WQTM

WQTM (1480 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Fair Bluff, in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The station, founded in 1967 as WWKO, is currently owned by Keith Baldwin.

WQTM
CityFair Bluff, North Carolina
BrandingSportstalk 1480
Frequency1480 kHz
First air dateOctober 21, 1967[1]
FormatSilent (previously Sports Talk)
Power10,000 watts day
48 watts night
ClassD
Facility ID2860
Transmitter coordinates34°19′23.00″N 79°0′7.00″W
Call sign meaningWQTeaM
Former call signsWWKO (1967-1984)[1]
WNFO (1984-1988)
WJHB (1988-1996)
WNCR (1996-2002)
WVXY (6/02-10/02)
WZFB (2002-2006)
WSRC (2006-2009)
WWKO (2009-2011)[2]
OwnerKeith Baldwin

WQTM has been silent since September 15, 2018 due to damage from Hurricane Florence, but had most recently broadcast a Sports talk format.[3]

The station was reassigned its legacy WWKO call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on January 29, 2009.[2] The station changed call sign to WQTM and returned to the air as a simulcast of WEVG in Evergreen, Alabama effective July 12, 2011.

The simulcast with WEVG ended due to then-station owners Rama Communications not paying for services rendered by WEVG. Effective July 9, 2019, Rama Communications sold WQTM and the construction permit for translator W279DQ to Keith Baldwin for $10.

References
  1. "The Facilities of Radio". Broadcasting Yearbook 1969. Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1969. p. B-121.
  2. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  3. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.


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