WCGL

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{{Infobox radio station

| name = WCGL

| logo =

| city = Jacksonville, Florida

| country = US

| area = Jacksonville, Florida

| branding = Victory AM 1360

| airdate =

| frequency = 1360 kHz

| translator = {{Radio Relay|94.7|W234CW|Jacksonville}}

| format = Urban gospel

| power = {{ubl|{{val|5000|u=watts|fmt=commas}} (day)|{{val|89|u=watts|fmt=commas}} (night)}}

| class = D

| licensing_authority = FCC

| facility_id = 30609

| coordinates = {{coord|30|16|33|N|81|38|12|W|region:US-FL_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| callsign_meaning = Where Christ Gets Lifted

| former_callsigns = WOBS (1948–1975)

| owner = JBD Communications, Inc.

| licensee =

| sister_stations =

| webcast = {{listenlive|https://us7.maindigitalstream.com/2318/}}

| website = {{URL|https://www.wcgl1360.com}}

| affiliations = American Urban Radio Networks

}}

WCGL (1360 AM) is a commercial radio station broadcasting an urban gospel radio format. Licensed to Jacksonville, Florida, United States, the station is owned by JBD Communications, Inc.{{cite web|url=https://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WCGL|title=WCGL Facility Record|work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division}} The station airs contemporary gospel music and some preaching programs, aimed at the African-American community. It uses the moniker "The Victory Station".

WCGL transmits with 5,000 watts by day, but to avoid interfering with other radio stations on AM 1360, WCGL reduces power at night to 89 watts. Listeners in Jacksonville and adjacent communities can hear WCGL programming on an FM translator station, 94.7 W234CW.

History

The station first signed on the air in 1948 as WOBS.[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1952/Radio-AL-MT-1952-BC-YB.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1952 page 106] It was owned by the Southern Radio & Equipment Company and was a daytimer. It originally broadcast at 1,000 watts by day and had to go off the air at sunset. The call sign was changed to WCGL on August 18, 1975.{{cite web |title=WCGL history cards |url=https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=51084 |website=CDBS Public Access |publisher=Federal Communications Commission |access-date=December 2, 2024 |format=PDF}}

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