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WCMC-FM is a Sports Talk radio station based in Raleigh, North Carolina and licensed to nearby Holly Springs. Its studios are located in downtown Raleigh along with WRAL-FM, an adult contemporary music station. Both stations are owned and operated by Capitol Broadcasting Company, which also owns 620 The Buzz, WRAL-TV, FOX 50, and the Durham Bulls minor-league baseball team, among other properties. WCMC-FM transmits from an antenna located in the Auburn community southeast of Raleigh, on a tower shared with WRDC, WRAL-FM, and WQDR-FM. The station also broadcasts in HD Radio.〔http://www.hdradio.com/station_guides/widget.php?id=91〕 ==History== Prior to 2005, this station was WFXQ in Chase City, Virginia, one of several southern Virginia stations purchased by former Raleigh radio host Tom Joyner in 2001. For 11 years prior to Joyner's purchase of the station, it was a country music station known as "99.9 The Fox". During Joyner's years as owner, the station was black gospel as "Rejoice Radio 99.9" and adult standards as "Stardust 99.9." Joyner sold WFXQ to Capitol Broadcasting, and the Stardust format moved to WSHV in South Hill, Virginia, one of several Joyner-owned stations purchased by Lakes Media. WFXQ got permission to move its city of license to Creedmoor and increase its power to 22,000 watts.〔http://web.archive.org/web/20091022160112/http://geocities.com/rdurw/wfxq.html, Retrieved 2007-11-06.〕 leftWCMC signed on the air in October 2005 with a Country music format called "99.9 Genuine Country". The slogan was "Country Favorites From Today and Yesterday" and it played a mix of new country and older country〔Danny Hooley, "Station Goes Country," ''The News & Observer'', October 14, 2005.〕 In October 2006, WCMC moved to another tower, taller than the previous one, but reduced its power to 8,000 watts.〔 On September 10, 2007 the format was dropped at 9 p.m. and changed to a classic rock format in anticipation for a format change to sports. On October 10, the sports format premiered at 3 p.m. known as "99.9 The Fan."〔Danny Hooley, "Tune In for Carol Results," ''The News & Observer'', October 16, 2007.〕 Since moving to the Triangle, WCMC had broadcast from an antenna located 485 feet above ground level located three miles northwest of Youngsville. The short tower and relatively modest power resulted in the station providing only grade B coverage to Chapel Hill, Garner, Cary and most of Durham. In 2010 WCMC was granted permission to move its city of license to Holly Springs and boost its power to 26,500 watts, providing a fairly strong city-grade signal to all of Wake County and most of Durham County. However, Chapel Hill, the third point in the Triangle, still gets only a grade B signal. This may be due to the need to protect WMAG in High Point, at nearby 99.5. On June 16, 2015, WCMC FM was awarded North Carolina Large Market of the Year by the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WCMC-FM」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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