WCGL

WCGL
City Jacksonville, Florida
Broadcast area Jacksonville, Florida
Branding Victory AM 1360
Frequency 1360 kHz
Translator(s) 94.7 W234CW (Jacksonville)
Format Urban gospel
Power 5,000 watts day
89 watts night
Class D
Facility ID 30609
Transmitter coordinates 30°16′33.00″N 81°38′12.00″W / 30.2758333°N 81.6366667°W / 30.2758333; -81.6366667
Callsign meaning Where Christ Gets Lifted
Owner JBD Communications, Inc.
Website WCGL1360.com

WCGL (1360 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station broadcasting an urban gospel radio format. Licensed to Jacksonville, Florida, United States, the station is currently owned by JBD Communications, Inc.[1] The station airs contemporary gospel music and some preaching programs, aimed at the African-American community. It uses the moniker "The Victory Station."

WCGL is powered at 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.[2] 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

  1. ↑ "WCGL Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1952 page 106


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