WGRW is a non-commercial radio station

Radio station

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 licensed

City of license

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 to serve Anniston, Alabama

Anniston, Alabama

Anniston is a city in Calhoun County in the state of Alabama, United States.As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 24,276. According to the 2005 U.S. Census estimates, the city had a population of 23,741...

, USA. The station is owned by Word Works, Inc.

Programming

WGRW broadcasts a Contemporary Christian music format to the Anniston and Gadsden, Alabama

Gadsden, Alabama

The city of Gadsden is the county seat of Etowah County in the U.S. state of Alabama, and it is located about 65 miles northeast of Birmingham, Alabama. It is the primary city of the Gadsden Metropolitan Statistical Area, which has a population of 103,459. Gadsden is closely associated with the...

, area. The station derives a portion of its programming from the Moody Broadcasting Network

Moody Broadcasting Network

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 and the Salem Radio Network

Salem Radio Network

Salem Radio Network is a United States-based radio network that specializes in syndicated Christian talk, music, and secular news/talk programming...

.

Jon Holder, station manager and host of Grace in the Morning, has been with WGRW since it launched in 1999. Holder had previously worked at WDNG

WDNG

WDNG is a radio station licensed to serve Anniston, Alabama, USA. The station is owned by WDNG, Inc. It airs a News/Talk format and features programming from ABC Radio....

, also in Anniston.

History

This station's original construction permit

Construction permit

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 was granted by the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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 on September 12, 1996. The new station was assigned the WGRW call letters by the FCC on October 25, 1996

1996 in radio

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. On June 25, 1999, WGRW received its license to cover

Broadcast license

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from the FCC.