WURL

WURL (760 AM) is a non-commercial daytimer radio station broadcasting a Southern Gospel format.^[2] On weekends, it also airs Christian talk and teaching programs. WURL is licensed to Moody, Alabama, and serves Greater Birmingham. It is currently owned by the Donald Jennings Evangelistic Association, with its studios and transmitter on Radio Park Drive in Moody.^[3] The association is a non-profit organization. It seeks donations on the air and on its website.

WURL

Moody, Alabama
Broadcast area	Greater Birmingham
Frequency	760 kHz
Programming
Format	Southern Gospel
Ownership
Owner	Donald Jennings Evangelistic Association
History
First air date	November 1984; 40 years ago (1984-11)
Call sign meaning	Where yoU aRe Loved
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	65459
Class	D
Power	1,000 watts days only
Transmitter coordinates	33°35′13.00″N 86°28′18.00″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wurlradio.com

By day, WURL is powered at 1,000 watts using a non-directional antenna.^[4] But 760 AM is a United States clear-channel frequency on which WJR in Detroit is the dominant Class A station. To avoid interference, WURL must leave the air from sunset to sunrise to protect the nighttime skywave signal of WJR. Its website plays the station's music 24 hours a day.

History

The station signed on the air in October 1984; 40 years ago (1984-10).^[5] It was owned by Cooke Broadcasting with its studios and offices in Leeds, Alabama.

It has always had the call sign WURL. It began by playing country music but in 1988, it became a Christian radio station.^[6]