WEAL
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WEAL is a gospel
radio station in Greensboro, North Carolina
targeting African Americans. It is located at 1510 and broadcasts only during daylight hours allowing "clear channel" station WLAC
in Nashville, Tennessee
to cover the southern portion of the Atlantic coast.
to run WEAL. Among his accomplishments: the program "Sounder", co-hosted by a black man and a white woman.
Among WEAL's best-known DJs were Alfred G. Richard and "Merrill the Pearl" Watson. Additional well known announcers were Prince Ike, Sam the Sham Tate, The "Cookin Ty Miller", Tony "TonyB" Welborne, and Bob Jones.
In 1997, Sinclair Broadcast Group
purchased WEAL and WQMG
from Max Media, which bought the stations in 1996. The deal also included WMQX and WJMH
. In July 1999, Sinclair announced it would sell its four Greensboro radio stations to Entercom Communications
.
With FM reaching the same audience by the 1990s, the station began phasing out secular music. For several years, the station's call letters were WQMG-AM.
Surname of sisters Lucy Weal and Amy-Lee Weal.
Gospel music
Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....
radio station in Greensboro, North Carolina
Greensboro, North Carolina
Greensboro is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the third-largest city by population in North Carolina and the largest city in Guilford County and the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. According to the 2010 U.S...
targeting African Americans. It is located at 1510 and broadcasts only during daylight hours allowing "clear channel" station WLAC
WLAC
WLAC is a clear channel radio station based in Nashville, Tennessee, operating at 1510 kHz on the AM dial.-Early history:Its first broadcast took place on November 24, 1926. The call letters were chosen to contain an acronym for the first owner of the station, the Life and Casualty Insurance...
in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
to cover the southern portion of the Atlantic coast.
History
WEAL signed on in the early 1960s as Greensboro's only black radio station. It provided music and information; for people who could not read, WEAL provided an important service. In 1963, Bill Mitchell left WPETWPET
WPET is a radio station broadcasting a religious format. Licensed to Greensboro, NC, USA, it serves Piedmont North Carolina. The station is currently owned by Entercom Communications.-History:Wayne Nelson put WPET on the air, in June of 1954....
to run WEAL. Among his accomplishments: the program "Sounder", co-hosted by a black man and a white woman.
Among WEAL's best-known DJs were Alfred G. Richard and "Merrill the Pearl" Watson. Additional well known announcers were Prince Ike, Sam the Sham Tate, The "Cookin Ty Miller", Tony "TonyB" Welborne, and Bob Jones.
In 1997, Sinclair Broadcast Group
Sinclair Broadcast Group
The Sinclair Broadcast Group is an American telecommunications company that operates the largest number of local television stations in the United States. Headquartered in Hunt Valley, Maryland, it owns a total of 57 stations across the country in 35 primarily small and medium markets, many of...
purchased WEAL and WQMG
WQMG
WQMG is an Urban Adult Contemporary station licensed to Greensboro, North Carolina and serves the Piedmont Triad region, which also includes High Point and Winston-Salem...
from Max Media, which bought the stations in 1996. The deal also included WMQX and WJMH
WJMH
WJMH is an Entercom-owned mainstream urban FM radio station serving the Piedmont Triad region. It broadcasts at 102.1 MHz with 100,000 watts of power and is licensed to serve Reidsville, North Carolina.-Early history :...
. In July 1999, Sinclair announced it would sell its four Greensboro radio stations to Entercom Communications
Entercom Communications
Entercom Communications Corporation is the fourth-largest broadcasting company in the United States. As of November 2009, Entercom operates 110 radio stations in 23 markets across the United States....
.
With FM reaching the same audience by the 1990s, the station began phasing out secular music. For several years, the station's call letters were WQMG-AM.
Surname of sisters Lucy Weal and Amy-Lee Weal.