| City of license | Brewton, Alabama |
|---|---|
| Branding | WOW 90.9 |
| Frequency | 90.9 MHz |
| First air date | 1998 |
| Format | Contemporary Christian |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 153.0 meters (502 feet) |
| Class | C1 |
| Facility ID | 40428 |
| Callsign meaning | We Love Jesus |
| Former callsigns | WGYJ-FM (1996-1997) WPHG-FM (1997-2000) WELJ (2000-2009)[1] |
| Owner | Agape Educational Media, Inc. |
| Website | wowradio.org |
WOWB (90.9 FM; "WOW 90.9") is a radio station licensed to serve Brewton, Alabama, USA. The station is owned by Agape Educational Media. It airs a contemporary Christian music format.[2]
The station's original construction permit was granted by the Federal Communications Commission on December 13, 1994.[3] The new station was assigned the call letters WGYJ-FM on February 23, 1996.[1] The station, still under construction, changed callsigns to WPHG-FM on November 7, 1997.[1] After several extensions and modifications to the original permit, the station received its license to cover on October 27, 1998.[4]
In August 2000, Marranatha Ministries Foundation Inc. (John Mathis, president) reached an agreement to sell WPHG-FM to Gateway Public Radio (Gladys M. Fleming, president) for a reported sale price of $3,500.[5] The deal was approved by the FCC on October 12, 2000, and the transaction was consummated on November 12, 2000.[6] The new owners had the call letters changed by the FCC to WELJ on December 25, 2000.[1]
In October 2008, Gateway Public Radio (Earl Thompson, president) reached an agreement to sell WELJ to Agape Educational Media, Inc. (Dale Riddick, president) in exchanged for a $100,000 promissory note.[7][8] The call letters were changed once again, this time to WOWB, on December 14, 2009.[1]