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Encyclopedia > WGIB

WGIB is an FM radio station in Birmingham, Alabama broadcasting at 91.9 MHz. The station is owned and operated by Glen Iris Baptist Church, who's initials form the station's call sign. The station also uses the slogan Where God Is Blessing. FM radio is a broadcast technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that uses frequency modulation to provide high-fidelity broadcast radio sound. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards and appeal to a wider international audience, this article may require cleanup. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Magic City, Pittsburgh of the South, BHam Location Location in Jefferson County in the state of Alabama Government Country State County United States Alabama Jefferson County Mayor Bernard Kincaid (D) Geographical characteristics Area    - City 151. ... Call sign can refer to different types of call signs: Airline call sign Aviator call sign Cosmonaut call sign Radio and television call signs Tactical call sign, also known as a tactical designator See also: International Callsign Allocations, Maritime Mobile Service Identity This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid...


WGIB carries Christian preaching and gospel music 24 hours a day, much of which originates from the church's studios. This article concerns the self-labeled Fundamentalist Movement in Protestant Christianity. ... Gospel music may refer either to the religious music that first came out of African-American churches in the 1930s or, more loosely, to both black gospel music and to the religious music composed and sung by white southern Christian artists. ...


The WGIB Network

WGIB is also relayed on low-powered FM translators at 107.9 MHz in Northport and 101.5 MHz in Jasper, Alabama and full-powered WQEM at 101.5 MHz in Columbiana, Alabama. The station's audio is also streamed on the internet. Northport is a city located in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. ... Jasper is a city located in Walker County, Alabama. ... Columbiana is a city located in Shelby County, Alabama. ...


WQEM was purchased from Clear Channel Communications in 2002 in an unusual transaction that saw the world's largest radio broadcasting corporation sell the station to a small Independent Baptist church. Glen Iris kept the WQEM calls on the station after its purchase. Clear Channel Communications (NYSE: CCU) is a media company based in the United States of America. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Not a denomination per se, Independent Baptist churches are Christian churches holding to generally Baptist beliefs, but characterized by being independent from the authority of denominations and ecumenical conventions. ...


WAY TV

In 1990, Glen Iris Baptist added a low-powered television station, W49AY channel 47, which relocated from channel 49 in December 2005. The station, known also as WAY TV, carries additional religious programming, as well as some secular programming including The Andy Griffith Show. This article is about the year. ... Low-power broadcasting is the concept of broadcasting at very low power and low cost, to a small community area. ... Look up December in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Andy Griffith Show was an American television series that aired from 1960 to 1968. ...


At various times, WAY TV rebroadcasts the audio from WGIB-FM, with an in-studio camera filming the announcer while they are speaking and scenes of nature airing while music is playing.


WAY TV is relayed on W15AZ, a low-powered relay on channel 15 in Alabaster, Alabama. Alabaster is a city and southern suburb of Birmingham located in Shelby County, Alabama. ...


External links

  • WGIB's official website
  • WAY TV
Broadcast television in the Central Alabama (Birmingham / Anniston / Tuscaloosa) market  (Nielsen DMA #40)

WBXA-CA 2 (MTV2) - WBRC 6 (Fox) - WVUA-CA 7 (i/A1/ShopNBC) - WCIQ 7 / WBIQ 10 (PBS/APT) - WVTM 13 (NBC) - WOTM 19 (Ind)- WTTO 21 / WDBB 17 (The WB/The CW) - WUOA 23 (i/A1) - WJXS 24 (FamNet) - WBUN-CA 28 (Daystar) - WCFT 33 (ABC) - W34BI 34 (HSC) - WJSU 40 (ABC) - WIAT 42 (CBS) - WPXH 44 (i) - W49AY 47 (Ind/Rel.) - WOIL 47 (Daystar)- WBMA 58 (ABC) - WTJP 60 (TBN) - WABM 68 (UPN/My Network TV) Terrestrial television (also known as over-the-air, OTA, or broadcast television) is the traditional method of television broadcast signal delivery, by radio waves transmitted through open space, usually carrying unencrypted signals. ... Central Alabama is the region in the state of Alabama that stretches approximately 170 miles from the western border with Mississippi to eastern border with Georgia and 136 miles from the northern border of Cullman County to the Alabama River in southern Autauga County. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Magic City, Pittsburgh of the South, BHam Location Location in Jefferson County in the state of Alabama Government Country State County United States Alabama Jefferson County Mayor Bernard Kincaid (D) Geographical characteristics Area    - City 151. ... Nickname: The Model City Map Political Statistics Founded April 1872 (Settled) Incorporated 3 July 1883 (Opened to the public) County Calhoun Mayor Hoyt W. “Chip” Howell, Jr. ... } Tuscaloosa is a city in west central Alabama in the southern United States. ... WBXA-CA is the MTV2 affiliate for Birmingham, Alabama. ... MTV2 is a cable network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to basic cable lineups across the nation. ... WBRC TV, channel 6, FOX6 is the Fox O&O Station in the Birmingham/Anniston/Tuscaloosa, Alabama television market. ... The Fox Broadcasting Company, usually referred to as just Fox (the company itself prefers the capitalized version FOX), but rarely as FBC, is a television network in the United States. ... WVUA-CA is a television station owned and operated by the University of Alabama, affiliated with the i, America One and ShopNBC networks. ... The correct title of this article is i (TV network). ... America One is a minor over-the-air television network in the United States. ... ShopNBC is a cable shopping network, owned by NBC Universal. ... Alabama Public Television is a network of educational television stations serving the US state of Alabama. ... PBS re-directs here; for alternate uses see PBS (disambiguation) PBS logo The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit public broadcasting television service with 349 member TV stations in the United States. ... Alabama Public Television is a network of educational television stations serving the US state of Alabama. ... WVTM-TV is the NBC affiliate of the Birmingham-Anniston-Tuscaloosa, Alabama television market. ... NBC, (Formerly an acronym for the National Broadcasting Company until 2004), is an American television and radio network based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... An independent station is a television station that is not affiliated with any network. ... The Sinclair Broadcast Group (SBG) is the operator of the largest number of local television stations in the United States, with a total of 62 stations across the country in 39 small and medium markets. ... The WB Television Network, casually referred to as The WB, or sometimes as The Frog (referring to the networks former mascot, the animated character Michigan J. Frog), is a television network in the United States, founded as a joint venture between the Warner Bros. ... The CW Television Network, or more casually The CW, is a new television network in the United States set to launch for the 2006-07 television season. ... WVUA-CA is a television station owned and operated by the University of Alabama, affiliated with the i, America One and ShopNBC networks. ... The correct title of this article is i (TV network). ... America One is a minor over-the-air television network in the United States. ... WJXS-CA(TV 24) is a low-powered independent television station licensed to Jacksonville, Alabama. ... FamilyNet is a television network based in Fort Worth, Texas. ... The Daystar Television Network is a small terrestrial and cable television network in the United States. ... WBMA-LP, channel 58, ABC33/40, is a low-power television station that licensed to Birmingham. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ... The Home Shopping Network (HSN) is a mostly 24-hour shopping network that is seen on cable, satellite, and some broadcast channels in the USA. History Launched by Lowell Bud Paxson and Roy Spear in 1982 as the Home Shopping Club, a regional cable channel, and expanded into the first... WBMA-LP, channel 58, ABC33/40, is a low-power television station that licensed to Birmingham. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ... WIAT is the CBS affiliate in the Birmingham/Tuscaloosa/Anniston, Alabama television market. ... CBS (formerly an acronym for Columbia Broadcasting System, the former legal name of the network) is one of the largest television networks, and formerly one of the largest radio networks, in the United States. ... WPXH is the i network affiliate of Birmingham/Anniston/Tuscaloosa market. ... The correct title of this article is i (TV network). ... An independent station is a television station that is not affiliated with any network. ... Religious broadcasting is broadcasting religious organizations, usually with a religious message. ... The word Daystar can mean: Daystar, a company that used to manufacture Apple Macintosh clones. ... WBMA-LP, channel 58, ABC33/40, is a low-power television station that licensed to Birmingham. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ... The Trinity Broadcasting Network, or TBN, is the worlds largest Christian television network, Founded by Paul and Jan Crouch in 1973, the network now has a larger U.S. viewership than its three main competitor networks combined. ... WABM, channel 68, called locally UPN68, is the UPN affiliate of the Birmingham/Anniston/Tuscaloosa television market. ... UPN (which originally stood for the United Paramount Network) is a television network in the United States, owned by CBS Corporation, which also owns the more widespread CBS network. ... My Network TV is an upcoming television network in the United States, owned by Rupert Murdochs News Corporation, which is scheduled to launch on Tuesday, September 5, 2006. ...



 

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