God's Country Radio Network was a

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in the

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which launched in 2008. The majority of stations that the network aired on were owned by the

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organization

Educational Media Foundation Educational Media Foundation (formerly EMF Broadcasting, abbreviated EMF) is an American nonprofit Christian media ministry based in Franklin, Tennessee, a suburb of Nashville. EMF is the parent company of K-LOVE and Air1—the world's largest ...

, though it also aired on some independent stations. God's Country Radio Network played a blend of

Southern Gospel Southern gospel music is a genre of Christian music. Its name comes from its origins in the southeastern United States. Its lyrics are written to express either personal or a communal faith regarding biblical teachings and Christian life, as ...

and Positive Country music. In November 2010, God's Country Radio Network left the air because it "didn't connect with enough listeners to sustain the expenses of the broadcast".God's Country Radio Network Goes Off The Air
/ref> It relaunched in January 2011 as a web-based only broadcaster, which has since shut down also. There is an unrelated "God's Country" network of stations in Maine,

WMDR-FM WMDR-FM, known as "God's Country", is an American FM broadcasting, FM radio station licensed to Oakland, Maine located at 88.9 FM with a Southern Gospel and Christian country music, Christian country format for the Augusta-Waterville, Portland, L ...

and

WWLN WWLN (91.5 FM broadcasting, FM) is a radio station licensed to Lincoln, Maine, United States. The station is owned by Light of Life Ministries and simulcasts Oakland, Maine, based WMDR-FM as ''God's Country''. It uses the same logo as WMDR-FM. Re ...

, owned by Light of Light Ministries.

Affiliates at Time of Closure

* KGCD:

Lincoln, North Dakota Lincoln is a city in Burleigh County, North Dakota, United States. It is a suburb of adjacent Bismarck, and also a core city of the '' Bismarck-Mandan Metropolitan Statistical Area''. The population was 4,257 at the 2020 census, making it the f ...

* KGCE:

Post, Texas Post is a city in and the county seat of Garza County, Texas, United States. Its population was 5,376 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. History Post is located on the edge of the caprock escarpment of the Llano Estacado, the southeas ...

KGCL KGCL (90.9 FM) is a radio station broadcasting the Spanish Christian radio network Radio Nueva Vida. Licensed to Jordan Valley, Oregon, United States, the station serves the Boise area. The station is currently owned by Educational Media Foun ...

Jordan Valley, Oregon Jordan Valley is a city in Malheur County, Oregon, United States. It is part of the Ontario, OR– ID Micropolitan Statistical Area. The city lies along Jordan Creek, a tributary of the Owyhee River; the creek is named for a 19th-century pr ...

* KGCM:

Belgrade, Montana Belgrade is a city in Gallatin County, Montana, United States. The population was 10,460 at the 2020 census. It is the largest city in Montana that is not a county seat. Belgrade and surrounding areas are experiencing significant population gro ...

* KGCN:

Roswell, New Mexico Roswell () is a city in, and the County seat, seat of, Chaves County, New Mexico, Chaves County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Chaves County forms the entirety of the List of micropolitan areas in New Mexico, Roswell micropolitan area. As of ...

* KGCO:

Fort Collins, Colorado Fort Collins is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Larimer County, Colorado Larimer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 359 ...

KQGC KQGC (91.1 MHz) was a radio station in the Albuquerque, New Mexico, market signing on in Spring 2006. It was licensed to Belen, New Mexico, south of Albuquerque. It was also last owned by Carlos Arana, through licensee Carlos Arana Ministr ...

Belen, New Mexico Belén (; es, Belén) is the second most populous city in Valencia County, New Mexico, Valencia County, New Mexico, United States, after its county seat, Los Lunas. The population was 7,360 at the 2020 Census. Belén is Spanish language, Spanish ...

* WGCN:

Nashville, Georgia Nashville is a city in and the county seat of Berrien County, Georgia, United States. The population was 7,029 at the 2022 census. It is called the "City of Dogwoods", as the tree grows in large numbers around the area. History Nashville was fo ...

WGCQ KBOA (1540 AM, ''America's Best Music'') is a radio station broadcasting an Adult Standards music format. Licensed to Kennett, Missouri, United States, the station is currently owned by Pollack Broadcasting Co. and features programming from Cita ...

Hayti, Missouri Hayti (pronounced "HAY-tie") is a city in eastern Pemiscot County, Missouri, United States. The population was 2,493 at the 2020 census. History Hayti was platted in 1894, when the railroad was extended to that point. According to one tradition, ...

WNBV WNBV is a Southern Gospel-formatted Broadcasting, broadcast radio station licensed to Grundy, Virginia, serving Grundy, Virginia, Grundy and Vansant, Virginia, Vansant in Virginia. WNBV is owned and operated by Earl Cole, through licensee Jewell V ...

Grundy, Virginia Grundy is a town in Buchanan County, Virginia, United States, an area located within the Appalachian Mountains region. It is the county seat of Buchanan County. The town is home to the Appalachian School of Law. The population was 875 as of the ...

* WOKR:

Remsen, New York Remsen is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 1,929 at the 2010 census. The town is named after Henry Remsen, an early settler. The Town of Remsen contains a Administrati ...

* WPRN-FM: Lisman, Alabama

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