WGAS (1420

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. The station has an

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with some

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programs. It is owned by Victory Christian Center, Inc. Programming is

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on 93.3

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, WOGR

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and

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W202BW at 88.3 MHz in

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. By day, WGAS is powered at 500

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s. But to protect other stations on

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, at night it reduces power to only 41 watts. It uses a

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References

External links

Victory Christian Center

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