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WGNR-FM
Moody Radio station in Anderson, Indiana From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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WGNR-FM (97.9 MHz) is a non-commercial FM radio station licensed to Anderson, Indiana, serving part of the Indianapolis metropolitan area. It airs a Christian talk and teaching radio format and is an owned and operated by Moody Radio, based in Chicago. WGNR-FM holds periodic on-air fundraisers to support the station operations.
WGNR-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 50,000 watts. The transmitter is on West 53rd Street in Anderson, near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.[3]
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History
On September 11, 1973, the station signed on with the call sign WLHN.[1][4] It was co-owned with WHUT 1470 AM (now WGNR). WLHN aired a middle of the road (MOR) format and was owned by Civic Broadcasting Corporation.[1][4]
In 1985, WLHN and WHUT were sold to Patch-Dunn & Associates for $2,276,000, and in 1987 they were sold to Jon Mark Lamey for $3,395,000.[5][6]
WLHN aired an adult contemporary format in the 1980s and 1990s.[7][8][9] In 1991, its call sign was changed to WXXP.[10] It continued to air an adult contemporary format, and was branded "Experience 98".[11][12]
In December 1997, the station was sold to the Moody Bible Institute, along with 1470 WHUT, for $5.5 million. The FM station adopted a Christian format.[13][14][15][9] The AM station flipped to Spanish-language Christian radio. In January 1998, the FM station's call sign was changed to WGNR-FM.[10]
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