WCKB
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WCKB, 780 AM, is a radio station in Dunn, North Carolina
. It has a Southern gospel
music format.
The locally-owned outlet airs church services and other related programming on Sundays in addition to the musical shows.
WCKB is owned by NC Central Broadcasters, and operates from local sunrise to local sunset. At night, WCKB's signal is replaced by that of clear channel WBBM
in Chicago, Illinois.
Lincoln "Uncle Linc" Faulk was the general manager and an announcer for 25 years.
John G. Thomas, WCKB news director, interviewed Ermon Godwin Jr. on his "Retrospect" program in 1969. The younger Godwin described how his father Edmon Godwin Sr. described "Hollerin'
," saying it was a part of doing morning chores, or a routine at the end of the day, and each person had a distinctive style. Godwin found a tape of George Denning, who still hollered. On a Saturday "Let's Talk" program on WCKB on which Godwin made an appearance, the idea for the Spivey's Corner hollerin' contest began.
"Good Morning Charlie" includes a "Swap Shop"
type segment as well as listeners telling what goes on in their lives.
WCKB and WPYB are not sister stations.
WCKB is owned by NC Central Broadcasters, Inc.; the corporation does not own any other stations.
Dunn, North Carolina
Dunn is a city in Harnett County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 9,196 at the 2000 census.It is the birthplace of early an rock and roll guitar player, Link Wray, and General William C. Lee, father of the American Army Airborne. The city's slogan is "It's all right here." The...
. It has a Southern gospel
Southern Gospel
Southern Gospel music—at one time also known as "quartet music"—is music whose lyrics are written to express either personal or a communal faith regarding biblical teachings and Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music...
music format.
The locally-owned outlet airs church services and other related programming on Sundays in addition to the musical shows.
WCKB is owned by NC Central Broadcasters, and operates from local sunrise to local sunset. At night, WCKB's signal is replaced by that of clear channel WBBM
WBBM (AM)
WBBM is an all-news CBS radio station in Chicago, Illinois broadcasting on the AM dial at 780 kHz. It is owned by CBS along with WBBM-TV....
in Chicago, Illinois.
History
When WCKB signed on in 1946, the letters meant "Where Carolina Keeps Building." Now, general manager Ron Tart says, the letters mean "Where Christians Keep Believing."Lincoln "Uncle Linc" Faulk was the general manager and an announcer for 25 years.
John G. Thomas, WCKB news director, interviewed Ermon Godwin Jr. on his "Retrospect" program in 1969. The younger Godwin described how his father Edmon Godwin Sr. described "Hollerin'
National Hollerin' Contest
The National Hollerin' Contest, first held in 1969, is an annual competition held in Spivey's Corner, North Carolina.The contest, held on the third Saturday in June, was inaugurated in order to revive the almost-lost art of "hollerin'", a sophisticated vocal tradition that served as a means of...
," saying it was a part of doing morning chores, or a routine at the end of the day, and each person had a distinctive style. Godwin found a tape of George Denning, who still hollered. On a Saturday "Let's Talk" program on WCKB on which Godwin made an appearance, the idea for the Spivey's Corner hollerin' contest began.
"Good Morning Charlie" includes a "Swap Shop"
Tradio
Tradio is the name given to a type of talk radio show format where listeners call in to buy or sell items. The concept of is analogous to classified ads in local newspapers....
type segment as well as listeners telling what goes on in their lives.
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WCKB and WPYB are not sister stations.
WCKB is owned by NC Central Broadcasters, Inc.; the corporation does not own any other stations.