At that same time, the transmitter was moved to the much-higher Mount Pisgah, away. Due to the higher elevation, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules required channel 13 to reduce its transmitter power by half. But even with its power reduced to 178,000 watts, the station still more than doubled its coverage area to include most of Western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. Soon afterward, the FCC collapsed the western Carolinas into one large market. With its move to Mount Pisgah, WLOS could now boast the second highest transmitter location east of the Mississippi River at above average terrain (the valley floor) and above sea level. At the time, the highest transmitter elevation belonged to WMTW atop Mount Washington, New Hampshire at above average terrain (the valley floor), and above sea level.