WELB (1350 AM) is a

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...

licensed to serve the community of

Elba, Alabama Elba is a city in and the county seat of Coffee County, Alabama, United States. It is the official seat, although there are two county courthouses, with the other one being located in the town of Enterprise. At the time of the 2010 U.S. census ...

. The station is owned by Rhett S. Snellgrove. It airs a

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 ...

music format. The station was assigned the WELB call letters by the

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History

In May 2008, the Elba Radio Company (Doug Holderfield, president) reached an agreement to sell WELB to Rhett S. Snellgrove for a reported sale price of $60,000. The deal was approved by the FCC on June 13, 2008, and the transaction was consummated on July 1, 2008. At the time of the sale, WELB was broadcasting a mixed format of

classic country Classic country is a music radio format that specializes in playing mainstream country and western music hits from past decades. Repertoire The radio format specializes in hits from the 1950s through the early 1980s, and focus primarily on innov ...

and

music. After the new owner took over, it changed to a full-time Southern Gospel format.

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ELB Southern Gospel radio stations in the United States ELB Coffee County, Alabama Radio stations established in 1987 {{Alabama-radio-station-stub