WGTK-FM

WGTK-FM (94.5 FM) is an FM radio station licensed to serve Greenville, South Carolina. WGTK-FM is currently owned by the Salem Media Group, Inc. through licensee Caron Broadcasting, Inc.

History

Bob Jones University applied for an AM license in May 1948, and WMUU-AM went on the air on September 15, 1949 at 1260 AM, programming sacred and classical music, dramatic readings, and evangelical Christian preaching. The call letters stood for "World's Most Unusual University," an early promotional slogan of BJU. Bob Jones, Sr., the founder of BJU, intended the station to operate independently by accepting advertising rather than being supported by the university, but he did not expect the station to make a profit.

The AM station eventually increased its power from 1,000 to 5,000 watts. An FM station was added on August 15, 1960; and in 1965, it became the second stereo station in South Carolina. In 1963, WMUU-FM became the most powerful station in South Carolina, radiating 100,000 watts and increasing its listening radius from fifty to a hundred miles. Bob Jones University also bought WAVO in Atlanta but later sold it in order to focus its efforts on the Greenville station.