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WEGG

WEGG
City Rose Hill, North Carolina
Broadcast area Duplin County
Goldsboro
Jacksonville
Kinston
New Bern
Wilmington
Branding 100.5 The Dream
Slogan "The Soul of Duplin County"
Frequency 710 kHz
Repeater(s) 100.5 (W263BE) Rose Hill
First air date August 7, 1975
Format Rhythmic Oldies
Power 2,500 watts (day only)
Class D
Facility ID 17745
Transmitter coordinates 34°51′48″N 78°02′16″W / 34.86333°N 78.03778°W / 34.86333; -78.03778
Callsign meaning Rose Hill is the home of The World's Largest Frying Pan. You fry an EGG in a frying pan.
Affiliations AccuWeather
North Carolina News Network
Southern Farm Network
Owner Conner Media Corporation (pending sale to Surge Media, LLC)
Sister stations WZUP

WEGG (710 AM, "100.5 The Dream") is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Rose Hill, North Carolina. The station broadcasts a Rhythmic Oldies format.

Personalities include Araceli (Middays); Robert Osborne (Afternoon Drive); and Big Ray Da Hitman (Evenings). Regular daily segments include twice hourly weather reports from AccuWeather; news segments from North Carolina News Network at the top of the hour throughout the morning and late afternoon hours; daily agricultural information segments and commodity reports from Southern Farm Network; and local obituary readings from Rose Hill Funeral Home in Rose Hill.

On Sundays, WEGG devotes this time to playingGospel Music as well as public affairs programming and sermon programs from local and national ministries, including The Lutheran Hour. WEGG's public affairs programs include syndicated programs Radio Health Journal and Viewpoints, as well as The Hope & Wellness Show which is produced in-house.

WEGG rebroadcasts on FM translator W263BE 100.5 FM. WEGG is owned by Conner Media Corporation, and W263BE is owned by Surge Media, LLC which is operating WEGG via local marketing agreement.

WEGG's main signal on 710 AM reaches all of Duplin County as well as the cities of Benson, Burgaw, Clinton, Elizabethtown, Goldsboro, Greenville, Kinston, Jacksonville, New Bern, Smithfield, and Wilmington. Depending on weather conditions, WEGG can be heard as far away as Durham, Fayetteville, Florence (South Carolina), and Raleigh.


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