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WUDE

WUDE/WNTB
City WUDE: Bolivia, North Carolina
WNTB: Topsail Beach, North Carolina
Broadcast area Wilmington, North Carolina
Branding 93.7 & 106.3 The Dude
Frequency WUDE: 106.3 MHz
WNTB: 93.7 MHz
First air date WUDE: 1986 (as WPGO)
WNTB: 2000 (as WFXZ)
Format Country
ERP WUDE: 6,000 watts
WNTB: 6,000 watts
HAAT WUDE: 93 meters
WNTB: 99.9 meters
Class WUDE: A
WNTB: A
Facility ID WUDE: 60882
WNTB: 73954
Transmitter coordinates WUDE:
34°02′50″N 78°16′12″W / 34.04722°N 78.27000°W / 34.04722; -78.27000
WNTB:
34°18′4″N 77°48′7″W / 34.30111°N 77.80194°W / 34.30111; -77.80194
Callsign meaning WUDE: W The DUDE
WNTB: W N Topsail Beach
Former callsigns WUDE:
WAEM (8/1983-11/1983)
WPGO (1983-1990)
WCCA (1990-2003)
WLTT (2003-2013)
WNTB:
WFXZ (2000-2003)
WBNE (2003-2007)
Affiliations Jones Radio Network, ABC Radio, Fox News Radio
Owner Thomas Davis
(Davis Media, LLC)
Webcast Listen Live
Website gottalovethedude.com

WUDE (106.3 FM)/WNTB (93.7 FM) "The Dude" are simulcast radio stations broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Bolivia, North Carolina, USA, and Topsail Beach, North Carolina, USA, respectively, WUDE and WNTB serve the Wilmington area. The stations are currently owned by Thomas Davis, through licensee Davis Media, LLC of Williamsburg, Virginia.

Both WUDE & WNTB are CBS News affiliates. Local programming was overhauled in April 1, 2013 by Hometown Wilmington Media, which had purchased the then-WLTT/WNTB from Sea-Comm Inc. the previous November. The stated reason for the move was to transform the station into a source of "unbiased news and information" in keeping with the company's larger goals.

The 106.3 frequency was WCCA, a beach music station and then a classic country station. before taking over the call letters and talk format previously heard on what is now 103.7 WILT when Sea-Comm Media purchased the station. With the call letters WLTT, 106.3 became a news/talk station called "The Big Talker" and in 2004, WWTB, an adult standards station at 103.9 FM which was licensed to Topsail Beach, North Carolina, began airing the same programming. Sea-Comm general manager Paul Knight called the format a "not-politically-correct talk station." This simulcast ended when the WBNE 93.7 frequency took the role, moving to Topsail Beach and changing its letters to WNTB.

WLTT changed its license city in 2009 from Shalotte to Bolivia. WLTT and WNTB simulcast The Big Talker to 5 counties in southeastern North Carolina.


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