WGPL
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Broadcast area | Hampton Roads |
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| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 1350 kHz |
| Branding | Peace Radio 1350 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Black gospel[1] |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Friendship Cathedral Family Worship Center, Inc. |
| WPCE | |
| History | |
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Former frequencies | 1490 kHz (1943–1951)[2] |
Call sign meaning | "Gospel" |
| Technical information[4] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| 69560 | |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
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| Webcast | Listen live |
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WGPL is a black gospel formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Portsmouth, Virginia, serving Hampton Roads.[1] WGPL is owned and operated by Friendship Cathedral Family Worship Center, Inc.[5]
History
The station began broadcasting as WSAP in February 1943 as a Mutual affiliate. It operated on 1490 kHz with 250 watts of power from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m.[6] As WAVY in the 1950s and 1960s, the station competed against cross-town WGH with a top 40 music format until 1962. In the early 1970s the station competed against WGH and WNOR with a top 40 format as WCVU and WKLX.
WRAP
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This was the last of the three Hampton Roads radio stations to operate as WRAP. In 1989, the station was sold to Three Chiefs Broadcasting, which changed the call sign to WBSK, and fired most of the existing staff.
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."FCC History Cards for WGPL".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for WGPL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."WGPL Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."4 Webs Now Served In Portsmouth, Va". Broadcasting. February 27, 1943. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- ^ "For The Record: Call Letters", Broadcasting, November 9, 1987, page 96.
External links
- Template:FCC Licensing and Management System facility
- WGPL in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- FCC History Cards for WGPL (covering 1941-1981 as WSAP / WAVY / WCVU / WKLX / WHNE / WNIS)
