WGSP-FM (102.3
MHz
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) is a
radio station
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licensed to the community of
Pageland, South Carolina, and serving the greater
Charlotte metropolitan area. The station is owned by Norsan Media. It airs a
Spanish tropical music format.
History
WCPL-FM was located in
Pageland, South Carolina. In 1989, the station became WMAP-FM and began airing the same programming as WMAP in
Monroe, North Carolina
Monroe is a city in and the county seat of Union County, North Carolina, United States. The population increased from 32,797 in 2010 United States census, 2010 to 34,551 in 2020 United States census, 2020. It is within the rapidly growing Charlot ...
. After WMAP went off the air, the FM, later known as WRML, played
Southern gospel music. In 2006, Norsan took over the station and made plans to move the transmitter closer to the metropolitan area.
The programming was also aired on
WXNC
WXNC (1060 AM) is a commercial radio station in Monroe, North Carolina, serving the Charlotte metropolitan area. It broadcasts a Classic Regional Mexican radio format, branded as “Leyendas” It is owned by Norsan Media. This station also si ...
, at 1060 AM and
WGSP, at 1310 AM.
Charlotte listeners began receiving the stronger signal in September 2007.
[
The station was assigned the WGSP-FM call letters by the ]Federal Communications Commission
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on September 26, 2007.
On January 1, 2009, "La Raza" began airing on WOLS
WOLS (106.1 MHz) is a Regional Mexican radio station, owned by Norsan Media. Licensed to Waxhaw, North Carolina, the station identifies itself as “La Raza 106.1”. The station’s studios are located in Charlotte, North Carolina, and the tra ...
, which Norsan Media began leasing, and WGSP-FM simulcast WOLS for a short time before a switch to tropical music / Latin pop format.[
]
Starting in 2013, WGSP-FM was called "Latina 102.3".
On May 29, 2025, WGSP-FM and WGSP rebranded as "Kaliente 102.3 & 107.5".
References
External links
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Tropical music radio stations
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Radio stations established in 1978
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