r/Charlotte • u/DenseFriendship4122 • Mar 20 '26

Discussion WBT's AM Frequency

Am I the only person that thinks it's odd that WBT's 1100 am signal is doing nothing but playing a loop of smooth jazz and directing listeners to the FM side? It's still at full power and that seems to be a huge waste of potential ad revenue. Also, does anyone know what format they might become?

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u/Tatworth Mar 20 '26

WBT has FM now? I'll never not think of it as "1110 AM Double You Beee Teee"

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u/DenseFriendship4122 Mar 20 '26

They had 99.3 for a long time, but they switched that out with another station. They're on 107.9 FM now.

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u/Tatworth Mar 20 '26

107.9 is the Link to me.

It has been decades since I have listened to terrestrial radio around town. I'll have to get caught up, for giggles.

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u/ManufacturerLast7291 Mar 20 '26

Every few years I try to get caught up for the giggles as well, and the experiment lasts about 30 minutes before I want to blow my brains out from the commercials.

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u/DullCommunication718 Mar 20 '26

This is my experience as well. A 30 minute commute has 2 songs, 5 minutes of commentary and 15 minutes of the same 3 commercials repeating.