VOWR

VOWR

City	St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Branding	VOWR (Voice of Wesley Radio)
Frequency	800 kHz (AM)
First air date	July 24, 1924
Format	Christian radio / music (various genres)
Power	10,000 watts (day) 2,500 watts (night)
Class	B
Callsign meaning	Voice Of Wesley Radio
Owner	Wesley United Church Radio Board
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.vowr.org

VOWR is a Canadian radio station in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Although licensed as a religious station, much of its schedule consists of secular music programming, including classical, folk, country, Oldies military/marching band, standards, beautiful music, and music from the 1940s and 1970s. VOWR also have several information based programs that are of interest to its core demographic including Consumer Reports, a gardening show, the 50 Plus Radio Show and many others of a wide range of subjects.

The station is staffed by volunteers, of which many are former broadcasters in the public and private local broadcasting industry.

It broadcasts at 800 kHz on the AM band. The dominant station on 800 AM is XEROK in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

The station first signed on July 24, 1924 under the call sign 8WMC, which stood for the Wesley Methodist Church. Reverend Joseph G. Joyce (1889–1959) started the station to provide church services to shut-ins, but soon expanded it to provide public service announcements and entertainment.

VOWR is one of just four broadcast radio stations in Canada whose call letters do not begin with C. The others, VOAR, VOCM, and VOCM-FM, are also based in the St. John's area. With exception of VOCM-FM, which launched in 1982, all of these stations first aired before Newfoundland joined Canadian Confederation in 1949. The ITU prefix VO was originally assigned to Newfoundland and remains in use by radio amateurs.

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Radio stations in the St. John's/Mount Pearl and northeastern Avalon Peninsula area

By FM frequency	CJSH 90.9 CICQ 92.3 CHMR 93.5 CHOZ 94.7 VOCM-FM 97.5 CKIX 99.1 CKSJ 101.1 CBAX-2 101.9 CBAF-17 105.9 CBN-FM 106.9

By AM frequency	VOCM 590 CBN 640 VOWR 800 CJYQ 930 VOAR 1210

Newfoundland and Labrador radio markets Central Newfoundland Labrador St. John's Southern Newfoundland See also List of radio stations in Newfoundland and Labrador

Christian radio stations in Canada

Newfoundland and Labrador	Mount Pearl: VOAR 1210 St. John's: VOWR 800

Prince Edward Island	Charlottetown: CIOG 91.3

Nova Scotia	Halifax: CJLU 93.9 CIRP 94.7 Truro: CINU 106.3

New Brunswick	Blackville: CJFY 107.7 Fredericton: CIXN 96.5 Moncton: CITA 105.1 CKOE 107.3 Saint John: CINB 96.1

Quebec	Brompton: CJRF 93.1 Cookshire-Eaton: CILA 88.1 Montreal: CIRA 91.3 Quebec City: CION 90.9 Rouyn-Noranda: CHIC 88.7 Scotstown: CHPV 103.7 Sherbrooke: CFPP 88.1

Ontario	Apsley: CFSH 92.9 Barrie: CJLF 100.3 Belleville: CKJJ 102.3 Brantford: CFWC 93.9 Chatham: CKGW 89.3 Godfrey: CJCE 93.7 Kitchener: CJTW 94.3 London: CHJX 105.9 Oakville: CJYE 1250 Ottawa: CJVN 92.7, CHRI 99.1 St. Thomas: VF8016 90.1 Sudbury: CJTK 95.5 Thunder Bay: CJOA 95.1 Woodstock: CJFH 94.3

Manitoba	Winnipeg: CHVN 95.1

Saskatchewan	Nipawin: CIOT 104.1 Saskatoon: CFAQ 100.3 Yorkton: CJJC 100.5

Alberta	Calgary: CJLI 700 CJSI 88.9 Drayton Valley: CIDV 90.3 Edmonton: CJCA 930 CJRY 105.9 Grande Prairie: CJGY 96.3 Lethbridge: CKVN 98.1 Medicine Hat: CJLT 93.7 Wetaskiwin: CIHS 93.5

British Columbia	Prince Rupert: CIAJ 100.7

Northern Canada	Whitehorse: CIAY 100.7

See also: List of Christian radio stations in Canada

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