- WKEW
Infobox Radio station
name = WKEW
city =Greensboro, North Carolina
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branding =
slogan = The Light 1400
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frequency = 1400kHz
format =Gospel music
power = 1000Watt s
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class = C
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coordinates = coord|36|04|00|N|79|47|49|W
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owner =Truth Broadcasting Corporation
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website = [http://www.1340thelight.com/ 1340thelight.com]
affiliations =WKEW (1400 AM) is a
radio station broadcasting aGospel music format. Licensed toGreensboro, North Carolina , USA, the station is currently owned byTruth Broadcasting Corporation .History
WGBG ("We're Going to Beat Germany") signed on 10 months before the
attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, playing such artists asGlenn Miller andArtie Shaw . Jeri Rowe, "A Mouse in the House - WKEW , Greensboro's Longtime News-Talk Station, Will Become a Radio Disney Affiliate Today," "Greensboro News & Record", September 4, 1998.] .Dusty Dunn began his 44-year career at WGBG "whenThe Beatles were the next big thing." In the early 1980s, he returned to the station (which was WKEW by that time) to do a four-hour morning talk show [Jeri Rowe, "Greensboro's Voice Is Signing Off," "Greensboro News & Record", May 29, 2008.] .In 1983, Bill Mitchell bought WGBG and changed its letters to WKEW. The station also became the first
news/talk station in Greensboro [Jeri Rowe, "'King' of Local Radio Dies at Age 78 - Radio Pioneer Bill Mitchell Helped Introduce Rock 'N' Roll to the City," "Greensboro News & Record", December 6, 2000.] .On September 4, 1998, WKEW changed to
Radio Disney , a radio format designed for children.Truth Broadcasting bought WKEW in 2000 ["Lorillard Starts Governmental Section," "Greensboro News & Record", August 10, 2000.] . In January 2001, Radio Disney moved to WCOG and WKEW began airing the same programming as
WPOL in Winston-Salem ["Dillon Fence Reunites for N.C. Performances," "Greensboro News & Record", December 21, 2000.] ["Gospel Music AM Station Is Catching On," "Greensboro News & Record", August 2, 2001] .References
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