WOWL (91.9 FM) is a

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to the community of

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, and serving the greater

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, area. The station is owned by Southern Community Services, Inc. with studios located in

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. It airs an

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music format. 91.9 MHz is assigned to non-commercial stations in the United States, and WOWL follows FCC guidelines for program underwriting. The station was assigned the WOWL call letters by the

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on October 12,

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. Until 1999, this had been the long-time callsign for television station

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. On November 25, 2022, WOWL added some Christian programming.

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