When What Is Now WLNK-FM Had The WBT-FM Call Letters The Second Time Around, The Literally Pleasant Mainstream Adult Contemporary Format, And Had Utilized The “Sunny” Moniker.
The first time around what is now WLNK-FM had the WBT-FM call letters was when Jefferson-Standard had put another FM offspring of WBT-AM the second time around in 1961 (the first WBT-FM was on the air from 1947-1954; before Jefferson-Standard began to perceive that FM Radio was a fad and did not have an everlasting future, the company began to focus more of its resources on WBTV as it began to match WBT-AM dollar for dollar in profitability, took the original WBT-FM off the air, deleted its license in the FCC’s database; and donated the equipment of the original WBT-FM to the University of North Carolina for the start up of their
Then, likewise to when WJQI-FM in the Hampton Roads area in Virginia had gone to the dark side in 1996 when it took the despicable and repugnant Hot Adult Contemporary format and changed its call letters to WPTE-FM in the process; and WJR-FM in Detroit had gone to the dark side several times since 1982 when it had taken the Mike Joseph-consulted “Hot Hits” Top 40 format and changed its call letters to WHYT-FM in the process; had later taken an Urban Contemporary format in 1989 while still retaining the WHYT-FM call letters, had taken an Alternative Rock format in 1994 and changed its call letters once more to WPLT-FM in the process; and had also taken the the despicable and repugnant Hot Adult Contemporary format in 2001 and changed its call letters to WDVD-FM in the process; in 1997, WBT-FM/WWSN-FM had gone to the dark side by taking the the despicable and repugnant Hot Adult Contemporary format, and changed its call letters to WLNK-FM in the process.
Such a belittlement to the heritage of Jefferson-Standard/Jefferson-Pilot Communications, WBT-AM, and WBTV-TV; with the adoption of the the despicable and repugnant Hot Adult Contemporary format by the former WLNK-FM, and the change in call letters to WLNK-FM in the process.
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