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| Broadcast area | Hampton Roads |
| Frequency | 1350 AMkHz |
| Branding | Peace Radio 1350 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Black gospel[1] |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Friendship Cathedral Family Worship Center, Inc. |
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| History | |
First air date | March 1943 (1943-3)[2] |
Former call signs | |
Former frequencies | 1490 kHz (1943–1951)[2] |
Call sign meaning | "Gospel" |
| Technical information[4] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 69560 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000Watts day and night |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°53′0.0″N76°22′22.0″W / 36.883333°N 76.372778°W /36.883333; -76.372778 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | WGPL Webstream |
WGPL is ablack gospel formattedbroadcastradio station licensed toPortsmouth, Virginia, servingHampton Roads.[1] WGPL is owned and operated by Friendship Cathedral Family Worship Center, Inc.[5]
The station began broadcasting as WSAP in February 1943 as aMutual affiliate. It operated on 1490 kHz with 250 watts of power from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m.[6] As WAVY in the 1950s and '60s, the station competed against cross-townWGH with a top 40 music format until 1962. In the early 1970s the station competed against WGH andWNOR with a top 40 format as WCVU and WKLX.
From 1979 until 1987, the station's call sign was WNIS. At that point, a swap was made with AM 850, which moved the WNIS call sign to AM 850, and transferred the WRAP call letters, with its associated black-oriented format, to this station.[7]
This was the last of the three Hampton Roads radio stations to operate as WRAP. In 1989, the station was sold to Three Chiefs Broadcasting, which changed the call sign to WBSK, and fired most of the existing staff.
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