WPOL
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| City | Winston-Salem, North Carolina |
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| Broadcast area | Piedmont Triad |
| Branding | The Light 1340 |
| Frequency | 1340 kHz |
| Repeater(s) | Translator W276CI 103.5 WKEW 1400 AM |
| First air date | March 25, 1937 |
| Format | Gospel |
| Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 72970 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 36°4′26.00″N 80°15′19.00″W / 36.0738889°N 80.2552778°W |
| Former callsigns | WMQX (1987-1995) |
| Owner | Truth Broadcasting Corporation |
| Sister stations | WKEW |
| Website | lightthetriad.com |
WPOL (1340 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station broadcasting a Gospel music radio format. Licensed to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the station is owned by Truth Broadcasting Corporation. In Winston-Salem and nearby communities, WPOL can also be heard on an FM translator at 105.3 MHz, for listeners who prefer FM radio. It is also simulcast on sister station 1400 kHz WKEW in Greensboro, North Carolina.
WPOL runs the Yolanda Adams nationally syndicated morning show as well as other syndicated and local gospel and religious shows aimed at the African-American community.
WPOL first signed on the air on March 25, 1937.
In the 1970s, WAIR aired an Urban contemporary format. In 1985, WAIR was three-fourths urban and one-fourth a simulcast of album rock station WSEZ at 93.1 FM (now WPAW).
The WKEW simulcast began at the end of 2000.
In addition to the main station, WPOL is relayed by an FM translator to widen its broadcast area.
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