WOWB

WOWB (90.9 FM; "WOW 90.9") is a radio station licensed to serve Brewton, Alabama, United States. The station is owned by Agape Educational Media. It airs a contemporary Christian music format.^[3]

WOWB

Brewton, Alabama
Frequency	90.9 MHz
Branding	WOW 90.9
Programming
Format	Contemporary Christian
Ownership
Owner	Agape Educational Media, Inc.
History
First air date	1998 (as WPHG-FM)
Former call signs	WGYJ-FM (1996–1997) WPHG-FM (1997–2000) WELJ (2000–2009)[1]
Call sign meaning	WOW [Radio] Brewton
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	40428
Class	C1
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	153 meters (502 feet)
Transmitter coordinates	31°18′13″N 87°02′50″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wowradio.org

History

The station's original construction permit was granted by the Federal Communications Commission on December 13, 1994.^[4] The new station was assigned the call letters WGYJ-FM on February 23, 1996.^[1] The station, still under construction, changed callsigns to WPHG-FM on November 7, 1997.^[1] After several extensions and modifications to the original permit, the station received its license to cover on October 27, 1998.^[5]

In August 2000, Marranatha Ministries Foundation Inc. (John Mathis, president) reached an agreement to sell WPHG-FM to Gateway Public Radio (Gladys M. Fleming, president) for a reported sale price of $3,500.^[6] The deal was approved by the FCC on October 12, 2000, and the transaction was consummated on November 12, 2000.^[7] The new owners had the call letters changed by the FCC to WELJ on December 25, 2000.^[1]

In October 2008, Gateway Public Radio (Earl Thompson, president) reached an agreement to sell WELJ to Agape Educational Media, Inc. (Dale Riddick, president) in exchange for a $100,000 promissory note.^[8][9] The call letters were changed, this time to WOWB, on December 14, 2009.^[1]

Radio-Locator and fccdata.org is now reporting this station has a CP to change their COL to Jay, Florida. The CP was issued on March 30, 2017 and is scheduled to expire on March 30, 2020.