facility ID No. 8778 Operational Status Inquiry" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
- ^ "Broadcast Actions" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. December 22, 2017. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID WVOT ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- FCC History Cards for WVOT
- Radio stations in North Carolina
- Wilson, North Carolina
- Defunct radio stations in the United States
- Radio stations established in 1948
- 1948 establishments in North Carolina
- Radio stations disestablished in 2017
- 2017 disestablishments in North Carolina
- Defunct religious radio stations in the United States
- Defunct mass media in North Carolina