WMIT

For the radio station serving Cambridge, Massachusetts, formerly known as WMIT, see WMBR.

WMIT
City	Black Mountain, North Carolina
Broadcast area	Asheville, North Carolina Greenville/Spartanburg, South Carolina (The Upstate) Tri-Cities, Tennessee-Virginia Charlotte, North Carolina
Branding	106.9 The Light
Slogan	"Radio You Can Believe In"
Frequency	106.9 MHz (also on HD Radio)
First air date	1941
Format	Contemporary Inspirational HD2: Christian rock
ERP	36,000 watts
HAAT	942 meters
Class	C
Facility ID	5970
Transmitter coordinates	35°44′6.00″N 82°17′10.00″W / 35.7350000°N 82.2861111°W / 35.7350000; -82.2861111
Callsign meaning	Mount MITchell Near the station's transmitter location
Affiliations	Fox News Radio
Owner	Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (Blue Ridge Broadcasting Corporation)
Sister stations	WFGW
Webcast	The Light, The Edge
Website	1069thelight.org

WMIT (106.9 FM, "106.9 The Light") is a contemporary Christian radio station in Asheville, North Carolina. The station is licensed to the nearby town of Black Mountain. WMIT is a noncommercial, listener supported ministry of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association.

Despite its 36,000-watt effective radiated power, it boasts one of the largest coverage areas in the eastern United States. In addition to its home market of Asheville, its signal can be heard in the Tri-Cities (where it provides city-grade coverage), Greenville/Spartanburg, and Charlotte. All told, WMIT claims a potential audience of five million people in seven states. This is because its transmitter is located on Clingman's Peak, over 6,600 feet (2,000 m) above sea level—one of the highest transmitter sites east of the Mississippi River.

Recently, the station has begun identifying as "Black Mountain/Charlotte/Asheville," acknowledging its large following in the Charlotte area. It is currently the 17th-most listened to station in Charlotte as of the November 2012 ratings period, tied with that city's main Christian music station, WRCM.^[1] This is all the more remarkable since it can only be heard in the western portion of the market, and in car radios in most of Charlotte itself.

The station's call letters stand for Mount Mitchell, the highest mountain peak east of the Mississippi River, which is located about 2½ miles northeast of the station's transmitter.

In 2007, WMIT commenced HD Radio service with theEdge 106.9 on the HD2 channel, featuring Christian music for teenagers and young adults.

History

In the summer of 1941, Mount Mitchell Broadcasters signed on W41MM, with 50,000 watts on 44.1 megacycles from 6,885 feet (2,099 m) above sea level. Though licensed to Winston-Salem, 105 miles (169 km) away, the station operated by remote telephone line.^[2] The Winston-Salem studios were eventually housed in a two-story building built in 1942 at 419 Spruce Street by the Winston-Salem Journal and The Twin City Sentinel for their station WSJS.^[3]

W41MM became WMIT, and moved to 97.3, then to 106.9. At one time the station operated at 325 kilowatts.^[2]

Rising 180 feet (55 m) above 6,557-foot (1,999 m) Clingman's Peak, the WMIT tower's light was higher than anything else east of the Mississippi.

The two-story building housing the station included living space. The road to the top was usually passable. Diesel engines powered the station at first, but eventually power lines had to be installed.

Gordon Gray had to close the station in Spring 1950 because he did not have the time to run it. When the station returned to the air in 1951, its power was the equivalent of 325,000 watts, and it could be picked up in Atlanta, Georgia, 190 miles (310 km) away. Six and a half million potential listeners could pick up the signal. Studios were in Charlotte, 90 miles (140 km) away, and programming was delivered by means of an STL. Much of the music was classical or semi-classical, though three hours a day of local, regional music was played due to listener interest.^[4]

The station was donated to the Billy Graham ministry in 1963.

References

↑ Washburn, Mark. WBT, 'Link' on rebound in ratings. The Charlotte Observer, 2012-12-06.
1 2 "Asheville and Western North Carolina". fybush.com. Retrieved 2015-06-01.
↑ Young, Wesley (2016-06-30). "Arts move: Black theater hall of fame could come downtown". Winston-Salem Journal. Retrieved 2016-07-01.
↑ http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ggninfo/15.htm, Retrieved on 2008/08/14.

External links

106.9 The Light website

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Radio-Locator information on WMIT

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Radio stations in the Asheville, North Carolina market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 90.1 90.5 91.3 92.5 93.3 93.7 94.5 94.9 96.5 98.1 98.9 99.9 100.7 100.7 101.5 102.5 103.3 103.7 104.3 105.1 105.9 106.9

By AM frequency	540 570 720 880 970 1010 1230 1310 1350 1380 1450 1460 1590 1600

By callsign	W251AO WAEZ WBHN WCQS WEPR WESC-FM WFBC-FM WGCR WGTK-FM WHBK WHKP WISE WKJV WKJW WKSF WLFA WMIT WMYI WNCW WOXL-FM WPEK WPVM-LP WQNQ WQNS WQUT WRES-LP WRGC WSFM-LP WSKY WSPA-FM WTIJ-LP WTMT WTPT WTZQ WWNC WYQS WYSE WZGM

North Carolina radio markets Asheville Charlotte Fayetteville Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point Greenville–New Bern–Jacksonville Raleigh–Durham Other North Carolina radio regions Elizabeth City–Nags Head Roanoke Rapids–South Hill Rocky Mount–Wilson Wilmington See also List of radio stations in North Carolina

Radio stations in the Johnson City / Kingsport / Bristol TN–VA market

By AM frequency	640 690 790 870 910 980 1050 1090 1140 1230 1260 1320 1400 1490 1550

By FM frequency	88.3 89.1 89.5 90.3 90.5 90.5 91.5 92.3 92.9 93.5 93.9 94.9 95.9 96.9 97.7 98.5 99.3 100.1 100.7 101.5 102.7 103.1 103.9 104.3 104.9 106.5 106.9 107.3

By callsign	W206BE W213AN W222AG WABN WAEZ WAXM WBCM-LP WBGQ WCQR-FM WCSK WETB WETS-FM WEXX WEYE WFHG WFHG-FM WGAT WGOC WHCB WHGG WIGN WIKQ WJCW WKJV-LP WKOS WKPT WMCH WMEV-FM WMIT WOPI WPWT WQUT WRZK WTFM WUMC WVEK-FM WXBQ-FM WXIS WXLZ WXLZ-FM WXSM WZAP

Defunct	WDUF

Tennessee radio markets Chattanooga Jackson Johnson City–Kingsport–Bristol Knoxville Memphis Nashville Other Tennessee radio regions Clarksville Cookeville Virginia radio markets Bristol Fredericksburg Harrisonburg Norfolk–Newport News–Virginia Beach Richmond Roanoke–Lynchburg Winchester Other Virginia radio regions Blacksburg–Christiansburg–Radford–Pulaski Bluefield Charlottesville Eastern Shore Farmville Northern Neck Roanoke Rapids–South Hill Southside Southwest Virginia Virginia Highlands See also List of radio stations in Tennessee List of radio stations in Virginia

Radio stations in the Greenville–Spartanburg (Upstate South Carolina) market

By AM frequency	660 800 910 950 1020 1070 1230 1260 1280 1300 1330 1360 1400 1440 1490 1530 1540 1580

By FM frequency	89.3 89.7 90.1 91.1 91.5 92.5 93.3 93.7 94.5 95.5 95.9 96.3 98.1 98.5 98.9 99.5 99.9 100.5 101.1 101.5 102.5 103.1 103.3 103.9 104.9 105.5 106.3 106.9 107.3

By callsign	W209CM W242BX W253BG W258CB WAIM WANS WASC WBWT-LP WCCP-FM WCKI WCSZ WDAB WELP WEPR WESC-FM WFBC-FM WGTK-FM WGVL WHQA WHZT WJMZ-FM WKSF WLFJ WLFJ-FM WMIT WMXP-LP WMYI WOLI WORD WPCI WPJF WPJM WRIX WROO WROQ WRTH WSPA-FM WSPG WSSL-FM WTBI WTOB-FM WTPT WYFG WYRD WYRD-FM

Defunct	WFIS/1600

South Carolina radio markets Charleston Columbia Florence Greenville–Spartanburg Myrtle Beach Rock Hill Other South Carolina radio regions Hilton Head See also List of radio stations in South Carolina

Radio stations in the Charlotte–Concord–Gastonia–Rock Hill market

By AM frequency	610 730 870 930 960 980 1030 1060 1080 1110 1150 1190 1220 1240 1270 1290 1310 1340 1370 1410 1430 1450 1480 1540 1660

By FM frequency	88.9 89.9 90.3 90.7 91.1 91.5 91.7 91.9 92.7 93.5 94.3 95.1 95.7 96.1 96.9 97.9 98.5 98.7 99.3 99.7 100.9 101.9 102.3 102.9 103.3 103.7 104.1 104.7 105.3 106.1 106.5 106.9 107.1 107.9 (HD2)

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.425 162.475 162.525

By callsign	KHC27 KJY85 W254AZ W281BE WAVO WBAV-FM WBCN WBT-AM WBT-FM WCGC WCRU WDAV WDEX WEND WFAE WFNZ WGFY WGIV WGNC WGSP WGSP-FM WHKY WHQC WHVN WIXE WKKT WKQC WLNK (HD2) WLKO WMIT WNKS WNOW WNSC-FM WOGR WOLS WOSF WPEG WPZS WQNC WRBK WRCM WRFJ WRFX WRHI W232AX WRHM WSGE WSOC-FM WTCG WTIX WULR WXL70 WXNC WXRC WYFG WYFQ WYTX-LP WZGV

Defunct	WLCM WGTL WYLI-LP

North Carolina radio markets Asheville Charlotte Fayetteville Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point Greenville–New Bern–Jacksonville Raleigh–Durham Other North Carolina radio regions Elizabeth City–Nags Head Roanoke Rapids–South Hill Rocky Mount–Wilson Wilmington South Carolina radio markets Charleston Columbia Florence Greenville–Spartanburg Myrtle Beach Rock Hill Other South Carolina radio regions Hilton Head See also List of radio stations in North Carolina List of radio stations in South Carolina

Religious radio stations in the state of North Carolina

Stations	WAAE – New Bern WADE – Wadesboro WAGR – Lumberton WBFJ – Winston-Salem WBKU – Ahoskie WCGC – Belmont WCLW – Eden WCRU – Dallas WDJD – Elizabethtown WDRU – Wake Forest WDVV – Wilmington WELS-FM – Kinston WFWC-LP – Fremont WGAS – Gastonia WGHJ – Fair Bluff WGHW – Lockwoods Folly Town WGTI – Windsor WHGW – Morganton WHPE-FM – High Point WHPY – Clayton WHVN – Charlotte WIAM – Williamston WICE-LP/97.1: Henderson WJCV – Jacksonville WJOF – Liberty WJRM – Troy WKJW – Black Mountain WLGP – Harkers Island WLGT – Washington WLLY – Wilson WLSG – Wilmington WLXZ – Pinehurst WMIT – Black Mountain WMYT – Carolina Beach WOBX – Wanchese WOGR – Charlotte WOGR-FM – Salisbury WOTJ – Morehead City WPET – Greensboro WPFJ – Franklin WPIP – Winston-Salem WPJL – Raleigh WRAE – Raeford WSKY – Asheville WSTS – Fairmont WTRU – Kernersville WUBN-LP – Wilson WVBS – Burgaw WVCB – Shallotte WVRL – Elizabeth City WVRP – Roanoke Rapids WWGT – Lincolnton WWIL – Wilmington WWIL-FM – Wilmington WWOL – Forest City WWQT – Tryon WWQY – Yadkin County WXBE – Beaufort WYAL – Scotland Neck WYBJ – Newton Grove WYDU – Red Springs WYFL – Henderson WYFQ – Charlotte WYFQ-FM – Wadesboro WYHW - Wilmington WYTR – Robbins WYZD – Dobson WZKB – Wallace

Defunct	WDLV-LP – Simpson WPTP-LP – Marble

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in North Carolina See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

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