WRSF
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WRSF is a radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...

 broadcasting a country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 format. Licensed to Columbia, North Carolina
Columbia, North Carolina
Columbia is a town in Tyrrell County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 819 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Tyrrell County.-Geography:...

, USA, it serves the Hampton Roads, Virginia area and northeastern North Carolina area. The station is currently owned by East Carolina Radio, Inc.

This station had signed on in 1982 as automated assist adult contemporary WWOK "OK 106" broadcasting from their transmitter site in Tyrrell County NC
Tyrrell County, North Carolina
-Demographics:Tyrrell County was as of 2000 the least populous county in North Carolina.As of the census of 2000, there were 4,149 people, 1,537 households, and 1,055 families residing in the county. The population density was 11 people per square mile . There were 2,032 housing units at an...

 near their city of license, Columbia. The station also ran the overnight show "Nighttime America" and "Solid Gold Saturday Night" from The RKO Radio Network. In 1986 the station moved its studios and offices to Kill Devil Hills in the Nags Head Resort area of Dare County
Dare County, North Carolina
-National protected areas:* Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge * Cape Hatteras National Seashore * Fort Raleigh National Historic Site* Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge* Wright Brothers National Memorial-Demographics:...

 and became a live adult contemporary format as WRSF, Surf 106. The station later evolved into a CHR
Contemporary hit radio
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 format by 1988. In 1989 the station went to a Soft Rock format, but in 1992 briefly returned to the CHR format before switching to Country in December 1992 as "Dixie 105.7".

The station recently added the syndicated "Lia" show at night.

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