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Coordinates: 33°24′59″N 86°36′28″W / 33.41639°N 86.60778°W / 33.41639; -86.60778
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WGIB
Frequency91.9 MHz
Programming
FormatChristian talk and teaching
AffiliationsSRN 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 ID24256
ClassC3
ERP3,500 watts
HAAT266 meters (873 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
33°24′59″N 86°36′28″W / 33.41639°N 86.60778°W / 33.41639; -86.60778
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
WebsiteWGIB Online
WQEM
Frequency101.5 MHz
Programming
FormatChristian talk and teaching
AffiliationsSRN 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 ID41641
ClassA
ERP1,800 watts
HAAT185 meters (607 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
33°13′46″N 86°42′56″W / 33.22944°N 86.71556°W / 33.22944; -86.71556
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
WebsiteWQEM 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.

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

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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

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Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) Class FCC info
W222AZ 92.3 FM Springville, Alabama 141688 10 D LMS
W291BT 106.1 FM Jasper, Alabama 140355 55 D LMS
W291CG 106.1 FM Odenville, Alabama 141676 10 D LMS
W300AE 107.9 FM Tuscaloosa, Alabama 24258 250 D LMS

References

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  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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