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WWNC (570 AM) is a radio station in Asheville, North Carolina. It transmits at 5000 Watts of power....

WWNC (570 AM) is a radio station in Asheville, North Carolina. It transmits at 5000 Watts of power. It currently has a News/Talk format and is affiliated with Fox News Radio. WWNC is under ownership of Capstar Broadcasting through Clear Channel Communications. WWNC, whose call letters stand for "Wonderful Western North Carolina," signed on the air February 21, 1927, as Asheville's first radio station, broadcasting from the Vanderbilt Hotel. Other broadcast locations have included the Flat Iron Building and the Citizen-Times building. The first time the world heard of Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys was February 2, 1939 at 3:30PM when the group played a fifteen minute segment on Mountain Music Time. At the time, WWNC was an NBC affiliate, owned by the Asheville-Citizen Times. Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys played the daily 3:30-3:45 Mountain Music spot until April 1, 1939 when WWNC became a CBS affiliate and moved to the Asheville Citizen-Times building. At one time, the station was home to "Amos and Andy", "Fibber McGee and Molly", and "Jack Benny". Prior to 1969, when the format changed to country music, WWNC played middle of the road music. , In 2002, WWNC changed its