WYHW

WYHW
City	Wilmington, North Carolina
Broadcast area	Wilmington, North Carolina
Branding	Bible Broadcasting Network
Frequency	104.5 MHz
First air date	1994 (as WUOY)
Format	Christian radio
ERP	17,000 watts
HAAT	137 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	74159
Transmitter coordinates	34°10′0″N 77°56′40″W / 34.16667°N 77.94444°W / 34.16667; -77.94444
Former callsigns	WUOY (11/01/1991 - 06/17/1996) WRQR (06/17/1996 - 03/10/2008) WSSM (03/10/2008 - 03/21/2008) WILT (03/21/2008 -12/01/2015)^[1]
Owner	Bible Broadcasting Network
Sister stations	WAZO, WKXB, AM, WRMR
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	bbnradio.org

WYHW (104.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting an Christian radio format.^[2] Licensed to Wilmington, North Carolina, USA, the station serves the Wilmington area.^[3] WYHW is currently owned by Bible Broadcasting Network.

History

"Gold 104" signed on in 1994 with an oldies format. The original call letters were WUOY. It used a satellite fed network oldies format with a local morning show hosted by Bob Dale. Paul Knight was the Managing Partner and General Manager. Bob Dale was Program Director. When the John Boy & Billy show was signed, the station eventually evolved into a hybrid format called "Rock-Talk 'n Roll" with John Boy & Billy in the morning, The Side Show with Bob Dale mid-days and the syndicated Don & Mike Show out of Washington D.C. in the afternoons.

In May 1996, Community Broadcasting sold WUOY, WMFD and WBMS radio stations to a new company called Ocean Broadcasting. At this time, WUOY changed from 1970s rock music to rock from the 1960s through the 1990s but kept John Boy and Billy.^[4]

For many years, this station was rock WRQR "Rock 104.5". In the Fall 1997 Arbitron ratings, WRQR was the top station reaching number 1, with John Boy and Billy.

In July 2004, NextMedia Group purchased WRQR, WAZO, and WMFD from Ocean Broadcasting LLC, and WKXB and WSFM from Sea-Comm Inc.^[5] In July 2008, Capitol Broadcasting announced its purchase of NextMedia's Wilmington stations.^[6]

WRQR lost John Boy and Billy to WKXS-FM on January 1, 2007. On January 2, 2007, Two Guys Named Chris from Rock 92 in Greensboro, North Carolina began airing on WRQR, the first station other than Rock 92 to carry the show.^[7]

The Will FM variety hits format and WILT call letters moved March 31, 2008, from what is now WRMR in Jacksonville, North Carolina for a better signal in Wilmington.^[8]

The station flipped to an Adult Contemporary format on February 2, 2009.

In February 2013, the station dropped all 1970s songs from its library and adjusted to a Bright A/C format featuring songs from the 2000s and 1980s songs.

On November 19, 2015, it was announced the Bible Broadcasting Network would buy WILT; the purchase was consummated on December 1, 2015 at a price of $300,000. As a result, the WILT calls and Sunny format moved to WBNE on December 1 and 104.5 flipped to Christian radio under the new callsign WYHW.

Previous logos

References

↑ "Call Sign History". Retrieved 2013-07-25.
↑ "WYHW Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
↑ Kristina Bartlett, "WUOY-FM, WMFD-AM AND WBMS-AM / Stations Sold to Ocean Broadcasting; New Company Purchases 3 Wilmington Radio Stations," Star-News, May 17, 1996.
↑ Bonnie Eksten, "Ocean Broadcasting, Sea-Comm Stations Sold to NextMedia - New Owner to Operate Locally," Star-News, July 14, 2004.
↑ http://www.wral.com/business/story/3215727/, Retrieved on 2008/09/22.
↑ "'Two Guys Named Chris' Show Now Syndicated," Greensboro News & Record, January 4, 2007.
↑ http://radioinsight.com/index.php?s=wrqr+wssm, Retrieved on 2008/04/10.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WYHW

Radio-Locator information on WYHW

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WYHW

Radio stations in the Wilmington–Shallotte market

By AM frequency	630 710 980 1180 1290 1340 1410 1490

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 88.9 89.7 90.5 91.3 92.3 93.1 93.7 94.1 94.5 95.5 101.7 97.3 98.3 98.7 99.9 100.5 101.3 102.7 103.7 104.1 104.5 105.5 106.3 106.7 107.5

By callsign	W231CL WAAV WAZO WBPL-LP WDVV WEGG WGHW WGNI WHQR WILT WJCV WKGV WKVC WKXB WKXS-FM WLSG WLTT WMFD WMNX WMYT WNTB WRMR WQSL WSSM WUDE WUIN WVCB WWIL WWIL-FM WYHW WZDG W240AS

North Carolina radio markets Asheville Charlotte Fayetteville Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point Greenville–New Bern–Jacksonville Raleigh–Durham Other North Carolina radio regions Elizabeth City–Nags Head Roanoke Rapids–South Hill Rocky Mount–Wilson Wilmington See also List of radio stations in North Carolina

Religious radio stations in the state of North Carolina

Stations	WAAE – New Bern WADE – Wadesboro WAGR – Lumberton WBFJ – Winston-Salem WBKU – Ahoskie WCGC – Belmont WCLW – Eden WCRU – Dallas WDJD – Elizabethtown WDRU – Wake Forest WDVV – Wilmington WELS-FM – Kinston WFWC-LP – Fremont WGAS – Gastonia WGHJ – Fair Bluff WGHW – Lockwoods Folly Town WGTI – Windsor WHGW – Morganton WHPE-FM – High Point WHPY – Clayton WHVN – Charlotte WIAM – Williamston WICE-LP/97.1: Henderson WJCV – Jacksonville WJOF – Liberty WJRM – Troy WKJW – Black Mountain WLGP – Harkers Island WLGT – Washington WLLY – Wilson WLSG – Wilmington WLXZ – Pinehurst WMIT – Black Mountain WMYT – Carolina Beach WOBX – Wanchese WOGR – Charlotte WOGR-FM – Salisbury WOTJ – Morehead City WPET – Greensboro WPFJ – Franklin WPIP – Winston-Salem WPJL – Raleigh WRAE – Raeford WSKY – Asheville WSTS – Fairmont WTRU – Kernersville WUBN-LP – Wilson WVBS – Burgaw WVCB – Shallotte WVRL – Elizabeth City WVRP – Roanoke Rapids WWGT – Lincolnton WWIL – Wilmington WWIL-FM – Wilmington WWOL – Forest City WWQT – Tryon WWQY – Yadkin County WXBE – Beaufort WYAL – Scotland Neck WYBJ – Newton Grove WYDU – Red Springs WYFL – Henderson WYFQ – Charlotte WYFQ-FM – Wadesboro WYHW - Wilmington WYTR – Robbins WYZD – Dobson WZKB – Wallace

Defunct	WDLV-LP – Simpson WPTP-LP – Marble

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in North Carolina See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

Bible Broadcasting Network

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