WGIB

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WGIB
WGIB logo.png
Frequency 91.9 MHz
Programming
Format Christian talk and teaching
Affiliations SRN News
Ownership
OwnerGlen Iris Baptist School
History
First air date
1983(42 years ago) (1983)
Call sign meaning
W Glen Iris Baptist
bacronym: Where God Is Blessing
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 24256
Class C3
ERP 3,500 watts
HAAT 266 meters (873 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 33°24′59″N86°36′28″W / 33.41639°N 86.60778°W / 33.41639; -86.60778
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website WGIB Online
WQEM
Frequency 101.5 MHz
Programming
Format Christian talk and teaching
Affiliations SRN News
Ownership
OwnerGlen Iris Baptist School
History
First air date
1999;26 years ago (1999)
Call sign meaning
Variation of former sister station WQEN
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 41641
Class A
ERP 1,800 watts
HAAT 185 meters (607 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 33°13′46″N86°42′56″W / 33.22944°N 86.71556°W / 33.22944; -86.71556
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website WQEM Online

WGIB (91.9 FM) and WQEM (101.5 FM) are non-commercial, listener-supported radio stations based in Birmingham, Alabama. WGIB is licensed to Birmingham while WQEM is licensed to Columbiana. They are owned by the Glen Iris Baptist School and they simulcast a Christian talk and teaching format. [3] The studios are on 10th Place South, near Interstate 65 in Birmingham. Programming is relayed on a series of low-powered FM translators around Alabama. The audio is also streamed on the internet and accompanied by nature scenes on a subchannel of Glen Iris Baptist's low power television station W16DS-D.

Contents

National religious leaders heard on WGIB and WQEM include David Jeremiah, Jim Daly, Adrian Rogers, Alistair Begg, Chuck Swindoll, Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth, J. Vernon McGee, John MacArthur and Charles Stanley. Some hours are devoted to Christian music. SRN News supplies updates during the day. The station holds periodic on-air fundraisers and seeks donations on its website.

History

The WGIB call letters were assigned by the Federal Communications Commission on September 20, 1982. [4]

WQEM serves an area about 25 miles (40 km) south of Birmingham. [5] It 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. [6] 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 City of license FID ERP (W) Class FCC info
W222AZ92.3 FM Springville, Alabama 14168810D LMS
W291BT106.1 FM Jasper, Alabama 14035555D LMS
W291CG106.1 FM Odenville, Alabama 14167610D LMS
W300AE107.9 FM Tuscaloosa, Alabama 24258250D LMS

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WGIB". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WQEM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. ↑ "WGIB Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  5. ↑ "WQEM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  6. ↑ "WQEM Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.


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