WSGJ-LP

Last updated
WSGJ-LP
Broadcast area Warren County and some surrounding areas
Frequency 92.1 MHz
BrandingSt. Gabriel Radio at St. Joseph
Programming
Format Catholic religious
Affiliations EWTN Radio
Ownership
Owner
  • St. Joseph Catholic Church
  • (Columbus Club, Inc.)
History
First air date
March 2017;7 years ago (2017-03)
Call sign meaning
Saints Gabriel and Joseph
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 192729
Class L1
ERP 0.1 kW = 100 W
HAAT 2.2 feet (0.67 m)
Transmitter coordinates
37°0′4.40″N86°26′46.30″W / 37.0012222°N 86.4461944°W / 37.0012222; -86.4461944
Links
Public license information
LMS

WSGJ-LP (92.1 FM) is a Catholic religious radio station that is licensed to and located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States. The low-powered FM radio station is owned by Columbus Club, Inc., and operated by St. Gabriel Catholic Radio, Inc. at the St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church and School in Bowling Green.

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History

After the Federal Communications Commission granted a construction permit in February 2014, the St. Joseph Catholic Church began construction of a new religious radio station in the Bowling Green area. The station's transmitter was erected in February 2017, five months after the church purchased the tower. In March 2017, WSGJ-LP went on the air as the Bowling Green area's fourth religious radio station after WAYD/Auburn and WCVK, along with W203BI, which was a translator of WLOG of Markleysburg, Pennsylvania. WSGJ-LP has also become the fifth low-powered FM station in the area not repeating another locally based analog radio station's signal.

WSGP-LP went on the air with an affiliation with EWTN Radio. Some programming outside of the EWTN radio lineup originates from partner station WIMM-LP in Owensboro, thereby simulcasting that station's local programming. [2]

Coverage area

The station's signal mainly serves the Warren County area. If WSGJ gets approval to increase its effective radiated power to 250 watts (0.25 kW), nearby sections of surrounding counties could be added to the station's signal coverage area.

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WSGJ-LP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. Harvey, Alyssa (April 14, 2017). "St. Joseph gets new radio station". Bowling Green Daily News . Retrieved April 20, 2017.