In July 1947, the station first signed on the air as WMAP. It was a 1,000-watt station in Monroe, North Carolina. WMAP added an FM sister station at 102.3.[3] The FM station was later sold off, although today it is co-owned again and is WGSP-FM.
WXNC went dark in 1995. After a two-year absence, it came back as WKRE in March 1997.[4] The studios were later moved to Charlotte. The signal was increased to 5,000 watts.
As a Charlotte-based station, WXNC had a talk radio format known as The Conversation Station. The announcement was made that WXNC would also be heard on WKMT at 1220 AM, also owned by Kevin and Kris Geddings.[5]
Later, the Norsan Group, which already owned 1310 WGSP, bought WXNC, which soon changed to a Spanish language format and began its simulcast of the "La Tremenda" network with WGSP.[6] At one time WGSP-FM (formerly WRML) at 102.3 FM simulcast this station.[7]
^Gene Stowe, "Monroe's WMAP Radio Picks Up S.C. Station", The Charlotte Observer, June 24, 1989.
^Steve Lyttle, "New Radio Station Will Slip Into Old Spot on the Dial", The Charlotte Observer, March 21, 1997, p. 2U.
^Mark Washburn, "New Station Offers a Different Sort of Talk - AM Format Focuses on Lifestyle Programming", The Charlotte Observer, January 14, 2005.
^Mark Washburn, "WXNC to Return Old Format - Atlanta-Based Group's Purchase Would Solidify Spot in Latino Market", The Charlotte Observer, April 30, 2005.
^Franco Ordoñez, "City's Top Spanish-Language Radio Station Leaping to FM - WGSP-AM Will Begin Simulcasting Today on WRML 102.3", The Charlotte Observer, March 1, 2006.
