WGLB

WGLB

City	Elm Grove, Wisconsin
Broadcast area	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Branding	"1560 WGLB"
Frequency	1560 AM kHz
First air date	December 6, 1963 (1963-12-06)
Format	Gospel music
Power	185 watts day 250 watts night
Class	B
Facility ID	73050
Callsign meaning	Where Gospel Lovers Belong (originally Great Lakes Broadcasting, original owner)
Owner	Joel Kinlow
Website	WGLB website

WGLB (1560 AM) is a gospel music radio station licensed to Elm Grove, Wisconsin and serving the Milwaukee metropolitan area. The station is owned by Joel Kinlow, who used to own television station WJJA in Racine and FM radio station WGLB-FM in Port Washington, Wisconsin. It has been granted a FCC construction permit to increase day power to 2,500 watts and add critical hours service with 700 watts.^[1]

Licensed to Port Washington, Wisconsin, WGLB signed on the air in 1963, broadcasting with 250 watts daytime only. An FM sister station, WGLB-FM, was launched in 1969. In 2003, the FM station was sold to Starboard Broadcasting and switched its format to religious programming.

In August 2001, WGLB's city of license was changed to the Milwaukee suburb of Elm Grove, and the current transmitter site went into operation. The station also obtained authorization to begin nighttime broadcasting.

References

↑ "FCC Construction Permit". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WGLB

Radio-Locator Information on WGLB

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WGLB

Radio stations in the Milwaukee–Racine, Wisconsin market

by AM frequency	540 620 860 920 940 1050 1130 1250 1290 1340 1400 1460 1470 1500 1510 1540 1560 1610 1640

by FM frequency	88.1 88.9 89.7 90.7 91.1 91.7 92.1 92.5 93.3 94.5 95.1 95.7 96.1 96.5 96.9 97.3 97.9 98.3 99.1 100.1 100.3 100.7 102.1 102.5 102.9 103.7 104.5 104.7 104.9 105.3 105.7 106.1 106.9 107.7

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.400 162.450 162.525

Digital radio	620 1130 1250 88.9-1 88.9-2 90.7-1 90.7-2 93.3-1 94.5-1 94.5-2 95.7-1 95.7-2 96.5-1 97.3-1 97.3-2 98.3-1 98.3-2 99.1-1 99.1-2 100.7-1 100.7-2 102.1-1 102.9-1 103.7-1 103.7-2 106.1-1 106.1-2 106.9-1

by callsign	KEC60 KZZ76 WWG91 WAUK WBKV WCCX WDDW WFAW WGTD WGLB WHAD WHQG WIIL WISN WJMR-FM WJTI & W250BN WJYI WKKV-FM WKLH WKTI WLDB WLIP WLKG WLUM-FM WLVE WMBZ WMIL-FM WMSE WMWK WMYX-FM WNOV WNRG-FM WOKY WSJP WSJP-FM WPJX WPTJ444 & WPZK577 (WISDOT Traffic) WRIT-FM WRJN WRNW WRRD WSJP-FM/W273AT WSSP WTKM WTKM-FM WTMJ WUWM WVCY-FM WVTY WWDV WXSS WYMS WZTI

Defunct	WAWA WFMR

Nearby radio markets Fox Cities Madison Sheboygan–Manitowoc Janesville–Beloit–Jefferson County Chicago See also List of radio stations in Wisconsin

Coordinates: 43°23′11″N 87°55′10″W / 43.38639°N 87.91944°W / 43.38639; -87.91944

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