WNWC is a radio station

Radio station

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  broadcasting a Christian radio

Christian radio

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 format. Licensed to Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

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, USA, the station serves the Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

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 area. Faith 1190 has a sister station, "Life 102.5" (WNWC-FM

WNWC-FM

WNWC-FM is an American radio station broadcasting a contemporary Christian music format. Licensed to Madison, Wisconsin, USA, "Life 102.5" has an AM sister station, "Faith 1190" , that broadcasts programs on Christian faith...

) that broadcasts a contemporary Christian music

Contemporary Christian music

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 format. Both stations are currently owned by Northwestern College

Northwestern College

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History

The station was assigned call letters WERU on August 10, 1981. On March 12, 1985, the station changed its call sign to WMAD then on January 27, 1997, to the current WNWC/ The original WERU format was Adult Standards. It was also all news (CNN) for a time with the WMAD call letters, then back to standards before going silent and returning as WNWC.