WOWB

WOWB
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
Transmitter coordinates 31°18′13.00″N 87°2′50.00″W / 31.3036111°N 87.0472222°W
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]

History

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]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  3. ↑ "Application Search Details (BPED-19930708MA)". FCC Media Bureau. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
  4. ↑ "Application Search Details (BLED-19980715KA)". FCC Media Bureau. 1998-10-27. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
  5. ↑ "FMs - 9/11/2000". Broadcasting & Cable. 2000-09-11.
  6. ↑ "Application Search Details (BALED-20000804AAE)". FCC Media Bureau. 2000-11-12. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
  7. ↑ "Transactions for Oct. 20, 2008". Radio & Records. 2008-10-20.
  8. ↑ "Application Search Details (BALED-20081017AHJ )". FCC Media Bureau. 2008-10-20. Retrieved 2008-10-21.

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