WELJ
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WOWB 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.
was granted by the Federal Communications Commission
on December 13, 1994. The new station was assigned the call letters WGYJ-FM on February 23, 1996. The station, still under construction, changed callsigns to WPHG-FM on November 7, 1997. After several extensions and modifications to the original permit, the station received its license to cover
on October 27, 1998.
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. The deal was approved by the FCC on October 12, 2000, and the transaction was consummated on November 12, 2000. The new owners had the call letters changed by the FCC to WELJ on December 25, 2000.
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. The call letters were changed once again, this time to WOWB, on December 14, 2009.
Radio station
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licensed
City of license
A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator....
to serve Brewton, Alabama
Brewton, Alabama
Brewton is a city in Escambia County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 5,498. The city is the county seat of Escambia County.-History:...
, USA. The station is owned by Agape Educational Media. It airs a contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...
format.
History
The station's original construction permitConstruction permit
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was granted by the Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission
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on December 13, 1994. The new station was assigned the call letters WGYJ-FM on February 23, 1996. The station, still under construction, changed callsigns to WPHG-FM on November 7, 1997. After several extensions and modifications to the original permit, the station received its license to cover
Broadcast license
A broadcast license or broadcast license is a specific type of spectrum license that grants the licensee the privilege to use a portion of the radio frequency spectrum in a given geographical area for broadcasting purposes. The licenses are generally straddled with additional restrictions that...
on October 27, 1998.
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. The deal was approved by the FCC on October 12, 2000, and the transaction was consummated on November 12, 2000. The new owners had the call letters changed by the FCC to WELJ on December 25, 2000.
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. The call letters were changed once again, this time to WOWB, on December 14, 2009.