WWRB was a

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station known as both "World Wide Religious Broadcasting" and (to a lesser extent) "World Wide Radio Broadcasting" broadcasting from

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. It is a subsidiary of Airline Transport Communications Incorporated. The station features primarily

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religious programming. WWRB uses four 100 kW to 150 kW

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to provide their services to regions of the world specifically requested by broadcasters. At this time, not all of their antennas appear to be in use. WWRB operated 24 hours a day, seven days a week, changing frequencies as shortwave propagation changes to maintain their target reception areas. Their main targeted services are titled ''Global-I'' through ''Global-IV''. WWRB quietly ceased shortwave broadcasting at the end of 2020 and continued operating solely as an Internet station. Owner David Franz died January 2, 2022.Statement on the death of WWRB's owner
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Transmitters

* Global-I serves Europe, Middle East, Africa * Global-II serves Australia and is leased full-time by Republic Broadcasting Network * Global-III serves Europe, Middle East, Northern Africa, Canada, and Asia and is leased full-time by

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* Global-IV serves Canada, and Asia and is leased full-time by Overcomer Ministry

Frequencies

* Global-I: 3.195 MHz * Global-II: 5.05 MHz * Global-III: * Global-IV:

References

External links

WWRB official site
Shortwave radio stations in the United States WRB Radio stations established in 1977 {{Christian-radio-station-stub