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WWNC
WWNC (570 AM) is a radio station in Asheville, North Carolina, United States. It transmits at 5,000 Watts of power. It currently has a News/Talk format and is affiliated with Fox News Radio. WWNC is under the ownership of iHeartMedia, Inc..
History.
WWNC, whose call letters stand for "Wonderful Western North Carolina", signed on the air on 21 February 1927, as Asheville's first radio station, broadcasting from the Vanderbilt Hotel. Other broadcast locations have included the
the Morning".
On 18 June 2010, many of the former DJs had a reunion. They included Rhodarmer, Frank Byrd, Wiley Carpenter, John Roten, John Anderson and Randy Houston. Roten now produces the morning show.
Western Carolina University broadcast a program in December 2010 on WWNC recreating Welles' 1938 broadcast of "A Christmas Carol", including Arthur Anderson, who at age 16 performed with Welles in the original broadcast.
On 23 January 2012, Pete Kaliner, who worked at WBT in Charlotte