WFNC (AM)

[3] Beginning in November 1985, WFNC began to run ads or local teasers in the Fayetteville Observer newspaper showing the 9 slowly rolling to a 6 in its frequency.

Jeff Thompson primarily handled local news and in the late 1980s was joined in the afternoons by Johnnie Joyce, who had come over from WFAI.

Joyce died in the late 1990s after having a monumental career in local news, not only at WFNC, but at WFLB, WFBS, and WFAI.

[3] On Monday, March 8, 1976 WFNC changed format with its sister station WQSM-FM 98.1 MHz to country music.

In January 1977, the gospel music was dropped and WFNC began to air 3 hours of news from 6-9 AM called "Top of the Morning".

After the 10AM CBS Radio News, WFNC would play country music for the remainder of the broadcast day and overnight.

This was begun by Lloyd Foster, who was hired by Victor Dawson in 1952 and he covered Fayetteville High School football games for many seasons.

Various interviews with the coaches, and the various scores from other games going on around the area are broadcast on the Taco Bell Scoreboard run usually by Donnie Dees.

As of the 2015 fall season, DK Sports Media has taken over the broadcast of Friday Night Football Game of the Week on WFNC.

Mid South Sports has moved to WAZZ 1490 AM and Sunny 94.3 FM of the Beasley Broadcast Group.

People still called in and talked about the issues: tax increases, the sheriff's troubles, gadgets that still worked after many years, the local newspaper's policies, and so on.

[13][14] The station also features a popular weekly sports talk show on Monday nights, "The Powerade Press Box, with Brett & the Bad Boy," co-hosted by Allen Smothers (aka "The Bad Boy of Sports Radio") and local newspaper columnist Brett Friedlander.

Among the voices heard on this program: Johnny Joyce, Dan Mitchell, Alex Lekas, Lisa Schell, Liz Proctor, Gilbert Baez, Paul Michels, Rick Jensen, George Breece, Steve Blackmon, and Laura Chavis-Price.

The addition of WFNC allows Wright to reach an even wider scope of listeners throughout southeastern North Carolina.