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| callsign_meaning = With Grace For You (originally stood for [[Goofy]] during [[Radio Disney]] era)
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WWOK (
| owner = Charlotte Advent Media Corporation
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On August 30, 1965, WWOK switched from "good" music to [[country music]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Soft Music, Gals' Voices New Change At WRPL|work=The Charlotte Observer|date=September 29, 1965|page=14A}}</ref> In 1969, the station was purchased by Mission Broadcasting of [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]],<ref>Ron Alridge, "Swaggart Purchasing WAME," ''The Charlotte Observer'', September 7, 1978, p. 13B.</ref> an early ancestor of [[iHeartMedia|Clear Channel Communications]]. Around this same time, Mission also purchased [[Miami]] [[R&B]] station [[WSUA|WAME]] ("The Whammy in Miami"). The company flipped the call letters on its two acquisitions, sending WWOK to Florida and bringing WAME to Charlotte.
As WAME, the station was responsible for one of the first radio controversies in Charlotte, when the station's billboards showed a woman in tight jeans (and little else) having the WAME logo branded on her posterior.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}
WAME became Charlotte's second full-time [[Christian radio]] station at 11 P.M. December 31, 1978 after [[Jimmy Swaggart]]'s Sonlife Broadcasting bought the station. The format was mostly [[Contemporary Christian Music]] such as [[B.J. Thomas]], Dave Boyer and [[Evie Tornquist]]. Jeff Flanders, an official for Swaggart, called it "a blend of music that would not offend anyone", and he said the objective was to get listeners who would not otherwise listen to Christian music.<ref name=Gallman>Vanessa Gallman, "Radio Station Switches To Religious Programs," ''The Charlotte Observer'', January 3, 1979, p. 2B.</ref> Galloway moved to [[WHVN|WIST]] despite a [[noncompete clause]].<ref name=Pearl/> In early 1980, Swaggart denounced Contemporary Christian Music through his publication ''The Evangelist'',{{citation needed|date=August 2018}} and WAME changed to "teaching programs and middle-of-the-road, family-oriented music."<ref>"Stations Put Christian Message On Airwaves Of Metrolina," ''The Charlotte Observer'', December 16, 1980.</ref> By 1980 half the programming was "spoken word".<ref>Mark Wolf, "Radio Station WQCC To Shift To A Christian Music Format," ''The Charlotte Observer'', October 6, 1980, p. 5B.</ref> Popular DJs in WAME's Christian days were [[Danny Dyer]], Teresa Gardner and Bob Harris. By 1985, WAME was, (despite the ownership's known objections to CCM) playing Contemporary Christian music again, and continued to do so until 1990. Popular DJ's during the era were Jon Hamilton, Larry Avant, Bill Howard, Dan Edwards, and Rob Truslow.
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==External links==
{{AM station data|10889|WGFY}}
{{Charlotte Radio}}
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