WNIA (FM)
WNIA may refer to: * WNIA (FM), a radio station (89.1 FM) licensed to Tarboro, North Carolina, United States * WECK, a radio station (1230 AM) licensed to Cheektowaga, New York, which held the call sign WNIA from 1956 to 1979 * Women's National Indian Association The Women's National Indian Association (WNIA) was founded in 1879 by a group of American women, including educators and activists Mary Bonney and Amelia Stone Quinton. Bonney and Quinton united in the 1880s against the encroachment of white s ...

Tarboro, North Carolina
Tarboro is a town located in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the Rocky Mount metropolitan area. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the town had a population of 10,721. It is the county seat of Edgecombe County. The town is on the opposite bank of the Tar River from Princeville, North Carolina, Princeville. It is also part of the Rocky Mount-Wilson-Roanoke Rapids CSA. Tarboro is located near the western edge of North Carolina's Atlantic Coastal Plain, coastal plain. It has many historical churches, some dating from as early as 1742. Tarboro is also home to the headquarters of World Cat Boats, a catamaran boat manufacturer with over 80,000 customers across the globe. Tarboro was chartered by British colonists in 1760. Located in a bend of the Tar River, it was an important river port, the head of navigation on the Tar River just east of the Atlantic Seaboard fall line, fall line of the Piedmont (United States), Piedmont. As early as the ...
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WECK
WECK (1230 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Cheektowaga, New York and serving the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Area. The station airs a locally produced and locally hosted oldies music format. The studios, offices and transmitter are located on Genesee Street in suburban Cheektowaga. WECK's programming is simulcast on three FM translator stations on 100.1, 100.5, and 102.9 MHz. The station is owned by Radio One Buffalo, LLC, headed by William Ostrander, also known as Buddy Shula. History Early years In August 1956, the station first signed on as WNIA. The call letters referred to nearby Niagara Falls. The station was founded by Gordon P. Brown, who also owned WSAY (now WXXI) in Rochester, New York.  At both Brown's stations, in Buffalo and Rochester, the on-air personalities were assigned stage names.  Those names stayed the same, although the talent, typically less experienced broadcasters, came and went.  Names like Mike Melody, Tom Thomas and ...
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