WVPL

WVPL
City of license Dozier, Alabama
Broadcast area Crenshaw County, Alabama
Frequency 90.5 MHz
First air date 2011
Format Religious
Language(s) English
ERP 300 watts
HAAT 73 meters (240 ft)
Class A
Facility ID 171667
Transmitter coordinates 31°25′38″N 86°21′21″W / 31.42722°N 86.35583°W
Former callsigns WTBT (2011-2012)[1]
Owner Alabama Christian Radio, Inc.

WVPL (90.5 FM) is an American non-commercial educational radio station intended to serve the community of Dozier in Crenshaw County, Alabama. The station, established in 2011, is currently owned and operated by Alabama Christian Radio, Inc., but a sale to Townsend Broadcasting Enterprise is pending FCC approval.

Programming

WVPL broadcasts a religious radio format to the Crenshaw County, Alabama, area.[2]

History

In October 2007, Old Time Gospel Ministries of Heflin, Alabama, applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a construction permit for a new broadcast radio station. The FCC granted this permit on December 15, 2008, with a scheduled expiration date of December 15, 2011.[3]

On December 16, 2009, Old Time Gospel Ministries (owned in equal parts by Robert Jarrell, Jim Hemby, and Brandon Jarrell) contracted to sell the permits for WTBT and WEYY (88.7 FM, Tallapoosa, Georgia) to Jimmy Jarrell's Alabama Christian Radio, Inc., for a combined sale price of $1. The FCC conditionally approved the sale on February 19, 2010, and the transaction was consummated on February 22, 2010.[4]

After construction and testing were completed in early December 2011, the station applied for its broadcast license and the FCC accepted the filing on December 16, 2011.[5] The new station was assigned call sign "WTBT" on December 22, 2011.[1] As of February 23, 2012, the Commission has taken no further action on this license application.[5]

On January 20, 2012, Alabama Christian Radio, Inc., contracted to sell WTBT and sister station WQLS (90.5 FM, Camden, Alabama) to Timothy Townsend's Townsend Broadcasting Enterprise for a combined sale price of $3,000.[6] The FCC accepted the application for assignment of these permits on February 14, 2012, but as of February 22, 2012, the Commission has taken no further action.[7]

The station's call sign was changed to "WVPL" on February 21, 2012.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access Database. FCC Media Bureau. February 21, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Application Search Details (BNPED-20071015AEG)". FCC Media Bureau. December 15, 2008. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Application Search Details (BAPED-20091218ACG)". FCC Media Bureau. February 22, 2010. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Application Search Details (BLED-20111215ACD)". FCC Media Bureau. December 16, 2011. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Smile FM Acquires Three FM Construction Permits". All Access. February 14, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Application Search Details (BAPED-20120213AAT)". FCC Media Bureau. February 14, 2012. Retrieved February 23, 2012.

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