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| Broadcast area | |
| Frequency | 103.7MHz |
| Branding | Talk 96.3 & 103.7 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Talk radio |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | Inner Banks Media |
| WNBU,WNCT-FM,WRHD,WRHT | |
| History | |
First air date | August 1, 1962; 62 years ago (1962-08-01) |
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| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 9643 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 100,000watts |
| HAAT | 299 meters (981 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°53′54.6″N76°59′8.8″W / 35.898500°N 76.985778°W /35.898500; -76.985778 |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WTIB (103.7MHz) is acommercialFMradio station broadcasting atalkradio format. It islicensed toWilliamston, North Carolina, and it serves theGreenville area ofEastern North Carolina. It is owned by Inner Banks Media, withstudios and offices on West Arlington Boulevard in Greenville. Most WTIB programming issimulcast withsister stationWRHT (96.3 FM) inMorehead City.
WTIB has aneffective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000watts, the maximum for most FM stations in the U.S. Thetransmitter is on Davenport Road in Williamston.[3]
Weekday mornings on WTIB and WRHT begin with a local wake-up show,Talk of the Town with Henry Hinton and Patrick Johnson. (Hinton owns the stations.) In afternoondrive time, a local hour of talk airs at 5 p.m. with Tom & Bernie. The rest of the weekday schedule isnationally syndicated talk shows, includingThe Glenn Beck Radio Program,The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show,The Sean Hannity Show,The Mark Levin Show,The Dana Loesch Show andCoast to Coast AM withGeorge Noory.
Weekends feature programs on health, money, guns, farming and religion. Weekend syndicated shows includeThe Chris Plante Show,The Weekend with Michael Brown,The Ben Ferguson Show andGun Talk with Tom Gresham as well as repeats of weekday shows. Most hours begin with an update from NCN News, with reports fromCBS News Radio.
The stationsigned on the air on August 1, 1962.[4] The originalcall sign was WIAM-FM. At first, it was powered at 3,000 watts, a fraction of its current output. It was the sister station ofWIAM (900 AM). They were owned by the East Carolina Broadcasting Company and during WIAM-FM's early years, the two stations simulcast.
By the early 1970s, WIAM-FM began running its ownautomatedTop 40 format. The call letters switched to WSEC in 1975.[5] It later became WKKE "Key 103.7", owned by Mega Media.
Seacomm bought the station and changed it to WHTE "Hot 104", moving the station's studios toGreenville. Gray Communications bought WHTE and changed it tocontemporary Christian using theCBN Network format.[6] In July 1991, WHTE began simulcasting with 95.9WRHT, returning toTop 40 (CHR) as "The Hot FM". The stations separated in 1993 with WHTE playinghip hop music, until 1994 when it switched again to "Z 103.7" FM.
On April 24, 1995, 96.3 and 103.7 returned to a simulcast operation. Together they were once again playing Top 40 music. On April 25, 2007, the stations switched tocountry music as "Thunder Country".
On March 15, 2010, 103.7 FM became the new home of WTIB.[1] It began simulcasting atalk radio format with 94.3WRHD. WRHD later switched tosports talk.
In 2018, WTIB rejoined its simulcast with 96.3 WRHT, airing a talk radio format. The stations carriedThe Rush Limbaugh Show for several years, up to his death in 2021. Limbaugh's show was replaced byThe Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, which WTIB and WRHT continue to air. The two stations mostly carry thePremiere Networks line up ofconservative talk hosts.