WGPL

Radio station in Portsmouth, Virginia

WGPL

* Portsmouth, Virginia
* United States

Broadcast area| Hampton Roads
Frequency| 1350 AM kHz
Branding| Peace Radio 1350
Programming
Format| Black gospel[1]
Ownership
Owner| Friendship Cathedral Family Worship Center, Inc.

Sister stations

| WPCE
History

First air date

| March 1943 (1943-3)[2]

Former call signs

* WSAP (1943–1953)
* WAVY (1953–1968)
* WCVU (1968–1970)
* WKLX (1970–1977)
* WHNE (1977–1979)
* WNIS (1979–1987)
* WRAP (1987–1989)
* WBSK (1989–1993)
* WSVY (1993–1996)[2][3]

Former frequencies

| 1490 kHz (1943–1951)[2]

Call sign meaning

| "Gospel"
Technical information[4]

Licensing authority

| FCC
Facility ID| 69560
Class| B
Power| 5,000 Watts day and night

Transmitter coordinates

| 36°53′0.0″N 76°22′22.0″W﻿ / ﻿36.883333°N 76.372778°W﻿ / 36.883333; -76.372778
Links

Public license information

* Public file
* LMS

Webcast| WGPL Webstream

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

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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 '60s, 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

[edit]

Main article: WRAP (Norfolk)

From 1979 until 1987, the station's call sign was WNIS. At that point, a swap was made with AM 850, which moved the WNIS call sign to AM 850, and transferred the WRAP call letters, with its associated black-oriented format, to this station.[7]

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

[edit]

1. ^ a b "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
2. ^ a b c "FCC History Cards for WGPL".
3. ^ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
4. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WGPL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
5. ^ "WGPL Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
6. ^ "4 Webs Now Served In Portsmouth, Va". Broadcasting. February 27, 1943. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
7. ^ "For The Record: Call Letters", Broadcasting, November 9, 1987, page 96.

## External links

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* Facility details for Facility ID 69560 (WGPL) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
* WGPL in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
* FCC History Cards for WGPL (covering 1941-1981 as WSAP / WAVY / WCVU / WKLX / WHNE / WNIS)

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* t
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Radio stations in the Hampton Roads, Virginia, metropolitan area

This area includes the cities Norfolk, Virginia Beach, and Newport News.

By AM frequency|

* 670
* 740
* 790
* 850
* 940
* 1050
* 1110
* 1250
* 1270
* 1310
* 1350
* 1400
* 1420
* 1490
* 1600
* 1650

By FM frequency|

* 87.71
* 88.1
* 88.5
* 88.7
* 89.1
* 89.5
* 90.3
* 90.7
* 90.9
* 91.1
* 91.5
* 91.7
* 92.1
* 92.3
* 92.9
* 93.7
* 94.1
* 94.9
* 95.7
* 96.1
* 97.3
* 98.7
* 99.1
* 99.7
* 100.5
* 101.3
* 101.7
* 102.1
* 102.9
* 104.5
* 105.3
* 106.1
* 106.9
* 107.7
* 107.9

| LPFM|

* 103.7
* 104.1

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Translators|

* 92.5
* 93.3
* 93.5
* 96.5
* W243DJ
* W243EK
* 96.9
* 97.7
* 97.9
* W250AE
* W250BQ
* 98.3
* 99.1
* 99.3
* 100.1
* W261CN
* W261DI
* 101.9
* 103.7
* 103.9
* 104.9
* 105.7
* 107.3

NOAA Weather Radio
frequency|

* 162.55

Digital radio
by frequency & subchannel|

* 90.3-1
* 90.3-2
* 90.3-3
* 92.1-1
* 92.9-1
* 94.1-1
* 94.1-2
* 94.9-1
* 95.7-1
* 95.7-2
* 97.3-1
* 97.3-2
* 98.7-1
* 101.3-1
* 102.9-1
* 105.3-1
* 105.3-3
* 106.1-1
* 106.1-2
* 106.9-1
* 107.7-1

By call sign|

* KHB37
* W223CT
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* W228DX
* W243DJ
* W243EK
* W245BB
* W249CT
* W250AE
* W250BQ
* W252CB
* W256DH
* W257BV
* W261CN
* W261DI
* W270DA
* W279AD
* W280CX
* W285FM
* W289CI
* W297BH
* WAFX
* WBKU
* WBQK
* WCPK
* WCWM
* WEPV-LP
* WFOS
* WGH
* WGH-FM
* HD2
* WGPL
* WHBT-FM
* WHOV
* WHRO-FM
* HD2
* HD3
* WHRV
* WJFV
* WJLZ
* WJZU
* WKGM
* WLQM-FM
* WMBG
* WMOV-FM
* WMTO-LD1
* WNIS
* WNOB
* WNOH
* HD3
* WNOR
* WNSB
* WNVZ
* WOWI
* WPCE
* WPMH
* WPTE
* WRJR
* WROX-FM
* WRPC-LP
* WTAR
* WTJZ
* WTWV-FM
* WTYD
* WUSH
* HD2
* WVBW-FM
* WVKL
* HD2
* WVSP-FM
* HD2
* WVXX
* WWDE-FM
* WWIP
* WXGM
* WXGM-FM
* WXTG
* WXTG-FM
* WYCS
* WYFI
* WZLV

Defunct|

* WBVA (1450 AM)
* WHKT (1010 AM)
* WJRX-LP (102.5 FM)
* WJYI (1230 AM)
* WORJ-LP (103.5 FM)
* WRAP (850 AM)
* WRRW-LP (102.5 FM)
* WVAB (1550 AM)

Nearby regions
Eastern Shore
Elizabeth City–Nags Head
Northern Neck
Roanoke Rapids-South Hill
Richmond
Southside

See also
List of radio stations in Virginia

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