WPAW
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| City of license | Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Piedmont Triad |
| Branding | 93.1 The Wolf |
| Slogan | Always More Than 50 Minutes Of Fresh Country Every Hour |
| Frequency | 93.1 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | 1947 (as WAIR-FM) |
| Format | Country HD2: Oldies |
| ERP | 99,000 watts |
| HAAT | 335 meters |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 40752 |
| Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Callsign meaning | Wolf's paw |
| Former callsigns | WMQX-FM (until 11/20/2006) WSEZ (until 02/23/1987)[1] |
| Owner | Entercom (Entercom License, LLC) |
| Sister stations | WJMH, WQMG-FM, WSMW |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 931wolfcountry.com |
WPAW ("93.1 the Wolf") is a country music radio station licensed to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and serving the Piedmont Triad region, which includes Greensboro and High Point. The Entercom outlet broadcasts at 93.1 MHz with an ERP of 100 kW. The station's studios are located near the Piedmont Triad International Airport, and a transmitter site is near Stokesdale, North Carolina.
History
The station's original calls were WAIR-FM (sister station and simulcast partner to current WPOL). The station was known as "Fresh Air 93".[2] In the late 1960s[citation needed] the station began separate programming with religious during the day and beautiful music at night, with the call letters WGPL.[3]
In 1979, the station returned to a partial simulcast of a Top-40 format with WAIR, but the 93.1 station took on the calls WSEZ and the combination was collectively known as Z-93.
In the 1980s WSEZ completely separated from WAIR, playing Top 40 and later album-oriented rock.[citation needed] In 1985, one-fourth of WAIR programming was a simulcast of WSEZ.[4] On March 6, 1987, the station became WMQX "W-Mix", an adult contemporary station playing hits of the 60s, 70s and 80s with "less talk, more variety".[5] The WMQX letters stayed during the station's entire tenure as an Oldies station, which began in 1990.[citation needed] The format change, along with a name change to Oldies 93-Point-Fun, boosted the station's popularity.[6]
On October 3, 2006 the station began spinning the format wheel, which landed on country on October 4. The move now gives the region three country outlets as they take on heritage rival WTQR and market fringe country stations WBRF and WAKG.
As of the week ending November 25, 2006, WMQX officially changed its call letters to WPAW. The call letters were formerly assigned to 99.7 FM in Vero Beach, Florida which were in use from 1995, until March 5, 2001. The call letters WPAW also were assigned to WPAW-AM in the Syracuse, NY area during the late 1960s.
Airstaff
5a-10a: Clay & Leanne - 'The Wake Up With The Wolf Show'
10a-3p: Randall C. Bliss and The Wolf@Work
3p-7p: Gunner Jackson
The Rebirth of Oldies 93
In January 2007 WPAW signed on a hybrid analog/digital transmitter, allowing the radio station to transmit an HD2 signal, with an expanded, commercial-free version of then off-air Oldies 93 format. The Oldies 93HD runs an expanded playlist with no jocks. Listeners in the Triad can listen to Oldies 93HD if they purchase an HD Radio.
References
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- Query the FCC's FM station database for WPAW
- Radio-Locator information on WPAW
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WPAW
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- ↑ Sid Bost, "New Radio Voice Coming Into Triad," Twin City Sentinel, Feb. 14, 1976.
- ↑ Robin Adams, "Black-Oriented Radio Stations Make Gains," Winston-Salem Chronicle, August 8, 1985.
- ↑ Bradley Johnson, "Aiming for an Audience," Greensboro News & Record, July 20, 1987.
- ↑ Leigh Preslley, "WMQX Changes Name, Attracts Listeners," Greensboro News & Record, August 18, 1991.
