WWBW-LP is a radio station

Radio station

Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...

 licensed to serve Higganum, Connecticut

Higganum, Connecticut

Higganum, a census-designated place in the town of Haddam, a part of Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 1,671 at the 2000 census....

. The station is owned by Connecticut River Educational Radio, Inc. It airs a Religious radio format.

History

Connecticut River Educational Radio was one of 38 non-profit organizations that applied for an LPFM license in the initial FCC filing window that closed in September 2000. CRER was granted this low-power broadcasting

Low-power broadcasting

Low-power broadcasting is electronic broadcasting at very low power and low cost, to a small community area.The terms "low-power broadcasting" and "micropower broadcasting" should not be used interchangeably, because the markets are not the same...

 license in August 2003. The station was assigned the WWBW-LP call letters by the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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on April 27, 2005.