WGIB
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| City of license | Birmingham, Alabama |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 91.9 MHz |
| First air date | 1983 |
| Format | Religious |
| ERP | 3,500 watts |
| HAAT | 266 meters |
| Class | C3 |
| Facility ID | 24256 |
| Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Callsign meaning | Where God Is Blessing |
| Owner | Glen Iris Baptist School |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | WGIB Online |
| City of license | Columbiana, Alabama |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 101.5 MHz |
| First air date | 1999 |
| Format | Religious |
| ERP | 1,800 watts |
| HAAT | 185 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 41641 |
| Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Callsign meaning | Variation of former sister station WQEN |
| Owner | Glen Iris Baptist School |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | WQEM Online |
WGIB (91.9 FM) is a non-profit radio station that originates programming from Birmingham, Alabama, USA. The station is currently owned by Glen Iris Baptist School, and is licensed to serve Birmingham, Alabama, USA. The station was assigned the WGIB call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on September 20, 1982.[1]
WGIB carries Christian preaching and gospel music 24 hours a day, much of which originates from the church's studios.[citation needed] WGIB is also relayed on a series of low-powered FM translators and full-powered WQEM at 101.5 MHz in Columbiana, Alabama. The station's audio is also streamed on the internet.
Simulcast
WQEM (101.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Religious radio format as a simulcast of WGIB.[2] WQEM is licensed to serve Columbiana, Alabama, USA. The station is currently owned by Glen Iris Baptist School.[3]
WQEM was purchased from Clear Channel Communications in 2002. Glen Iris kept the WQEM call sign for the station after its purchase. The station was assigned the WQEM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on August 3, 1998.[4] Before its purchase by Glen Iris Baptist School, WQEM served as a repeater of Top 40 station WQEN, whose signal at the time did not adequately cover the southern suburbs of Birmingham.
Translators
| Call sign | Frequency (MHz) |
City of license | ERP W |
Class | FCC info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W222AZ | 92.3 | Springville, Alabama | 10 | D | FCC |
| W291BT | 106.1 | Jasper, Alabama | 55 | D | FCC |
| W291CG | 106.1 | Odenville, Alabama | 10 | D | FCC |
| W300AE | 107.9 | Tuscaloosa, Alabama | 250 | D | FCC |
See also
- W47EI-D, a co-owned low-power television station
References
External links
- WGIB Online
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WGIB
- Radio-Locator information on WGIB
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WGIB
- WQEM Online
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WQEM
- Radio-Locator information on WQEM
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WQEM
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