WGIV

WGIV (1370 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Pineville, North Carolina, and serving the Charlotte metropolitan area. It airs an mainstream urban radio format. WGIV is owned by Frank Neely, but the station is operated by Steve Hedgwood's Core Communications, which owns a similar trimulcast in Atlanta of W233BF, WIPK and WFDR.

For the radio station in Charlotte that used this call sign from 1947 to 2004, see WGIV (1600 AM).
WGIV
Broadcast areaCharlotte metropolitan area
Frequency1370 kHz
BrandingStreetz 103.3 & 100.5
Programming
FormatMainstream Urban
Ownership
OwnerFrank Neely
OperatorCore Communications
History
First air date
1948 (1948)
Former call signs
WLTC (1948–2005)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID22027
ClassD
Power
  • 16,000 watts (day)
  • 45 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
35°12′45.00″N 80°52′6.00″W
Translator(s)
  • 100.5 W263CY (Charlotte)
  • 103.3 W277CB (Charlotte)
Repeater(s)1220 WDYT (Kings Mountain)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitestreetz1033clt.com

By day, WGIV is powered at 16,000 watts. To protect other stations on 1370 AM, it greatly reduces power at night to 45 watts. WGIV is simulcast on FM translators W277CB at 103.3 MHz and W263CY at 100.5 MHz, both of which are licensed to Charlotte. Programming is also heard on WDYT (1220 AM) in Kings Mountain and its FM translator on 104.1 MHz.

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