WAVO

Infobox Radio station
name = WAVO


city = Rock Hill, South Carolina
area = Charlotte
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frequency = 1150 kHz
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format = Adult Standards/MOR
power = 5,000 watts day
59 watts night
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class = D
facility_id = 72330
coordinates = coord|34|56|55.00|N|80|59|58.00|W|region:US_type:city
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former_callsigns = WXLF (1989-1990)
WYRS (1990-1992)
owner = Whvn
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website = official|http://www.1150wavo.com
affiliations = Jones Radio Network

WAVO (1150 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Adult Standards/MOR format. Licensed to Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA, the station serves the Charlotte area. The station is currently owned by Whvn and features programing from Jones Radio Network. [ cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WAVO |title=WAVO Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division ] [cite web|url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SU08&band=fm&callLetter=WAVO|title=WAVO Station Information Profile|publisher=Arbitron]

History

Jonas Bridges, owner of WKMT in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, owned WTYC when it was a country music station. He changed the format to Contemporary Christian on April 1, 1989 and changed the letters to WXLF. [cite news |first=Stephen |last=West |title=36 Years on the Radio Started with 30 Hours |work=The Charlotte Observer |last=1989-03-12] Bridges sold the station to Parkway Communications in 1990. [cite news |first=Jennifer |last=Ffrench |title=KM Businessman Sells Radio Station |work=The Charlotte Observer |date=1990-03-14]

By 1996, WAVO was airing the same programming as Christian WHVN. [cite news |first=Mark |last=Price |title=Christian Radio Tries to Offer Variety |work=The Charlotte Observer |date=1996-01-06]

For a brief time in 1997, WAVO aired the same programming as talk station WTLT. [cite news |first=Jim |last=Morrill |title=The Unlikely Rebel Behind the Microphone |work=The Charlotte Observer |date=1997-10-19]

On July 10, 2008 at 11:50 A.M., WAVO ended its simulcast of WHVN to begin playing music by artists such as Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Johnny Mathis, Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey who had once been heard on WOLS, also operated by the same company as WAVO. "Big Band Jump" would also air each week [cite news |first=Mark |last=Washburn |title=WAVO Moves to the Sounds of Sinatra, Ella |work=The Charlotte Observer |date=2008-07-10] .

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External links

*AM station data|WAVO