WVOT

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title: "WVOT" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["radio-stations-in-north-carolina", "wilson,-north-carolina", "defunct-radio-stations-in-the-united-states", "radio-stations-established-in-1948", "1948-establishments-in-north-carolina", "radio-stations-disestablished-in-2017", "2017-disestablishments-in-north-carolina", "defunct-religious-radio-stations-in-the-united-states", "defunct-mass-media-in-north-carolina"] description: "Radio station in Wilson, North Carolina (1948–2017)" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WVOT" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Radio station in Wilson, North Carolina (1948–2017) ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox radio station"]

Field	Value
name	WVOT
city	Wilson, North Carolina
country	US
airdate	June 1948
last_airdate	December 19, 2017 (date of license cancellation)
frequency	1420 kHz
format	Defunct, was urban contemporary gospel
power
class	B
facility_id	8778
coordinates
callsign_meaning	"Wilson's Voice of Tobacco" or "Wilson's Voice of Truth"
former_callsigns
owner	Kingdom Expansion Corporation
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| name = WVOT | logo = | city = Wilson, North Carolina | country = US | area = | branding = | airdate = June 1948 | last_airdate = December 19, 2017 (date of license cancellation) | frequency = 1420 kHz | format = Defunct, was urban contemporary gospel | power = | erp = | haat = | class = B | facility_id = 8778 | coordinates = | callsign_meaning = "Wilson's Voice of Tobacco" or "Wilson's Voice of Truth" | former_callsigns = | owner = Kingdom Expansion Corporation | licensee = | sister_stations = | webcast = | website = | affiliations = WVOT (1420 AM) was a radio station licensed to and located in Wilson, North Carolina, United States. The FCC assigned frequency was 1420 kHz. The station operated at 1,000 Watts non-directional by day, and 500 watts directional at night, largely on a north-facing axis.

History

WVOT signed on in June 1948. The station's call letters originally stood for "Voice of Tobaccoland".

In 1984, Century Communications sold WVOT and FM sister station WXYY to Voyager Communications. The FM was moved to Raleigh and the call letters were changed to WRDU. A new tower site for WRDU (now WTKK) was built near Middlesex, North Carolina. The AM facility remained in Wilson.

Career Communications bought WVOT in 1990. In 1997, Career Communications sold the station to Al Taylor's Taylor Group Broadcasting. During this time, the call letters were changed to WALQ.

WVOT's final format was urban contemporary gospel. Past formats have included talk, Carolina beach music, oldies, adult contemporary, contemporary hit radio, and block programming.

On November 9, 2017, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) informed WVOT that it had received a complaint on September 9 that the station had not operated since 2011 (broadcast stations are required to return to the air within a year of going silent), and ordered it to provide information about its operations since the expiration of its most recent special temporary authority authorization on August 29, 2014. The station did not respond to the operational status inquiry, and its license was cancelled on December 19, 2017.

References

References

1. (1999). "Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999".
2. "Magic 95.9FM, THE Music Lovers Station, Plymouth, NC".
3. (March 2022)
4. (November 9, 2017). "In re: WVOT(AM), Wilson, NC Facility ID No. 8778 Operational Status Inquiry". [[Federal Communications Commission]].
5. (December 22, 2017). "Broadcast Actions". [[Federal Communications Commission]].

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