albemarle north carolina branding newstalk 1010 frequency 1010 khz format news talk information power 1 000 watts day 64 watts night class d facility id 49041 transmitter coordinates 35 22 40.00 n 80 11 38.00 w 35.3777778 n 80.1938889 w 35.3777778 ; 80.1938889 callsign meaning we serve pfeiffer college 1 former callsigns wwwx 1979 1990 wxlx 1990 1994 affiliations abc radio cbs radio premiere radio networks owner stanly communications webcast listen live website official website wspc 1010 am is a radio station broadcasting a news talk information format . licensed to albemarle north carolina usa . the station is currently owned by stanly communications and features programing from abc radio cbs radio and premiere radio networks . 2 3 history edit wabz radio signed on in 1946 broadcasting from the albemarle hotel . robert d. raiford was program director in 1947 at age 19 . 4 while a student a pfeiffer college in march 1949 longtime wfmy tv personality lee kinard went to work at wabz doing janitorial and filing duties . later he became a dj and producer . kinard left pfeiffer after one year and became a part owner of the station in 1952 along with station manager bill page attorney staton williams chiropractor joe ivester and farmer keith almond . kinard left wabz for wfmy in 1956 . 5 an fm station at 100.9 was added later . the am station established a separate identity as wwwx on 1979 09 10 . on 1990 02 15 the station changed its call sign to wxlx and on 1994 08 26 to the current wspc . 6 the owner in 1994 was bill norman a pfeiffer graduate who got his training at the college s station wspc . since the letters had become available norman put them on his station . references edit call letter origins . radio history on the web . wspc facility record . united states federal communications commission audio division . wspc station information profile . arbitron . b.j. drye every road leads back to stanly county the stanly news and press october 20 2013 p. 5a . dexter hinson kinard inducted into broadcasting hall of fame the stanly news and press september 15 2008 . wspc call sign history . united states federal communications commission audio division . external links edit official website query the fcc s am station database for wspc radio locator information on wspc query nielsen audio s am station database for wspc v t e news talk radio stations in the state of north carolina stations waav leland wata boone wbcn charlotte wbt charlotte wchl chapel hill weeb southern pines wego winston salem wgai elizabeth city wfnc fayetteville wgbr goldsboro whdz buxton wjri lenoir wloe eden wmyn mayodan wmyt carolina beach wpti eden wptk raleigh wsjs winston salem wspc albemarle wtkf atlantic wtkk knightdale wwnc asheville wxit blowing rock see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in north carolina this article about a radio station in north carolina is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wspc & oldid 676879200 categories radio stations in north carolinaradio stations established in 1979albemarle north carolina1979 establishments in north carolinanorth carolina radio station stubshidden categories all stub articles 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 19 august 2015 at 18 50 . 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