WVMB-LP | |
City: | Madison, Alabama |
Area: | Athens, Alabama |
Airdate: | 2004 |
Frequency: | 107.9 MHz |
Format: | Christian |
Erp: | 41 watts |
Haat: | 46.1 meters (151 feet) |
Class: | L1 |
Facility Id: | 133368 |
Coordinates: | 34.825°N -86.9067°W |
Callsign Meaning: | Voice of Madison Baptist |
Owner: | Madison Baptist Church, Inc. |
Webcast: | Listen Live |
Website: | WVMB-LP Online |
Licensing Authority: | FCC |
WVMB-LP (107.9 FM) is an American low power FM radio station licensed to serve the community of Madison, Alabama. The station, established in 2004, is owned and operated as a ministry of Madison Baptist Church Inc.
WVMB-LP broadcasts a Christian radio format to Madison and Athens, Alabama. Programming includes Gospel music, teaching programs, sermons, and a limited amount of Spanish language programming.
In June 2001, Madison Baptist Church, Inc., applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a construction permit for a new low-power broadcast radio station. The FCC granted this permit on November 18, 2002, with a scheduled expiration date of May 18, 2004 . The new station was assigned call sign "WVMB-LP" on December 3, 2002. After construction and testing were completed in May 2004, the station was granted its broadcast license on June 9, 2005.