WEAF (1130 AM) is an

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, United States. The station is owned by Jeff Andrulonis. Much of the programming is featured from the Rejoice! Musical Soul Food satellite feed. On November 8, 2016 WEAF was granted a

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construction permit to move to 1120 kHz from a new transmitter site, change the community of license to

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, decrease day power to 390 watts and eliminate night operation.

History

At one time, this station had the letters WAME and an adult standards format. Then-owners GHB Broadcasting switched the format to

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and changed the callsign to WQIS. In 2006, Glory Communications Inc. purchased WEAF from Colonial Radio Group Inc., and the format was

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in New York. In the mid-1970s, WEAF was the callsign of the current

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Ownership

Colonial Radio Group acquired then-WQIS in 2003. In April 2006, Glory Communications Inc. (Alex Snipe, president) reached an agreement to purchase WEAF from Colonial Radio Group Inc. (Jeffrey Andrulonis, president) for a reported sale price of $222,500.

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* Kershaw County, South Carolina Gospel radio stations in the United States EAF {{Christian-radio-station-stub