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MOUNT AIRY, N.C. — One of the most legendary AM radio stations in the United States celebrates its 75th birthday this week and it's right here in the Triad. It was on Groundhog Day in 1948 when ...

For the past 70 years, WPAQ out of Mount Airy, North Carolina — population 10,000 — has broadcast bluegrass and old-time string music. But music isn’t all you’ll hear on WPAQ. "If folks call in and ...

Ralph Epperson eventually decided to create a legitimate, licensed radio station, and WPAQ went on the air at 740 AM on Groundhog Day, Feb. 2, 1948. The station will celebrate its 70th anniversary on ...