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| Broadcast area | Hampton Roads |
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| Frequency | 1400 kHz |
| Branding | "Peace 1400" |
| Programming | |
| Format | Traditional Urban Gospel |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Friendship Cathederal Family Worship Center, Inc. |
| WGPL | |
| History | |
First air date | 1946 (as WLOW 1590 AM) |
Former call signs | WCKA (1946, CP) WLOW (1946–1961) WHIH (1961–1971) WWOC (1971–1975)[1] |
Former frequencies | 1590 kHz (1946–1949), 1410 kHz (1949–1950) |
Call sign meaning | W PeaCE |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 72813 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts day and night |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°48′10″N 76°16′58″W / 36.80278°N 76.28278°W |
| Translator(s) | 95.3 MHz W237FM (Portsmouth) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | WPCE Online |
WPCE (1400 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Portsmouth, Virginia, and serving Hampton Roads. WPCE is owned and operated by Friendship Cathederal Family Worship Center, Inc.[3] It airs a traditional urban gospel radio format, with some Christian talk and teaching shows. The radio studios are on Church Street in Norfolk, Virginia.
WPCE is powered at 1,000 watts non-directional. The transmitter is off Barnes Road in Chesapeake, Virginia, near Interstate 464.[4] Programming is also heard on 99-watt FM translator W237FM at 95.3 MHz.[5]
- ^ FCC History Cards for WPCE
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WPCE". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WPCE Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/WPCE
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/W237FM