WTAB
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WTAB is an American AM radio station
broadcasting a Full Service
format, comprising news, sports, local information and country music
Monday through Saturday and Gospel
programming Sundays. Licensed to Tabor City, North Carolina
, it serves the area, which also includes Tabor City's "twin city", Loris, SC. The station is currently owned by WTAB Inc., and is run by the father and son team of Jack "The Colonel" Miller and Richard "Fluff" Miller. Jack hosts the popular "Swap Shop" show (8-10 a.m.) while Richard hosts both mornings (6-8 a.m.) and afternoons (3-6 p.m.).
Other station employees include Bobby Pait (10 a.m.-3 p.m.), who has been with the station since 1987, station engineer Lloyd Gore, who has been with WTAB since 1969 and doubles as a fill-in and weekend host and Rodney Inman, who hosts the Sunday morning Gospel show and owns a motorcycle shop in Tabor City.
This station received notoriety in 2009 when Sal Governale and Richard Christy
from The Howard Stern Show made prank calls to the station's "Swap Shop" program hosted by Jack Miller. According to Miller, the station's website ended up with over 10 million hits and even praised Stern for giving his station some word.
As of May 27th, 2011, WTAB is now on the air 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. Previously, WTAB signed off usually at 6 p.m. at night (unless there's a football game) and returned to the air at 6 a.m. despite being licensed for 24-hour broadcasts.
WTAB was an early affiliate of Casey Kasem
's American Top 40
in the early 1970's.
Radio station
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broadcasting a Full Service
Full service
Full service is a term that has many different uses. In general the term implies that the customer will receive as much service as is reasonably possible.-Gas station:...
format, comprising news, sports, local information and 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...
Monday through Saturday and Gospel
Gospel
A gospel is an account, often written, that describes the life of Jesus of Nazareth. In a more general sense the term "gospel" may refer to the good news message of the New Testament. It is primarily used in reference to the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John...
programming Sundays. Licensed to Tabor City, North Carolina
Tabor City, North Carolina
Tabor City is a town in Columbus County, North Carolina, United States.It was named after Mount Tabor Baptist Church , which itself is named after the biblical Mount Tabor. Originally named Mt...
, it serves the area, which also includes Tabor City's "twin city", Loris, SC. The station is currently owned by WTAB Inc., and is run by the father and son team of Jack "The Colonel" Miller and Richard "Fluff" Miller. Jack hosts the popular "Swap Shop" show (8-10 a.m.) while Richard hosts both mornings (6-8 a.m.) and afternoons (3-6 p.m.).
Other station employees include Bobby Pait (10 a.m.-3 p.m.), who has been with the station since 1987, station engineer Lloyd Gore, who has been with WTAB since 1969 and doubles as a fill-in and weekend host and Rodney Inman, who hosts the Sunday morning Gospel show and owns a motorcycle shop in Tabor City.
This station received notoriety in 2009 when Sal Governale and Richard Christy
Richard Christy
Thomas Richard Christy is an American musician and radio personality who currently works on The Howard Stern Show. Christy began to work on the show after winning the "Get John's Job" contest on July 1, 2004. He is known for his prank calls, song parodies, personality, and stunts performed on the...
from The Howard Stern Show made prank calls to the station's "Swap Shop" program hosted by Jack Miller. According to Miller, the station's website ended up with over 10 million hits and even praised Stern for giving his station some word.
As of May 27th, 2011, WTAB is now on the air 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. Previously, WTAB signed off usually at 6 p.m. at night (unless there's a football game) and returned to the air at 6 a.m. despite being licensed for 24-hour broadcasts.
WTAB was an early affiliate of Casey Kasem
Casey Kasem
Kemal Amin "Casey" Kasem is an American radio personality and voice actor who is best known for being the host of the nationally syndicated Top 40 countdown show American Top 40, and for voicing Shaggy in the popular Saturday morning cartoon franchise Scooby-Doo.Kasem, along with Don Bustany and...
's American Top 40
American Top 40
American Top 40 is an internationally syndicated, independent radio program created by Casey Kasem, Don Bustany, Tom Rounds and Ron Jacobs. Originally a production of Watermark Inc...
in the early 1970's.