WVOT
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| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 1420 kHz |
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| Programming | |
| Format | Defunct, was urban contemporary gospel |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Kingdom Expansion Corporation |
| History | |
First air date | June 1948 |
Last air date | December 19, 2017 (date of license cancellation) |
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Call sign meaning | "Wilson's Voice of Tobacco" or "Wilson's Voice of Truth" |
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| 8778 | |
| Class | B |
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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.
History
WVOT signed on in June 1948.[1] The station's call letters originally stood for "Voice of Tobaccoland".
In 1984, Century Communications sold WVOT and FM sister station 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.
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]
WVOT's final format was urban contemporary gospel. Past formats have included talk, Carolina beach music, oldies, adult contemporary, contemporary hit radio, and block programming.
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]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-332. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Magic 95.9FM, THE Music Lovers Station, Plymouth, NC". Archived from the original on November 23, 2009. Retrieved June 16, 2010.
- ^ 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 [dead link]
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.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.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Broadcast Actions" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. December 22, 2017. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID 8778 (WVOT) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."History Cards for WVOT". Federal Communications Commission. (Guide to reading History Cards) (covering 1947-1980)
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