WLON
| City | Lincolnton, North Carolina |
|---|---|
| Branding | The Boss |
| Slogan | Beach, Oldies and Sports |
| Frequency | 1050 kHz |
| First air date | 1953 |
| Format | Oldies |
| Power | 1,000 watts day 231 watts night |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 62366 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 35°29′28.00″N 81°16′3.00″W / 35.4911111°N 81.2675000°W |
| Affiliations | Jones Radio Network |
| Owner | Calvin Hastings (KTC Broadcasting, Inc.) |
| Website | The Boss 1050 Website |
WLON (1050 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an oldies format and serving the Lincolnton, North Carolina area, and owned and operated by Calvin Hastings, through licensee KTC Broadcasting, Inc. WLON AM is also the home of Lincolnton High School football every Friday night, Atlanta Braves baseball, NC State Wolfpack and UNC Tar Heels college basketball.
WLON's morning show is called "Morning Magic with Milton Baker" and is hosted by Lincoln County native Milton Baker. News is broadcast by longtime news director Larry Seagle. Voice production is primarily done by talent Lilly White.
Jon Mayhew, owner and publisher of The Carolina Scoop, once produced Cherryville Ironman football games on sister station WCSL (1590AM) and produced a classic rock/oldies show on 1050AM called "Groovy Tunes."
WLON also carries Mike Walker's "Saving the 70s", a show devoted to the music and culture of the 1970s, on Monday afternoons at 4pm.
Frank Hall of Lake Wylie, Tommy Hunter of Belmont and Jeff and Vivian Nichols of Lincolnton owned the 34-year-old WLON, the only radio station in Lincoln County. Jeff Nichols was general manager. The format was adult contemporary/oldies. Larry Seagle had been news director for 18 years. Tim Biggerstaff had been a DJ for about 10 years.
On April 1, 1993, Cherryville-based KTC Broadcasting Inc. took over WLON in a lease agreement. KTC was buying the station but would operate it under a lease agreement until the Federal Communications Commission approved the sale. WLON would join The Piedmont Superstations Radio Network of WCSL in Cherryville, WGNC in Gastonia and WOHS (730 AM) in Shelby, which simulcast most of their programming. The change would mean 24-hour broadcasts on WLON for the first time with the addition of a call-in sports talk show from Las Vegas. Biggerstaff would remain as morning DJ, and his show would be heard on all four KTC stations. News for the entire area would be expanded. The four stations aired UNC football and basketball, Atlanta Braves baseball, Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins NFL football, and CBS coverage of such events as The World Series and The Super Bowl.
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