WATA (1450
AM) is a
radio station
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broadcasting a Local
News Talk Information
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format. Licensed to
Boone, North Carolina
Boone is a town in and the county seat of Watauga County, North Carolina, United States. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, Boone is the home of Appalachian State University and the headquarters of the disaster and me ...
, United States. The station is currently owned by Curtis Media Group of Raleigh, North Carolina and features predominantly locally produced programming, including Bill Fisher in the Morning, as well as Mike Kelly's Swap Shop, and many others.
History
In September 2003 Highland sold WATA, (along with WZJS 100.7FM) to Aisling Broadcasting (Jonathon Hoffman, managing member) for a price of $2.2 million. This added to Aisling's holdings in the High Country, as they had already purchased
WECR,
WECR-FM,
WXIT (from Rondinaro Broadcasting) for $2.2 million in 2003, and
WMMY (from Dale Hendrix) in 2004 for $1.58 million.
Aisling went into
receivership
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and George Reed of
Media Services Group
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was appointed to manage the stations until a buyer is found. Later in the year,
Curtis Media Group purchased the stations.
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References
External links
* http://www.wataugademocrat.com/2005/placecalledhome/apch_19_bw.pdf ''A History of Local Media'' in the Watauga
ATA
Watauga County, North Carolina
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