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WTRU

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WTRU
Kernersville, North Carolina

Broadcast area	Piedmont Triad
Frequency	830 kHz
Branding	The Truth Triad - AM 830 / FM 97.7 / 99.1
Programming
Format	Christian talk and teaching
Ownership
Owner	Truth Broadcasting
Technical information^[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	63478
Class	B
Power	50,000 watts (days) 10,000 watts (nights)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Website	www.truthnetwork.com/stations/wtru

WTRU (830 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensedtoKernersville, North Carolina, and serving the Piedmont Triad.^[2] It is owned by Truth Broadcasting and carries a Christian talk and teaching radio format. Truth Broadcasting is owned by Stuart Epperson, Jr., son of Stuart Epperson, founder of Salem Communications. The station is the flagship of the "Truth Network," including WDRU in the Research Triangle, WCRUinCharlotte, WLESinRichmond, Virginia, and KUTRinSalt Lake City.

By day, WTRU transmits with 50,000 watts, the maximum for AM stations in the U.S., but 830 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A WCCOinMinneapolis, so WTRU must reduce power at night to 10,000 watts. Programming is heard on three FM translator stations in the region. (See below.)

History[edit]

The station started as WWMO in Eden, North Carolina, with a Southern gospel and preaching format. In 1995, the call sign was changed to WETR and the station moved to the old Color Tile Building on High Point Road in Greensboro, North Carolina. WETR offered a mix of "entertainment radio" programming that included talk radio such as The Fabulous Sports Babe, Dr. Laura and beach music.^[3]

New towers were built outside Walkertown, North Carolina to improve coverage of the entire Greensboro-High Point-Winston-Salem market. In 1997, Hearst-Argyle Television, owner of area NBC affiliate WXII-TV, bought the station and changed callsigns to WXII, and a news radio format was used that included audio from some WXII-TV news broadcasts.^[4]^[5] Truth Broadcasting bought the station in June 2000 and, after a few weeks of silence, returned it to the air with the current format and call letters.^[6] From 1956 until 1992 the WTRU calls were assigned to the now silenced AM 1600 in Muskegon Heights, Michigan.

Translators[edit]

In addition to the main station on 830 AM, WTRU is relayed by three FM translators.

Call sign	Frequency	City of license	FID	ERP (W)	HAAT	Class	FCC info
W249CN	97.7 FM	Clemmons, North Carolina	154301	250 watts	73.9 m (242 ft)	D	LMS
W249BZ	97.7 FM	Greensboro, North Carolina	1727342	25 watts	51 m (167 ft)	D	LMS
W256DR	99.1 FM	High Point, North Carolina	202845	250 watts	129 m (423 ft)	D	LMS

References[edit]

^ "Facility Technical Data for WTRU". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

^ FCC.gov/WTRU

^ Leigh Pressley, "AM Station Is Changing Tune, Town," Greensboro News & Record, November 10, 1995.

^ Jeri Rowe, "A Powerful AM Radio Station Gives NBC Affiliate WXII a Bigger Punch Regionwide", Greensboro News & Record, November 6, 1998.

^ "FCCInfo Results".

^ Mark Binker, "WTRU Debuts with Christian Format: The Radio Station Features a Talk Show with Local Broadcasters Preston Parrish and John Fonville", Greensboro News & Record, September 4, 2000.