WCGL

Radio station in Jacksonville, Florida

30°16′33.00″N 81°38′12.00″W / 30.2758333°N 81.6366667°W / 30.2758333; -81.6366667Translator(s)94.7 W234CW (Jacksonville)Links

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WebcastListen liveWebsitewww.wcgl1360.com

WCGL (1360 AM) is a commercial radio station broadcasting an urban gospel radio format. Licensed to Jacksonville, Florida, United States, the station is currently owned by JBD Communications, Inc.^[2] The station airs contemporary gospel music and some preaching programs, aimed at the African-American community. It uses the moniker "The Victory Station".

WCGL transmits with 5,000 watts by day, but to avoid interfering with other radio stations on AM 1360, WCGL reduces power at night to only 89 watts. Listeners in Jacksonville and adjacent communities can hear WCGL programming on an FM translator station, 94.7 W234CW.

History

The station first signed on the air in 1948 as WOBS.^[3] It was owned by the Southern Radio & Equipment Company and was a daytimer. It originally broadcast at 1,000 watts by day and had to go off the air at sunset.

References

^ "Facility Technical Data for WCGL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ "WCGL Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1952 page 106

External links

WCGL in the FCC AM station database
WCGL in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

Radio stations in the Jacksonville metropolitan area (Florida)

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