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WKEW (1400 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Gospel music format. Licensed to Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, the station is currently owned by Truth Broadcasting Corporation. ==History== WGBG ("We're Going to Beat Germany") signed on 10 months before the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, playing such artists as Glenn Miller and Artie Shaw.〔Jeri Rowe, "A Mouse in the House - WKEW , Greensboro's Longtime News-Talk Station, Will Become a Radio Disney Affiliate Today," ''Greensboro News & Record'', September 4, 1998.〕 Rick Dees began his career at WGBG, which was called "Top Gun Radio". Another student at Grimsley High School dared him to audition, and he succeeded.〔http://sd.pikes.org/607/SD607_E.pdf, Retrieved on 2009-03-24.〕〔http://www.comicgenius.com/DISCOFEVER/disco_profiles/rick_dees/rick_dees_profile.htm, Retrieved on 2009-03-24.〕 Dusty Dunn began his 44-year career at WGBG "when The Beatles were the next big thing." In the early 1980s, he returned to the station (which was WKEW by that time) to do a four-hour morning talk show.Open Line,Greensboro,s first talk show hosted by Ken Karns moved to WKEW in November 1986 when WBIG Radio signed off〔Jeri Rowe, "Greensboro's Voice Is Signing Off," ''Greensboro News & Record'', May 29, 2008.〕 In 1980, Bill Mitchell bought WGBG and changed its letters to WKEW. The station also became the first news/talk station in Greensboro.〔Jeri Rowe, "'King' of Local Radio Dies at Age 78 - Radio Pioneer Bill Mitchell Helped Introduce Rock 'N' Roll to the City," ''Greensboro News & Record'', December 6, 2000.〕 On September 4, 1998, WKEW changed to Radio Disney, a radio format designed for children.〔 Truth Broadcasting bought WKEW in 2000.〔"Lorillard Starts Governmental Section," ''Greensboro News & Record'', August 10, 2000.〕 In January 2001, Radio Disney moved to WCOG and WKEW began airing the same programming as WPOL in Winston-Salem.〔"Dillon Fence Reunites for N.C. Performances," ''Greensboro News & Record'', December 21, 2000.〕〔"Gospel Music AM Station Is Catching On," ''Greensboro News & Record'', August 2, 2001.〕 Within the city limits of Greensboro, WKEW can now be heard on 96.3FM. 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「WKEW」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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