WMVW (91.7 FM) is a

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having

Peachtree City, Georgia Peachtree City is the largest city in Fayette County, Georgia, Fayette County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, it had a population of 34,364. Peachtree City is located in South Metro Atlanta. P ...

as its

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. WMVW airs a format consisting of

Christian talk and teaching Christian radio is a Christian media radio format that focus on programming with a Christian message. Many such broadcasters play contemporary Christian music, though many programs include sermons, radio dramas, as well as news and talk programm ...

programs as well as Christian music. Programs heard on WMVW include ''Running to Win'' with Erwin Lutzer, ''Turning Point'' with

David Jeremiah David Jeremiah is an American evangelical Christian author, founder of Turning Point Radio and Television Ministries and senior pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church, a Southern Baptist megachurch in El Cajon, California, a suburb of San D ...

, ''

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'', and ''Revive Our Hearts'' with Nancy DeMoss Wolgemuth.PROGRAM GUIDE
WMVV. Retrieved November 18, 2018. The station came on the air in early 2010 as part of the

American Family Radio American Family Radio (AFR) is a network of more than 180 radio stations broadcasting Christian Conservative Christianity, Christian-oriented programming to over 30 states.WMVV WMVV (90.7 FM) is a Christian radio station licensed to Griffin, Georgia, and serving the areas of Griffin, Forsyth, and Covington, as well as Southern and Eastern metro Atlanta. The station is owned by Life Radio Ministries. WMVV is simulca ...

FM 90.7 in nearby Griffin, Georgia, both of which are on the southern edge of

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, and are part of its

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. The station's original application dates back to 1997, and its

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was finally issued a decade later in 2007, superseding two issued in 2005. It requested and received a modification of the permit in 2009, and in May 2010 requested and was finally issued its broadcast license.

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* Radio stations established in 2010 Moody Radio affiliate stations MVW 2010 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) {{GeorgiaUS-radio-station-stub