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WSMW ("98.7 Simon FM") is a Variety Hits station licensed to Greensboro, North Carolina and serves the Piedmont Triad region, including High Point and Winston-Salem. The Entercom outlet broadcasts at 98.7 MHz with an ERP of 100,000 watts. It provides secondary coverage as far as Charlotte to the south, Raleigh to the east, and Roanoke to the west. The station's studios are located near the Piedmont Triad International Airport, and a transmitter site is in unincorporated south Guilford County. ==History== On January 9, 1958, WMDE signed on at 98.5. Owner Hall Electronics had used the ham radio call sign W4MDE. In the early 60s WMDE moved to 98.7, a frequency used from 1948 to 1950 by WCTP. Early formats on WMDE included classical music, middle of the road and jazz. In 1966 WMDE played country music and aired Tobacco Radio Network news. Suburban Broadcasting sold WMDE to Mido Broadcasting in 1973 and the station became WPET-FM, airing Southern gospel music. Starting in November 1973, the station increased power to 100,000 watts and went Top 40/oldies with a format referred to as "Rock N' Gold" with the call letters WRQK. Artists included Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Parliament, General Johnson and the Chairmen of the Board. Studios for WRQK and WPET were on Meadowview Road near the Greensboro Depot. Drivers passing by could see the DJs through the three glass walls, and some even yelled their requests to the DJs who would go up on the roof. Battleground Avenue had billboards showing the DJs.〔 At one time the station's name was K-99. WRQK leaned toward classic rock in 1980, when it was also called "Heart of Gold".〔"Battle for Big Bucks," ''Greensboro Daily News'', April 27, 1980.〕 Later the name became "99-RQK." In 1983, WMAG made its debut and gave away a Rolls Royce. WRQK co-owner Tom Armshaw countered with a blue Corvette. In 1985 the station changed to WKSI "98-7 Kiss FM," under consultant Randy Kabrich—still playing Top 40 and enjoying the "hey day" of 80's top 40. The station was programmed during the mid/late 80's by Big Steve Kelly and then Dale O'Brian. Big Steve left the station for Cleveland in the late 80's and O'Brian was named PD/Operations Manager. The station enjoyed the reputation of being one of the best sounding Top 40's in the Carolinas. The station would evolve to a Modern-leaning Adult Top 40 by 1995 (after a brief stint as a country station "98-7 Kiss Country"). The station would also change its slogan to "The Point" in 1997 and by 2002 changed it again to "The Zone" and its calls to WOZN. In 2005, the station added songs from the variety hits genre and held an online vote to see in the station should keep the Hot AC format or change to Variety Hits (even though at the time, the owners were planning to change it.) Perhaps not surprisingly, Variety Hits won, as the station would change their call letters to WSMW and join the list of stations embracing the Variety Hits concept by introducing "Simon" to the market. The slogan is a reference to the children's game "Simon Says," but it also refers to whatever the jockless station plays in its music library. 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「WSMW」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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