WWNG

WWNG (1330 AM) was a radio station broadcasting an adult standards/MOR format to the Havelock, North Carolina, United States area. The station was owned by Dick Broadcasting, through licensee Dick Broadcasting Company, Inc. of Tennessee. WWNG was limited to daytime operation only.

WWNG

City	Havelock, North Carolina
Frequency	1330 kHz
Branding	The Memories Station
Programming
Format	Defunct (formerly adult standards/MOR)
Affiliations	Westwood One
Ownership
Owner	Dick Broadcasting (Dick Broadcasting Company, Inc. of Tennessee)
History
First air date	June 16, 1962 (1962-06-16)[1]
Last air date	February 22, 2018 (2018-02-22) (date of license surrender)
Former call signs	WUSM (1961–1969) WKVO (1969–1978) WCPQ (1978–1999) WANG (1999–2017)
Technical information
Facility ID	47108
Class	D
Power	1000 watts (day only)
Transmitter coordinates	34°55′23.00″N 76°56′37.00″W

In September 2017, Dick Broadcasting announced the purchase of Alpha Media stations in three markets — 18 stations and two translators in total, at a purchase price of $19.5 million.[2] The acquisition of WANG by Dick Broadcasting was consummated on December 20, 2017, at which point the station changed its call sign to WWNG.[3] Dick Broadcasting surrendered WWNG's license on February 22, 2018, and it was cancelled by the Federal Communications Commission on February 23, 2018.[4]

References

1. Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-322. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
2. Venta, Lance (2017-09-05). "Dick Broadcasting Acquires Three Markets From Alpha Media". radioinsight. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
3. https://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=WWNG&ccode=1&city=&state=&country=US&zip=&arn=&party=&party_type=LICEN&latd=&lond=
4. Friedman, Barry A. (February 22, 2018). "Re: Station WWNG(AM)" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved February 28, 2018.

External links

• WWNG in the FCC's AM station database
• WWNG on Radio-Locator
• WWNG in Nielsen Audio's AM station database