WPEK known as "880 the Revolution", is a daytime-only AM radio station

Radio station

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 in Fairview, North Carolina serving the greater Asheville, North Carolina

Asheville, North Carolina

Asheville is a city in and the county seat of Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. It is the largest city in Western North Carolina, and the 11th largest city in North Carolina. The City is home to the United States National Climatic Data Center , which is the world's largest active...

 area.

History

WTZY signed on in the mid-'90s with a talk radio

Talk radio

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 format, the second Asheville area station to air Rush Limbaugh

Rush Limbaugh

Rush Hudson Limbaugh III is an American radio talk show host, conservative political commentator, and an opinion leader in American conservatism. He hosts The Rush Limbaugh Show which is aired throughout the U.S. on Premiere Radio Networks and is the highest-rated talk-radio program in the United...

 (after WSKY

WSKY (AM)

WSKY is a radio station broadcasting a religious format. Licensed to Asheville, North Carolina, USA. The station is currently owned by Wilkins Communications Network.-History:...

).

When the station's talk programming was moved to WWNC

WWNC

WWNC is a radio station in Asheville, North Carolina. It transmits at 5000 Watts of power. It currently has a News/Talk format and is affiliated with Fox News Radio...

, WTZY became WPEK "The Peak", a classic country

Classic country

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 station. Later, the format was adult standards

Adult standards

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.

In 2004, the format was switched to progressive talk

Progressive talk radio

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. For several years, much of the programming came from Air America Media. Today the station broadcasts talk shows by hosts Bill Press

Bill Press

William "Bill" Press is a US talk radio host, political commentator and author.-Career:Press has a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from Niagara University and Bachelor of Sacred Theology from the University of Fribourg. He started his broadcasting career in Los Angeles for TV stations KABC-TV and...

, Stephanie Miller

Stephanie Miller

Stephanie Catherine Miller is an American comedienne and host of The Stephanie Miller Show, a progressive talk radio program produced in Los Angeles and syndicated nationally by Dial Global. Talkers magazine ranked her as the 24th most important radio talk show host in America for 2010.-Early...

, Ed Schultz

Ed Schultz

Edward Andrew "Ed" Schultz Is an American television and radio host and a liberal political commentator . He is the host of The Ed Show, a daily news talk program on MSNBC, and The Ed Schultz Show, a talk radio show, nationally syndicated by Dial Global, promising "straight talk."-Early...

, and Norman Goldman

Norman Goldman

Norman Maurice Goldman is a Los Angeles-based attorney and hosts a popular national talk radio program.Goldman first broadcast nationally as a fill-in host for The Ed Schultz Show in 2006, as well as creating colorful segments as the show's Senior Legal Analyst, —responsibilities that he...

.

In 2010, WPEK dropped Thom Hartmann

Thom Hartmann

Thom Hartmann is an American radio host, author, former psychotherapist and entrepreneur, and progressive political commentator. His nationally-syndicated radio show, The Thom Hartmann Program, airs in the United States and has 2.75 million listeners a week...

, who moved to WPVM

WPVM-LP

WPVM-LP is a Non-commercial LPFM radio station located in Asheville, North Carolina. The station is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to broadcast with one watt of effective radiated power...

, to add their first local weekday hosts Lesley Groetsch and Blake Butler, whose "Local Edge Radio" includes "politics, arts and entertainment, live music and local listener call-ins".

Weekend programing includes Mountain Music Time, a program of traditional bluegrass and mountain music broadcast on Saturday mornings, followed by an hour of the Errington Thompson Show. The remainder of the weekend is syndicated and sponsored national programming.

External links

• WPEK Official Website