WAGR is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting a Gospel music

Gospel music

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 format to the Lumberton, North Carolina

Lumberton, North Carolina

Lumberton is a city in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 20,795 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Robeson County. Lumberton, located in southern North Carolina's Inner Banks region, is located on the Lumber River...

, USA area. The station is currently owned by WAGR Broadcasting, Inc.

History

Al Kahn bought WAGR in January 1957, 27 months after the station signed on, and signed WJSK on the air in 1964. He ran both stations until 1992.

After Messa Corp. bought the stations from Southeastern Broadcasting Corp. in July 1992, WAGR and WJSK ended their tradition of airing only Lumberton

Lumberton

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 high school football and began carrying games involving other Robeson County

Robeson County, North Carolina

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 teams.

In 1993, Arthur DeBerry and Associates of Durham

Durham, North Carolina

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 bought WAGR and WJSK.

After WJSK was sold to Cape Fear Broadcasting in 1998, Wes Cookman, owner of Fayetteville

Fayetteville, North Carolina

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 radio station WIDU

WIDU

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, bought WAGR, along with WEWO

WEWO

WEWO is a radio station broadcasting a Gospel format. Licensed to Laurinburg, North Carolina, USA. The station is currently owned by Service Media, Inc...

 in Laurinburg

Laurinburg, North Carolina

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.

Later, Cookman added WFMO

WFMO

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 in Fairmont

Fairmont, North Carolina

Fairmont is a town in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,604 at the 2000 census.-History:Fairmont was originally founded on the site of the Ashpole Institute, a small private academy, and was chartered in 1899 as Ashpole, then Union City and lastly as Fairmont...

 to what was called "WE-DO" network, whose black gospel and news and information programming originated from the WIDU studios.