WWPC (91.7 FM) is a

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licensed to serve

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, United States. The station is owned by Word Radio Educational Foundation. WWPC broadcasts a

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format as a simulcast of

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(88.5 FM) in

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History

This station received its original

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from the

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on August 9,

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. The new station was assigned the WWPC

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by the FCC on August 23, 1991. WWPC filed an application for its license to cover from the FCC on January 5, 1993. The FCC accepted the application for filing, but did not issue the station its broadcast license until February 12, 2016.

References

External links

WWPC official website
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