WCCV (FM)
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| Broadcast area | Northwest Georgia |
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| Frequency | 91.7MHz |
| Branding | The Message |
| Programming | |
| Format | Contemporary Christian music |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Immanuel Broadcasting Network, Inc. |
| WJCKFM 88.3Piedmont, Alabama | |
| History | |
First air date | January 23,1983 |
Call signmeaning | ChristianCartersville |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 28333 |
| Class | C2 |
| ERP | 7,300watts |
| HAAT | 285 meters (935 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°9′34.3″N85°2′12.8″W/ 34.159528°N 85.036889°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | http://www.themessage.fm |
WCCVFM91.7 ( "The Message" ) is aChristianradio stationlicensed to servethe city ofCartersville, Georgia.The station playsContemporary Christian music.
The station transmits fromMullinax Mountain,betweenEuharleeandWax, Georgia,due west of Cartersville and southeast ofRome(which is slightly closer), the same location for whichWTSH-FM107.1 applied to move to in early May 2012. Although very close toWCLKFM 91.9 inAtlanta,it can still be heard in parts of northwest and southmetro Atlantaviabroadcast translators.
WCCV is alsosimulcastonsister stationWJCK88.3, licensed toPiedmont, Alabama.That station had no translators assigned to it until 2010, when W257CM FM 99.3 was licensed to the northeast ofTalladega, Alabama.That translator is now assigned toWRYDFM 97.7 in theBirmingham, Alabamaarea.
In March 2019, the station and network re-launched asThe Message For You,www.themessage.fm with a larger focus onContemporary Christian musicprogramming.[2][3]
Translators
[edit]| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP(W) | HAAT | Class | FCC info | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W215AY | 90.9 FM | Ellijay, Georgia | 28336 | 10 | 188.6m(619ft) | D | LMS | |
| W216BP | 91.1 FM | Fort Payne, Alabama | 92631 | 10 | 204 m (669 ft) | D | LMS | Out of itsbroadcast range |
| W221AW | 92.1 FM | North Canton, Georgia | 28335 | 10 | 272.2 m (893 ft) | D | LMS | |
| W260AJ | 99.9 FM | Ringgold, Georgia | 77856 | 100 | 148.4 m (487 ft) | D | LMS | |
| W290CE | 105.9 FM | Dalton, Georgia | 84026 | 10 | 299.6 m (983 ft) | D | LMS | Formerly W236AJ |
In addition to thesuburbanstations in Woodstock and Morrow, Canton is also considered part ofexurbanmetro Atlanta, though "North Canton" is not an official placename. The others are innorthwest Georgia,or just beyond. Rossville is a suburb of Chattanooga, theircity limitstouching at the state line.
In September 2011, the FCC changed the callsign of W265BD back to its original callsign of W265AV, which it had before a change to 100.3 in 1997. In 2002, it was forced to change back to 100.9 when full-power100.5was moved in from Alabama. This change apparently occurred when the station received itsbroadcast licenseto cover a power increase to 250 watts, which now sends the station as far as Canton,Acworth,Vinings,Alpharetta,andDunwoodyaccording to official FCC data plotted onGoogle Maps.
W265AV 100.9 in Woodstock is still onSweat Mountain,but had been assigned to retransmitWSB-FM98.5, and in November 2010 was granted aconstruction permitto go from 7 to 250 watts at the same location and slightly lower height. This indicated it might be used to circumvent FCC caps on excessiveconcentration of media ownershipbyCox Radioin the Atlantamedia market,ostensibly rebroadcasting adigital-onlychannelfrom B98.5 FM. (The same occurred with unrelatedW229AG93.7, alsonon-commercialand on Sweat Mountain, and sold to acommercial radiocompany; other local "translators" have done the same.) As of December 2011[update]however, it is still broadcasting WCCV, and is now officially assigned to retransmit WUBL.
WUBL is also listed as the primary station forW221CG92.1 "Kennesaw"(actually nearHiram/Dallas), which is also owned by Immanuel, and had a permit to move to north ofLithia Springs(its new city of license) at a power of 120 watts on 92.5, which caused its callsign to change to W223BP once licensed in March 2012.
Also recently, Immanuel's W222AF 92.3 inMariettawas assigned toWGSTAM 640, with a permit granted in April 2011 to go from 10 to 15 watts, and move from theCobb EMCradio towerinElizabethsoutheastward to between Marietta andSmyrna,in the Laurel Valley apartments alongInterstate 75south ofDelk Road.On the weekend of June 19, the station actually made theprogrammingchange from WCCV to WGST. Prior to this, an hourly on-air announcement stated that the station would be taken off-air permanently, and that the Woodstock station's power would be raised as a replacement. W222AF was then off the air, and it had a permit to move to theNorth Druid Hills tower site.It began rebroadcasting WGST AM 640 via WUBL's HD-R channel 3 (now24/7 Comedy), but is still owned by IBN. It received alicense to coverin early December 2011 after going on at reduced power the previous month, but often still gets heavyRF interference(or is even completely overtaken at night) to the north and west of the city fromWDEF-FM92.3 Chattanooga. This includes Marietta, which remains its city of license.
References
[edit]- ^"Facility Technical Data for WCCV".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^Walker, Doug."Regional religious broadcaster tweaks format".Northwest Georgia News.Retrieved2019-03-12.
- ^"Immanuel Broadcasting Network Relaunches As The Message".RadioInsight.2019-03-10.Retrieved2019-03-12.
External links
[edit]- The Message
- Facility details for Facility ID 28333 (WCCV)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
- WCCVinNielsen Audio's FM station database