WVCX is a

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licensed to

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, broadcasting on 98.9 MHz FM. WVCX is also heard on translators W216BL 91.1 in

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; covering the Madison area, K208FO 89.5 in

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, and W275CH 102.9 in

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. The station is owned by

VCY America VCY America, is a traditional, evangelical, conservative Christian ministry based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The VCY America Radio Network maintains a format of Christian talk and teaching, as well as traditional Christian music through its broadc ...

Programming

WVCX's programming includes Christian Talk and Teaching programming including; ''Crosstalk'', ''Worldview Weekend'' with Brannon Howse, ''Grace to You'' with

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, ''

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'', ''Love Worth Finding'' with

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, ''Revive Our Hearts'' with

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, ''The Alternative'' with Tony Evans, Liberty Council's Faith and Freedom Report, ''Thru the Bible'' with

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, '' Joni and Friends'', ''

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'', and

Moody Radio Moody Radio is one of the largest Christian radio networks in the United States. Located in downtown Chicago, Moody Radio has 71 owned and operated stations

's ''Stories of Great Christians''.WVCX-FM Program Schedule
VCY America. Retrieved October 4, 2018. WVCX also airs a variety of vocal and instrumental traditional Christian Music, as well as children's programming such as ''

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History

The station began broadcasting on January 29, 1965, holding the call sign WTMB-FM.
1966 Broadcasting Yearbook
',

Broadcasting Broadcasting is the distribution (business), distribution of sound, audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic medium (communication), mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum (radio ...

, 1966. p. B-170. Retrieved October 4, 2018. It was owned by The Tomah-Mauston Broadcasting Company. In the 1960s, it simulcast the AM 1460

WTMB WTMB (94.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a Classic rock format. Previous formats for the station included new age as WZFR, country as WUSK, and oldies as WBOG. Licensed to Tomah, Wisconsin, United States, the station serves the La Crosse a ...

from dawn until 2 p.m.Trade Tuning in to Stereo Station' Power
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''. February 4, 1967. p. 28. Retrieved October 4, 2018. It broadcast in

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, airing an

easy listening Easy listening (including mood music) is a popular music genre and radio format that was most popular during the 1950s to 1970s. It is related to middle-of-the-road (MOR) music and encompasses instrumental recordings of standards, hit songs, n ...

format, and was the largest easy listening FM station in Wisconsin. In the 1970s, the station aired a

MOR Mor or MOR may refer to: Names and titles * Mór (given name), a list of people named Mór or Mor * Mor (surname), a list of people named Mor or Mór * Mor (honorific), or Mar, in Syriac Radio and television * Middle of the road (music) genre * ...

format, as a partial simulcast with 1460 WTMB.
Broadcasting Yearbook 1975
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, 1975. p. C-214. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
Broadcasting Yearbook 1979
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, 1979. p. C-247. Retrieved October 4, 2018. In the early 1980s, its simulcast ended, and it aired MOR music, talk, and farm programming independently.
Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1982
', Broadcasting/Cablecasting, 1982. p. C-268. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1983
', Broadcasting/Cablecasting, 1983. p. B-274. Retrieved October 4, 2018. In 1984, the station was sold to Wisconsin Voice of Christian Youth for $465,000.Changing Hands
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''. July 9, 1984. p. 69. Retrieved October 4, 2018. It adopted its current Christian format, and its call sign was changed to WVCX.
Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1987
', Broadcasting/Cablecasting, 1987. p. B-320. Retrieved October 4, 2018.

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VCY America official website
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Radio stations established in 1965 1965 establishments in Wisconsin VCY America stations

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