WRDU

WRDU ("Classic Rock 100.7") is a classic rock radio station that serves the Raleigh–Durham market of North Carolina. Its studios are located at Smoketree Court in Raleigh and its city of license is in Wake Forest. However, its city-grade signal also covers a considerable part of the Eastern North Carolina market, including the cities of Rocky Mount, Wilson, Goldsboro, Greenville, and Roanoke Rapids, based on the transmitter location east of Zebulon. WRDU is owned and operated by iHeartMedia, whose sister stations include G105, 106.1 WTKK, and B93.9.

WRDU broadcasts in the HD radio format.

History

WCEC-FM/WFMA

In 1947, Mel Warner and his father-in-law, Rocky Mount Evening Telegram founder Josh Horne, signed an AM/FM combo in this Eastern North Carolina town. WCEC was heard at 810 AM and WCEC-FM 100.7. The stations hired legendary agricultural broadcaster Ray Wilkinson in 1948 and, along with Raleigh's WRAL-FM, and Goldsboro's WGBR started the Tobacco Network. It was sold to WRAL-FM owner A. J. Fletcher, and has grown into what is now known as the North Carolina News Network. Two years after its sign on, WCEC-FM became WFMA.

WRVA

WRVA may refer to:

WRVA (AM)

WRVA (1140 kHz) is a News/Talk/Sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Richmond, Virginia, serving Central Virginia. WRVA is owned and operated by iHeartMedia.

Established in 1925, WRVA is one of Virginia's oldest Broadcasting operations and its most powerful AM radio station. WRVA is authorized to broadcast at 50,000 watts as a Clear-channel station from its base of operations near the Virginia State Capitol. For much of its history, WRVA billed itself as the "Voice of Virginia."

History

Although three-letter call letters were still available when the station was started, "WRVA" was chosen since (W) R VA was short for Richmond, VA. WRVA was launched at 9:00 p.m. on November 2, 1925. Known initially as "Edgeworth Radio", it was owned by Larus and Brother, a tobacco company operating as the "House of Edgeworth." The radio station was originally put on the air as a public service 2 nights per week.

Facilities: studios, transmitters and towers

The early WRVA facilities were a small studio in a corner of a warehouse on Richmond's Tobacco Row using a tower mounted on the roof of the building. It soon became a vital and profitable business enterprise.