WGLB

WGLB
City of license Elm Grove, Wisconsin
Broadcast area Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Branding "1560 WGLB"
Frequency 1560 AM kHz
First air date December 6, 1963
Format Gospel music
Power 185 watts day
250 watts night
Class B
Facility ID 73050
Callsign meaning Where Gospel Lovers Belong (originally Great Lakes Broadcasting, original owner)
Owner Joel Kinlow
Website www.wglbam1560.com

WGLB (1560 AM) is a gospel music radio station licensed to Elm Grove, Wisconsin and serving the Milwaukee metropolitan area. The station is owned by Joel Kinlow, who previously owned television station WJJA in Racine and FM radio station WGLB-FM in Port Washington, Wisconsin. It has been granted an FCC construction permit to increase day power to 2,500 watts, add critical hours authorization with 700 watts, and increase night power to 250 watts.

History

Originally licensed to Port Washington, Wisconsin, WGLB signed on the air in 1963, broadcasting with 250 watts daytime only. An FM sister station, WGLB-FM, launched in 1969. In 2003, the FM station was sold to Starboard Broadcasting and switched its format to religious programming.

In August 2001, WGLB's of license was changed to the Milwaukee suburb of Elm Grove, and the current transmitter site went into operation. The station also obtained authorization to begin nighttime broadcasting.

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Coordinates: 43°23′11″N 87°55′10″W / 43.38639°N 87.91944°W