The Fundamental Broadcasting Network (FBN) is a network of

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s in the United States, based out of the Grace Baptist Church in

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. Programs heard on FBN include ''Family Altar'' with

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, Scripture Reading with

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, ''Gospel Hour'' with Oliver B. Greene, '' Ranger Bill'', along with other Christian programming. Its music is predominantly traditionalist in nature, consisting mostly of

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s and some older Southern gospel, with no

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Stations

FBN programming is featured on six full-powered stations and 11 translators, as well as 26 additional affiliated stations and translators, most of which are owned and operated by independent

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es, which carry Fundamental Broadcasting Network's programming either in-part or in-whole. FBN's flagship station is WOTJ 90.7 FM in

, which began broadcasting December 12, 1988.
Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1993
',

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, 1993. p. B-262. Retrieved May 29, 2021. The Fundamental Broadcasting Network formerly operated two 50,000-watt

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stations, WTJC, which began broadcasting in 1999, and WBOH, which began broadcasting in 2002. WBOH ceased broadcasting in 2010.Radio Prague and Other Shortwave Comings, Goings, and Uncertainties
, '' Popular Communications''. February 2010. p. 26. Retrieved May 29, 2021.

Owned-and-operated stations

Translators

Affiliates

Translators

References

External links

Fundamental Broadcasting NetworkGrace Baptist Church
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