WCLN (1170 AM) is a

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broadcasting an

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format. Licensed to

Clinton, North Carolina Clinton ( , ) is a city in and the county seat of Sampson County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 8,383. Clinton is named for Richard Clinton (politician), Richard Clinton, a ...

, United States. The station is currently owned by Clinton/Sampson radio, Inc.

History

Larry Carr of Clinton operated WCLN, a daytime-only station, and WCLN-FM prior to the 1991 purchase of the 16-year-old stations by Willis Broadcasting Corp. of

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. The stations' format would be

adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul ...

music and

. WCLN and WCLN-FM were

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when the FM station increased its power from 3,000 to 25,000 watts to better cover Fayetteville. Curt Nunnery of

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became sales manager. By 1997, WCLN was airing Southern gospel music separately from the FM, and by 2000, WCLN was playing

. In 2012, WCLN played oldies along with locally oriented programming including Clinton High School sports. The hosts of the morning show can be seen through glass from the outside, as is true for the ''

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'' show.

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Radio stations established in 1975 1975 establishments in North Carolina CLN Sampson County, North Carolina {{NorthCarolina-radio-station-stub