WBBB-FM and WNCB The station
signed on the air at 101.3 in December 1946 as WBBB-FM. It moved one notch lower on the FM dial to 101.1
MHz a few years later. It was the sister station to WBBB (now 920
WPCM). They were owned by the Alamance Broadcasting Company with studios at 310 1/2 South Main Street in Burlington. They largely simulcast their programming and were
network affiliates of the
Mutual Broadcasting System. In the late 1960s, the two stations separated their programming. The FM station played
automated easy listening music and switched its
call sign to WNCB.
WKXU Country Starting in 1978, WPCM flipped to a
country music format as "Country 101". It also got a boost to its current 100,000 watt power. During the 1990s, the station paired up with
WKIX in
Goldsboro, North Carolina, and targeted listeners in the
Raleigh market. At one point, the call letters were changed to WKXU. For a time, management decided to go after more mature country listeners. It began playing
classic country. A short time later, WKXU returned to contemporary country music, calling itself Kix 101.1.
WZTK Talk The station changed to a
news/talk format under the WZTK call letters on July 6, 2004. The first live voices heard on "FM Talk 101.1" were those of Brad Krantz and Britt Whitmire, who remained with the station for the format's duration. WZTK's sister AM station WPCM 920, previously known as WBBB, simulcast the FM's talk programming until summer 2005, when it went back to its
oldies and
beach music format. WZTK aired
ABC News Radio updates at the beginning of each hour. Listeners heard a variety of national talk shows including
Michael Savage and
Alan Colmes with financial advice from
Clark Howard, as well as local and state issues. WZTK was an affiliate of the
Carolina Panthers Radio Network and carried
Wake Forest University football and men's basketball. FM Talk 101.1 also offered
smooth jazz on weekends. WZTK was once an affiliate of
Jones Radio Networks's
Smooth Jazz satellite-delivered format until it was discontinued on September 30, 2008. Smooth Jazz continued to air weekends on WZTK without announcers, with music provided by Jones Radio/
Dial Global. On February 14, 2007, WZTK's parent company, Curtis Media Group, closed a purchase of 600
WSJS, 1230
WMFR, and WSJS's simulcast partner 1200
WSML. This gave Curtis a monopoly on news/talk in the Triad until 94.1
WPTI and 106.1
WRDU switched to talk radio in January 2010. Both WMFR and WSML joined newly acquired
WCOG to form Triad Sports Radio later that year. On March 12, 2012, Curtis Media Group announced it would end WZTK's news/talk format after 8 years. Wake up hosts
Brad and Britt along with syndicated shows from
Neal Boortz and Clark Howard all moved to WSJS and
WPTK, while Alan Colmes, Michael Savage, and Allan Handelman were displaced entirely.
Regional Mexican At midnight on March 13, 2012, after the second hour of
The Alan Colmes Show, the station flipped to a simulcast of
WWPL. This was a placeholder move as Curtis Media Group prepared a new format that they promised would have more community service and long-term profitability. WZTK launched its new format in Spanish on April 3 by simulcasting
WYMY, this time as "". On January 3, 2013, WZTK's call sign was changed to WYMY. On March 11, 2014, the simulcast briefly resumed. But six months later it ended again after WYMY solved some weather-related signal problems. On April 14, 2025,
WWMC in
Kinston, North Carolina and
WFMC in Goldsboro changed their formats to a simulcast of WYMY. ==References==