WAIZ

Infobox Radio station
name = WAIZ


city = Hickory, North Carolina
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branding =
slogan = 63 Big Ways
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frequency = 630 kHz
format = Oldies
power = 1000 watts (day)
57 watts (night)
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class = D
facility_id = 20323
coordinates = coord|35|43|22.00|N|81|16|41.00|W|region:US_type:city
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owner = Newton-Conover Communications, Inc
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WAIZ (630 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Oldies format to the Hickory, North Carolina, USA area. The station is currently owned by Newton-Conover Communications, Inc.

History

WAIZ signed on in 1948 as WIRC from a transmitter site in southeast Hickory, North Carolina.

In 1977 the station was sold to new owners, along with sister station WXRC.

From 1980, probably earlier, until sometime after 1982, the station broadcast a Country Music format using the Drake-Chenault Great American Country programming service.

As late as 1982, the transmitter site remained at the original location. Sometime after 1982, the owners of WIRC bought out another Hickory AM radio station. They moved the WIRC studios into those of the other station and began transmitting on 630 from the other station's transmitter site, still using the WIRC call letters.

External links

*AM station data|WAIZ