Beautiful music and country On March 20, 1949, the station first signed on the air. The original call sign was WLOE-FM, simulcast with its sister station
WLOE. In 1968 the station switched call letters to WEAF as a
beautiful music outlet, programmed separately from the AM station. WEAF played quarter hour sweeps of mostly instrumental
cover versions of popular songs as well as
Broadway and
Hollywood show tunes. It later took the call letters WSRQ. In 1984, the station increased power to 100,000 watts, relocated its studios to Greensboro, and switched to
country music as WWWI "I-95," competing against the market's entrenched and top-rated country outlet,
WTQR. Later the name was changed to "I-94.5" to help listeners more easily find the station during the time that digital tuners were replacing traditional analog receivers. In 1986 the call letters were switched to WKLM "Classy 94.5" when the station returned to beautiful music. Later the name changed to WWMY "My 94.5", though the format remained the same.
Soft AC and country WWMY switched to
Soft Adult Contemporary music in 1990, later changing to the new call letters WMKG and the name "Magic Lite" when
WMAG began providing the station's programming. In 1992, WMKG became WNEU "New Country 94.5", later changing its name to "Cat Country".
Alternative rock, top 40 and regional Mexican The purchase of WNEU by Radio Equity Partners was announced in July 1994 and it was believed the station would become the "rocking country cousin" to
WTQR. On September 22, 1994, the station became WXRA "94.5 the Rock Alternative", playing
modern rock from the 80s and 90s for listeners 18 to 34. On February 16, 2006, at 5 p.m., after playing "
Don't Forget About Us" by
Mariah Carey, WGBT switched to a Spanish-language classic hits format as "La Preciosa." The station played
Regional Mexican music from the 70s, 80s and 90s. As such, WGBT became The Triad's first FM Spanish-language radio station (and the second in North Carolina). This made the fourth distinctly different radio format in five years to be broadcast on the 94.5 frequency in the Greensboro market.
Talk radio At the end of 2009, the
Curtis Media Group announced that its
WSJS/
WSML news talk simulcast would no longer carry
The Rush Limbaugh Show. On December 31, 2009, WGBT ended its Regional Mexican format, becoming talk station "Rush Radio 94.5" under the new call sign WPTI. The station aired weekend-long continuous replays of
The Rush Limbaugh Week in Review through New Year's weekend. The
Glenn Beck Program and a local show called
The Morning Rush hosted by Bill Flynn and Pamela Furr debuted January 4. On July 26, 2010, WPTI added the
Sean Hannity Show to its schedule. Following
controversial comments made by Rush Limbaugh regarding Sandra Fluke, WPTI was asked by the university not to promote the Tar Heel Sports Network during
The Rush Limbaugh Show. In November 2010, the station canceled
The Morning Rush with Flynn and Pamela Furr (although Furr continued anchoring news for both WPTI and
WRDU). After Christmas 2010, Dmitri Vassilaros began hosting the morning show. In 2011, WPTI replaced Vassilaros with K.C. O'Dea. On May 24, 2013, WPTI dropped its "Rush Radio 94.5" branding, switching to "94.5 WPTI". ==Programming==