WCRU (960 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to Dallas, North Carolina and serving the Charlotte metropolitan area.
National hosts include Charles Stanley, John MacArthur, Chuck Swindoll and Adrian Rogers.
Fred Whitley, owner of WGTL in neighboring Kannapolis had applied for this frequency as a daytime-only station in Dallas in order to keep new competition out of his market.
He won the construction permit for the station in Dallas, took the call letters WAAK off the top of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) call sign list, refurbished WGTL's studio, buying the audio board from WSJS-TV, and put the old WGTL console in Dallas.
The new ownership made sweeping changes to the station, switching it from Easy Listening and Middle of the Road music, which aired during the Whitley years, to an Adult Top 40 sound.
As Rick's on-going health problems continued to worsen, broadcast duties were given to Brian O'Brian, until the station was sold.
Jim Huggins assumed general manager duties and hosted the morning drive time show for approximately a year until the format was changed from talk to Christian radio by Truth Broadcasting.