WQTM

WQTM (1480 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Fair Bluff, in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The station, founded in 1967 as WWKO, is currently owned by Keith Baldwin.

WQTM
CityFair Bluff, North Carolina
Frequency1480 kHz
BrandingSportstalk 1480
Programming
FormatSilent (previously Sports Talk)
Ownership
OwnerKeith Baldwin
History
First air date
October 21, 1967[1]
Former call signs
WWKO (1967-1984)[1]
WNFO (1984-1988)
WJHB (1988-1996)
WNCR (1996-2002)
WVXY (6/02-10/02)
WZFB (2002-2006)
WSRC (2006-2009)
WWKO (2009-2011)[2]
Call sign meaning
WQTeaM
Technical information
Facility ID2860
ClassD
Power10,000 watts day
48 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
34°19′23.00″N 79°0′7.00″W

WQTM has been silent since September 15, 2018 due to damage from Hurricane Florence, but had most recently broadcast a Sports talk format.[3]

The station was reassigned its legacy WWKO call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on January 29, 2009.[2] The station changed call sign to WQTM and returned to the air as a simulcast of WEVG in Evergreen, Alabama effective July 12, 2011.

The simulcast with WEVG ended due to then-station owners Rama Communications not paying for services rendered by WEVG. Effective July 9, 2019, Rama Communications sold WQTM and the construction permit for translator W279DQ to Keith Baldwin for $10.

References
  1. "The Facilities of Radio". Broadcasting Yearbook 1969. Washington, D.C.: Broadcasting Publications, Inc. 1969. p. B-121.
  2. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  3. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.


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