WMIT

WMIT (106.9 MHz, "106.9 The Light") is a non-profit FM radio station licensed to Black Mountain, North Carolina, United States.

It features Christian rock music for teenagers and young adults, which is also heard on translator W292CJ (106.3 FM) in Asheville.

WMIT has one of the largest coverage areas for an FM radio station in the Eastern United States.

Its transmitter rises 180 feet (55 m) above 6,557-foot (1,999 m) on Clingmans Peak, putting WMIT tower's light higher than anything else east of the Mississippi.

[4] Since 2014, it has identified as "Black Mountain/Charlotte/Asheville" to acknowledge its large listenership in the Charlotte area, even though it could only be heard clearly in the market's western portion until the addition of the translators and the WAVO simulcast.

[10] The entry of the United States into World War II later that year caused construction delays.

Living space was included for station engineers needing to stay during difficult winter weather when the road to the top was impassable.

[14] Effective November 1, 1943, the FCC modified its policy for FM station call letters, and the call sign was changed to WMIT, standing for Mount Mitchell,[15] the highest mountain east of the Mississippi River, located about 2+1⁄2 miles northeast of the transmitter site.

In a letter to the FCC, Gordon Gray wrote: "With considerable regret I have decided to discontinue the operation of WMIT after April 13, 1950.

[20] In December 1950, an application was filed by Mount Mitchell Broadcasters, Inc., headed by Charlotte investment banker W. Olin Nisbet, Jr., for use of the "former facilities of Gordon Gray - WMIT", specifying operation with 325 kw on 106.9 MHz.

On October 12, 2023, the station's transmitter site at Clingmans Peak was designated the "'Munn Communications Facility", in memory of the late E. Harold Munn, Jr., who had served as a long-time member and officer of the Blue Ridge Broadcasting board of directors.