- WSSM
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WILT .":"For the radio station formerly known as WRQR (94.3 FM) Farmville, North Carolina, seeWTIB ."Infobox Radio station
name = WSSM
city = Havelock,North Carolina
area =
slogan = Simply About Music
branding = SAM
frequency = 105.1MHz
airdate =
share = 2.6, #10
share as of = Fa'07
share source = R&R [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Greenville-New Bern Market Ratings | date= | url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRRatings/DetailsPage.aspx?MID=284&RY=2007&RQ=4&MP=0&OTHER=2&MN=Wilmington&MS=NC&MR=165&12P=249900&UP=1/25/2008&SU=S&BPER=13.7&HPER=&OPER=&NSD=&CE=0
work =Radio and Records | pages = | date = | language = ]
format =Adult Hits
erp = 18,500watt s
haat = 117.0meter s
class = C3
facility_id = 47106
coordinates = coord|34|45|7.00|N| 76|52|57.00|W|region:US_type:city
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = WKVO-FM (1971-1978)
WMSQ (1978-1996)
WANG (1996-1999)
WANG-FM (1999-2005)
WKOO (2005-2005)
WSSM (2005-2008)
WQRQ (2006- 2008)
owner = Nm Licensing LLC
licensee =
sister_stations =Will FmWILT
webcast =
website =
affiliations =WSSM (105.1 FM) is a
radio station broadcasting anAdult Hits format. Licensed toHavelock, North Carolina , USA, the station serves the Greenville-New Bern area. The station is currently owned by Nm Licensing LLC. [ cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WRQR |title=WRQR Facility Record |work=United StatesFederal Communications Commission , audio division ]History
This station was previously WKVO-FM through most of the '70's, then WMSQ Q105 in the early 90s, until they switched to
Country music in 1996 with the letters WANG-FM. Later WANG-FM switched toadult standards . The station switched briefly toWestwood One oldies ; on April 17, 2005, the call letters changed to WKOO (Kool 105.1") [http://www.varietyhits.com/variety/markets/newbern.shtml, Retrieved on 2008/04/10.] . On June 13, 2005, the station changed to the Westwood One "Sam FM "adult hits format [http://www.varietyhits.com/variety/archive/june2005.shtml, Retrieved on 2008/04/10.] and the WSSM call letters.In October 2006, WSSM returned to adult standards.
On March 10, 2008 WSSM picked up the WRQR calls, moved from 104.5 FM in Wilmington, NC.
In late April 2008, the WSSM call letters returned, along with the SAM adult hits format.
Call letter history
The station went on the air as WKVO-FM in 1971, and was sold to a Maryland group who changed the calls to WMSQ on
1978-08-27 . On1996-08-15 , the station changed its call sign to WANG, on1999-01-22 to WANG-FM, on2005-04-11 toWKOO , on2005-06-21 toWSSM , and on2008-03-10 to WRQR, then back toWSSM [ cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=47106&Callsign=WRQR |title=WRQR Call Sign History |work=United StatesFederal Communications Commission , audio division ] .References
External links
* [http://www.nextmediagroup.com/northcarolina.html NextMedia website]
*FMQ|WRQR
*FML|WRQR
*FMARB|WRQR
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