Frequency | 1470 kHz |
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Branding | Radio Moody |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Spanish |
Format | Christian |
Affiliations | Moody Radio |
Ownership | |
Owner |
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WGNR-FM | |
History | |
First air date | 1946 [1] |
Former call signs |
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Technical information [2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 2214 |
Class | D |
Power | 1,000
watts day 36 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 40°03′43″N 85°42′37″W / 40.06194°N 85.71028°W |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | Official website |
WGNR (1470 AM) is radio station licensed to Anderson, Indiana. It airs a Spanish language Christian format and is an owned and operated affiliate of Moody Radio.
The station began broadcasting in 1946 and held the call sign WCBC. [1] [3] It ran 1,000 watts during daytime hours only and was owned by Civic Broadcasting Corporation. [3] In 1960, the station was sold to Radio WBOW, Inc. for $185,000. [4] [3] In September 1960, its call sign was changed to WERX. [3] It was changed to WHUT the following month. [3] In 1970, the station was sold to Eastern Broadcasting Company for $650,000. [5] [3]
From the late 1960s until the early 1980s, the station aired a contemporary hits format. [6] [7] [1] [8] By 1984, it had adopted an adult standards format. [9] [10] In 1985, the station was sold to Patch-Dunn & Associates, along with 97.9 WLHN, for $2,276,000, and in 1987 it was sold to Jon Mark Lamey, along with 97.9 WLHN, for $3,395,000. [11] [12] [13] In December 1997, the station was sold to the Moody Bible Institute, along with 97.9 WXXP, for $5.5 million and it adopted a Christian format. [14] [15] [16] [17] In January 1998, its call sign was changed to WGNR. [18] In 2019, Moody announced it intended to sell the station. [19]
In 2020, Moody filed to sell the station and associated translator to Radio Punjab AM 1470 LLC for $129,000. [20] In January 2022, the owners-to-be selected the call sign WRPU for when the sale closed; the call sign change was approved before closure and, while still carrying Moody programming, the station adopted the new call sign on February 22. [21]
In 2023, Radio Punjab donated WRPU back to Moody; the donation was consummated on March 22, 2024. On April 1, 2024, the station changed its call sign back to WGNR.