WTRU

For the radio station based out of Muskegon, Michigan on AM 1600 from 1956-1989 (mostly under a TOP 40/hit music format), see WMHG.

WTRU

City of license	Kernersville, North Carolina
Broadcast area	Piedmont Triad
Branding	830 AM "The Truth"
Slogan	Central North Carolina's Voice of Truth
Frequency	830 kHz
Format	Religious
Power	50,000 watts day 10,000 watts night
Class	B
Facility ID	63478
Owner	Truth Broadcasting
Website	http://www.truthnetwork.com

WTRU is a radio station licensed to Kernersville, North Carolina. It operates on 830 AM, with broadcasting power of 50 kilowatts during the day and at 10 kilowatts during the night. The station formerly used the callsigns WWMO, WETR and WXII.

It is owned and operated by Truth Broadcasting Corporation, broadcasting predominantly preaching and teaching on Christian- and Bible-based topics in central North Carolina. Truth Broadcasting is owned by Stuart Epperson, Jr., son of Stuart Epperson, founder of Salem Communications and one of America's 25 most influential evangelicals according to Time magazine.

The station is the flagship of the "Truth Network," a network of stations in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Iowa and Utah airing much of the same programming as WTRU. These stations are: WDRU, WCRU, WLES, KUTR, and KTIA.

History

The station started as WWMO in Eden, North Carolina with a Southern gospel and preaching format. In 1995, the callsign was changed to WETR and the station moved to the old Color Tile building on High Point Road in Greensboro, North Carolina. WETR offered a mix of "entertainment radio" programming that included talk radio such as The Fabulous Sports Babe and Dr. Laura, and beach music.^[1]

New towers were built outside Walkertown, North Carolina to improve coverage of the entire Greensboro-High Point-Winston-Salem market. In 1997, Hearst-Argyle Television, owner of area NBC affiliate WXII-TV, bought the station and changed callsigns to WXII, and a news radio format was used that included audio from some WXII-TV news broadcasts.^[2]^[3] Truth Broadcasting bought the station in June 2000 and, after a few weeks of silence, returned it to the air with the current format and call letters.^[4] From 1956 til 1992 the WTRU calls were assigned to the now silenced AM 1600 in Muskegon Heights, Michigan.

Translators

In addition to the main station, WTRU is relayed by two FM translators.

Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	Facility ID	ERP W	Height m (ft)	Class	FCC info
W275AL	102.9 FM	High Point, North Carolina	142287	99 watts	57.8 m (190 ft)	D	FCC
W249BZ	97.7 FM	Clemmons, North Carolina	154301	250 watts	73.9 m (242 ft)	D	FCC

References

↑ Leigh Pressley, "AM Station Is Changing Tune, Town," Greensboro News & Record, November 10, 1995.
↑ Jeri Rowe, "A Powerful AM Radio Station Gives NBC Affiliate WXII a Bigger Punch Regionwide", Greensboro News & Record, November 6, 1998.
↑ http://www.fccinfo.com/CMDProEngine.php?sCurrentService=FM&tabSearchType=Appl&sAppIDNumber=221002
↑ Mark Binker, "WTRU Debuts with Christian Format: The Radio Station Features a Talk Show with Local Broadcasters Preston Parrish and John Fonville", Greensboro News & Record, September 4, 2000.

External links

Central North Carolina Voice of Truth - Current home of the WTRU callsign

Query the FCC's AM station database for WTRU

Radio-Locator Information on WTRU

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WTRU

Radio stations in the Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point, North Carolina market

By AM frequency	600 700 740 790 830 880 950 980 1040 1070 1090 1200 1220 1230 1300 1320 1340 1380 1400 1420 1440 1470 1490 1500 1510 1520 1550 1560 1590

By FM frequency	88.5 89.3 89.5 91.3 90.1 90.5 90.9 92.3 93.1 94.1 94.5 95.5 96.7 97.1 98.1 98.3 98.7 99.5 99.9 100.3 101.1 102.1 103.1 103.5 104.1 104.7 105.1 105.7 106.7 107.5

By callsign	W260CG WBFJ WBFJ-FM WBLO WBRF WCOG WDSL WEAL WEGO WFDD WFOZ-LP WGOS WHPE-FM WIST-FM WJMH WKEW WKRR WKTE WKVK WKZL WLOE WLXN WMAG WMFR WMKS WMYN WNAA WPAQ WPAW WPET WPIP WPOL WPTI WQFS WQMG WREV WSGH WSJS WSML WSMW WSMX WSNC WSYD WTJY WTQR WTRU WUAG WVBZ WWBG WWLV WWNT WXRI WYMY WYSR WYZD WZOO

North Carolina radio markets Asheville Charlotte Fayetteville Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point Greenville–New Bern–Jacksonville Raleigh–Durham Other North Carolina radio regions Elizabeth City–Nags Head Roanoke Rapids–South Hill Rocky Mount–Wilson Wilmington See also List of radio stations in North Carolina

Coordinates: 36°11′58″N 80°12′25″W / 36.19944°N 80.20694°W / 36.19944; -80.20694

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