WVOG (600

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, "Gospel 600") is an AM

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. The station, whose

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stand for "The Voice Of God", is owned by F.W. Robbert Broadcasting, Inc. and operates at with 1,000

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s by day and 31 watts night. The

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with preaching and instruction shows plus

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music. WVOG's studios are located on Loumor Avenue in

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. The

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is off River Road, also in Metairie.

History

The first New Orleans station at

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in 1950 as WMRY. It was originally a

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, broadcasting at 500 watts during the day and required to

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at night to avoid interfering with other stations on the same frequency. WMRY was programmed to the

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community. An advertisement in the 1951 '' Broadcasting Yearbook'', using the vocabulary of that era, said that a half million "

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people" lived in the WMRY coverage area and that WMRY was "programmed for

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es by Negroes." In the 1958, the WMRY

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and programming moved over to

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and became the current WYLD. After the move, a new station was launched on the AM 600 frequency by Dave Waagenvord as WWOM (Wonderful World Of Music). It carried a

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format of mostly instrumental versions of pop songs and music from

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and

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. In 1965, Waagenvord launched 98.5 WWOM-FM (now

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), and in 1967, he added a TV station, channel 26 WWOM-TV (now

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). In the 1970s, the station's power increased to 1,000 watts, but it still was not authorized to broadcast at night. In 1974, the station was bought by F. W. Robbert, the current owner. He switched to a

format as WVOG.Broadcasting Yearbook 1979 page C-95
/ref> In the early 2010s, the station received authorization to broadcast at night, although with the low power of 31 watts.

References

External links

WVOG official website

FCC History Cards for WVOG

WVOG WVOG (600 kHz, "Gospel 600") is an AM radio station in New Orleans, Louisiana. The station, whose call letters stand for "The Voice Of God", is owned by F.W. Robbert Broadcasting, Inc. and operates at with 1,000 watts by day and 31 watts night. ...

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