area wilkes county north carolina branding 1240 3wc frequency 1240 khz repeater s 100.1 w261cg format southern gospel power 1000 watts class c callsign meaning wonderful world of wilkes county 1 owner foothills media inc. john wishon website www.12403wc.com wwwc 1240 am also known as 3wc is a 24 hour southern gospel radio station located in wilkesboro north carolina u.s.a. serving wilkes county north carolina . the station is owned by foothills media inc. and broadcasts with 1 kilowatt at 1240 khz on the am band as well as over the internet . the station s two person morning team is john wishon and ted hayes . wishon is also the station s owner general manager and program director . contents 1 history 2 translators 3 references 4 external links history edit this section needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message 3wc came on the air as a country station though the format shifted to top 40 in the early 70s and remained so for most of its first three decades the format was officially dubbed as a hybrid of top 40 and hot ac in the 1980s when owned by tomlinson broadcasting and programmed by carmen james . personalities at wwwc during its time as a top 40 rock outlet included rick ross ray records barber omer tomlinson mike walker carmen james larry stone a teenager at the time now of the nfl s tennessee titans stan carmen and many others . news directors included don curtis for many years david patterson barb flemming who was also important to the morning show during mike walker s tenure as morning host in the 80s . during the period when tomlinson broadcasting owned the station one of its claims to fame was having the only two person news team in the area with jeff stein taking over in the afternoons from alternately news director s david patterson barb flemming . mary drew also did news for a time in the late 80s before leaving for wxrc charlotte . for many years 3wc was an abc radio affiliate carrying shows by howard cossell and of course paul harvey . the station went silent on november 11 1992 2 until the station was purchased by ken byrd alan combs and john wishon and adopted its southern gospel format on july 11 1994 . 3 4 3wc is currently owned by john wishon who bought out the station from co owner alan combs in 2006 . 5 translators edit in addition to the main station wwwc is relayed by a translator to widen its broadcast area . cumberland communities communications corporation sold the frequency to foothills media inc. for 20 000 . 6 call sign frequency mhz city of license erp w class fcc info w261cg 100.1 wilkesboro north carolina 250 d fcc references edit meet ric vandett new superintendent the charlotte observer march 29 2006 fcc special temporary authority application june 9 1994 . dead link radio daze by mike walker 1999 . about 3wc 12403wc . com . deals broadcasting and cable april 17 2006 . nc translator going commercial . 2015 03 05 . retrieved 2016 05 05 . external links edit official website query the fcc s am station database for wwwc radio locator information on wwwc query nielsen audio s am station database for wwwc query the fcc s fm station database for w261cg radio locator information on w261cg coordinates 36 09 00 n 81 09 42 w 36.15000 n 81.16167 w 36.15000 ; 81.16167 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wwwc am & oldid 718800872 categories radio stations in north carolinachristian radio stations in the united stateswilkes county north carolinahidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from september 2012articles needing additional references from september 2012all articles needing additional referencescoordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 5 may 2016 at 18 17 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view