WEEC (100.7 FM "Hope 100.7") is a

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, and serving the

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. It is owned by Strong Tower Christian Media, a

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. WEEC broadcasts a

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. Its

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s on Whitefield Circle in Xenia are shared with

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93.7

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. WEEC seeks donations on the air and on its website. WEEC has an

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(ERP) of 50,000

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s, the maximum for most stations in Ohio. The

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is off Troy Road (

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) in Springfield. WEEC broadcasts using

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technology. It has three

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s: HD2 carries ''The Rock'' (

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music). HD3 broadcasts ''Peace in the Valley'' (traditional

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). HD4 airs a

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format that closely mirrors the programming on its sister station,

History

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for WEEC was granted in March 1961 to Paul Pontus, Dwight Coffelt, and Rev. Glenn Greenwood. The station

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the air on . At first, it was a

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station. However, all commercial programming was eliminated just one year later on December 15, 1962. WEEC began broadcasting in HD Radio in September 2007. In 2007, WEEC merged with

under the banner "Strong Tower Christian Media." In 2012, Strong Tower announced that both stations would consolidate their operations into new facilities in

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. In July 2019, WEEC dropped its Christian teaching programs, moving them exclusively to WFCJ (which rebranded as ''93.7 The Light''). After a 10,007-song marathon, WEEC flipped to

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as ''Hope 100.7''. Shortly thereafter, WEEC added its fourth HD subchannel which airs most of the teaching programs it had previously carried on the main carrier.

References

External links

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Strong Tower Christian Media
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