WREA-LP (104.9 FM, "Radio Redentor") is a

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licensed to serve

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. The station is owned by Radio Redentor. It airs

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religious programming. The station was assigned the WREA-LP call letters by the

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on November 29,

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. Another Spanish-language religious station,

WLHZ-LP WLHZ-LP (107.9 FM, "UncionFM 107.9") is a radio station licensed to serve Springfield, Massachusetts. The station is owned by Pentecostal Church Refuge Of Salvation. It airs a Spanish-language religious radio format. The station was assigned th ...

in Springfield, had also been assigned the 104.9 MHz frequency but in March 2008 received a

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from the FCC to relocate to 107.9 MHz to avoid interference with WREA-LP.

References

External links

WREA-LP official website
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