WFBV

WFBV
City Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area Snyder County, Pennsylvania
Slogan "A Light In Our Community"
Frequency 90.1 MHz
First air date January 2012
Format Southern Gospel
Language(s) English
ERP 1,450 watts
HAAT 106 meters (348 ft)
Class A
Facility ID 175641
Transmitter coordinates 40°50′30″N 76°53′57″W / 40.84167°N 76.89917°W / 40.84167; -76.89917
Callsign meaning Wonderful Faith Bible Ministries
Owner Beaver Springs Faith Baptist Church, Inc.
Sister stations WFBM
Website wfbmradio.org

WFBV (90.1 FM) is an American non-commercial educational radio station licensed to serve the community of Selinsgrove, a borough in Snyder County, Pennsylvania. The station's broadcast license is held by Beaver Springs Faith Baptist Church, Inc.

WFBV broadcasts a Southern Gospel music format as a sister station of WFBM (90.1 FM) in Beaver Springs, Pennsylvania.[1]

History

In October 2007, Beaver Springs Faith Baptist Church applied to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a construction permit for a new broadcast radio station. The FCC granted this permit on July 6, 2011, with a scheduled expiration date of July 6, 2014.[2] The new station was assigned call sign "WFBV" on July 13, 2011.[3] After construction and testing were completed in January 2012, the station was granted its broadcast license on January 23, 2012.[4]

References

  1. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  2. "Application Search Details (BNPED-20071017ABA )". FCC Media Bureau. July 6, 2011. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  3. "Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access Database. U.S. Federal Communications Commission Media Bureau. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
  4. "Application Search Details (BLED-20120118AFT)". FCC Media Bureau. January 23, 2012. Retrieved January 30, 2012.
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