Radio WEND-FM (New Rock 106.5 the End)

WEND (106.5 FM), known as "106.5 The End", is a Modern Rock radio station based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Owned by Clear Channel Communications, the station broadcasts at 106.5 MHz with an ERP of 84 kW. The station is licensed to Salisbury and its transmitter is located just west of China Grove, NC. WEND's signal makes it into most of the Piedmont Triad region as well, providing city-grade coverage of Winston-Salem and a grade B signal to Greensboro.

106.5 started as WRDX in Salisbury, North Carolina playing Country music prior to a signal increase in 1987 that allowed the station to cover both Charlotte and the Triad. At that time the station switched to satellite Adult Contemporary. Late in the 1980s the station began playing more Oldies, especially from the category of Beach music. In 1995, the station announced it was changing its call letters to WEND, adopting its current format and moving its studios to Charlotte. This triggered numerous letters of protest appeared in the Salisbury Post. After the move, WEND moved its tower farther south to get a better signal in the Charlotte area. However, it only provides a grade B signal to Rock Hill and the South Carolina portion of the Charlotte market. This is because it is short-spaced to WTCB in Columbia at nearby 106.7.

WEND was the local affiliate of the syndicated Bob and Tom Show until March 31, 2010. Woody & Wilcox, from KBFX in Anchorage, Alaska, began a new Charlotte-based morning show on April 19, 2010. The audience for mornings jumped 74 percent.