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
Broadcast areaJacksonville, Florida
Frequency1360 kHz
BrandingVictory AM 1360
Programming
FormatUrban gospel
AffiliationsAmerican Urban Radio Networks
Ownership
OwnerJBD Communications, Inc.
History
Call sign meaning
Where Christ Gets Lifted
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID30609
ClassD
Power
  • 5,000 watts (day)
  • 89 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
30°16′33.00″N 81°38′12.00″W / 30.2758333°N 81.6366667°W / 30.2758333; -81.6366667
Translator(s)94.7 W234CW (Jacksonville)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.wcgl1360.com

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

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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.

 
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References

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