Guadalupe Radio Network is an

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based in

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. It is owned by La Promesa Foundation, and is

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(D.B.A.) Guadalupe Radio Network. The Guadalupe Radio Network provides

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programming to its stations. As of 2023, it includes 45 radio stations in the

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History

The Guadalupe Radio Network began on July 19, 2000 with the station KJBC, in

. By 2023, it included 45 radio stations in the

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, and

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markets.

Radio stations

The Guadalupe Radio Network broadcasts in the following markets: Alabama & Florida Market * WJUV-FM 88.3,

Cullman, Alabama Cullman is the largest city and county seat of Cullman County, Alabama, United States. It is located along Interstate 65, about north of Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham and about south of Huntsville, Alabama, Huntsville. As of the 2020 United ...

* WQOH-FM 88.7,

Springville, Alabama Springville is a city in St. Clair County, Alabama, United States. It incorporated in December 1880. At the 2020 census the population was 4,786, up from 4,080 in 2010. Geography Springville is located at (33.768950, −86.471037). According ...

* WMMA-FM 97.9,

Irondale, Alabama Irondale is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It is a suburb of Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West ...

* WMMA-AM 1480,

WDLG WDLG (90.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Thomasville, Alabama. The station is owned by La Promesa Foundation. It is airing Catholic Radio programming. History Nearly seven years after the initial application was made on April 17, 1 ...

-FM 90.1 FM,

Grove Hill, Alabama Grove Hill is a town in Clarke County, Alabama, United States. At the 2020 census, the population was 1,818. It is the county seat of Clarke County and home of the Clarke County Museum. History The area that is now Grove Hill was originally i ...

WDWR WDWR (1230 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Catholic radio format. Licensed to Pensacola, Florida, United States, the station serves the Pensacola area. The station is owned by La Promesa Foundation. History WEAR The station currently op ...

-AM 1230,

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-FM 103.3,

* WPHK-FM 102.7,

Blountstown, Florida Blountstown is a city and the county seat of Calhoun County, Florida, Calhoun County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 2,266. Name Blountstown is named for John Blount, a Creek Indian chief who served ...

WCVC WCVC is a radio station broadcasting on 1330 kilohertz in Tallahassee, Florida. WCVC is owned and operated by Guadalupe Radio Network of Midland Texas, and broadcasts a Catholic talk format from EWTN. History After its launch in 1953, WMEN w ...

-FM 96.9,

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-AM 1330,

Kansas Market *

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-FM 90.7,

Dodge City, Kansas Dodge City is a city in and the county seat of Ford County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 27,788. It was named after nearby Fort Dodge, which was named in honor of Grenville Dodge. The city ...

Houston, Texas Market *

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-AM 1430,

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-FM 96.1,

North Texas Market *

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-AM 1430,

Gladewater, Texas Gladewater is a city in Gregg County, Texas, Gregg and Upshur County, Texas, Upshur counties in the U.S. state of Texas with a 2020 census population of 6,134. In the early 20th century, Gladewater was an oil boom town. In 1995, the Texas Legisla ...

KATH Kath or KATH may refer to: * Kath (city), the historical capital of Khwarezm * Kath (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname * KATH-TV, the NBC TV station in Juneau, Alaska * KATH (AM), a radio station in Te ...

-AM 910,

Frisco, Texas Frisco is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located in Collin County, Texas, Collin and Denton County, Texas, Denton counties. It is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex (DFW) and about from both Dallas Love Field and Dallas/Fort Worth In ...

South & Central Texas Market * KGWU-AM 1400,

Uvalde, Texas Uvalde ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Uvalde County, Texas, United States. The population was 15,217 at the 2020 census, down from 15,751 in 2010. It is the principal city in the Uvalde, Texas Micropolitan Statistical Area. Uvalde is ...

* KJMA-FM 89.7,

Floresville, Texas Floresville is a city in Wilson County, Texas, United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, its population was at 7,203 at the 2020 Census. It is the county seat of Wilson County. The city is also part of the San Antonio metropolitan sta ...

* KYRT-FM 97.9,

Hunt, Texas Hunt is an unincorporated community in western Kerr County, Texas, United States. It is located in the heart of the Hill Country The Texas Hill Country is a geographic region of Central and South Texas, forming the southeast part of th ...

* KIVM-FM 91.1,

Fredericksburg, Texas Fredericksburg () is a city in and the county seat of Gillespie County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 Census, this city had a population of 10,875. Fredericksburg was founded in 1846 and named after Prince Frede ...

* KBMD-FM 88.5,

Marble Falls, Texas Marble Falls is a city in Burnet County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city population was 7,037. The 2024 population was estimated to be 9,413. Lake Marble Falls is part of the Highland Lakes on the Colorado ...

Washington, DC Market *

WMET WMET (1160 AM) is a mediumwave ( AM band) radio station in Gaithersburg, Maryland, serving the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Over several decades, it has gone through a number of radio formats, from progressive rock to all-comedy to a c ...

-FM 103.1,

Gaithersburg, Maryland Gaithersburg ( ) is a city in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. At the time of the 2020 United States census, Gaithersburg had a population of 69,657, making it the third-largest incorporated city and the ninth-most populous communit ...

-AM 1160,

West Texas & New Mexico Market * KPDE-FM 91.5,

Eden, Texas Eden is a city in Concho County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,100 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The community is a rural trading center for agricultural products for the many large ranches and farms in West Texas. ...

* K210BX-FM 89.9,

Van Horn, Texas Van Horn is a town in and the county seat of Culberson County, Texas, United States. According to the 2010 census, Van Horn had a population of 2,063, down from 2,435 at the 2000 census. The 2020 United States census, 2020 census results detailed ...

* KDCJ-FM 91.5,

Kermit, Texas Kermit is a city in and the county seat of Winkler County, Texas, Winkler County, Texas, United States. The population was 6,267 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. The city was named after Kermit Roosevelt following a visit by his fath ...

* KBKN-FM 91.3,

Lamesa, Texas Lamesa ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Dawson County, Texas, United States. Its population was 8,674 at the 2020 census, down from 9,952 at the 2000 census. Located south of Lubbock on the Llano Estacado, Lamesa was founded in 1903. M ...

* KQOA-FM 91.1,

Morton, Texas Morton is a city in and the county seat of Cochran County, Texas, Cochran County, Texas, United States. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the city population was 1,690. This represented a 15.8% population decline since the 2010 C ...

* KSIF-FM 91.7,

Wellington, Texas Wellington is a city in and the county seat of Collingsworth County, Texas, United States. The population was 1,896 at the 2020 census. History Sometime in 1889 or 1890, as smaller ranches and farmlands were being purchased, Ernest Theodore O' ...

* K219LT-FM 91.7,

Clayton, New Mexico Clayton is a town in and the county seat of Union County, New Mexico, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 2,980. History Early history Native Americans were present in the area of Clayton for at least 10,000 years, ...

Spanish * KVDG-FM 90.9,

* KKUB-AM 1300,

Brownfield, Texas Brownfield is a city in and the county seat of Terry County, Texas, United States. Its population was 8,936 at the 2020 census. Brownfield is southwest of Lubbock. History In 1903, town promoters W. G. Hardin and A. F. Small purchased the coun ...

KJON KJON (850 Hertz, kHz) is an AM broadcasting, AM radio station city of license, licensed to Carrollton, Texas, and serving the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. It is owned and operated by Chatham Hill Foundation, which runs the religious Guadalupe R ...

-AM 850,

Carrollton, Texas Carrollton is a city in Dallas County, Texas, Dallas, Denton County, Texas, Denton, and Collin County, Texas, Collin counties in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 133,434, making it the ...

* KXGB-FM 105.1,

Great Bend, Kansas Great Bend is a city in and the county seat of Barton County, Kansas, United States. It is named for its location at the point where the course of the Arkansas River bends east then southeast. As of the 2020 census, the population of the c ...

* KODC-FM 102.1,

* KQOA-FM 91.1,

Programming

Guadalupe Radio Network's programming consists of a blend of original programming and syndicated

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s. The vast majority of the latter are produced by the radio arm of

Eternal Word Television Network The Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) is an American basic cable television network which presents around-the-clock Catholic programming. It is the largest Catholic television network in America, and is purported to be "the world's larges ...

or by

Catholic Answers Catholic Answers is a Catholic advocacy group based in El Cajon, California. History Catholic Answers was founded in 1979 by Karl Keating in response to a fundamentalist Protestant church in San Diego that was distributing anti-Catholic propa ...

. These programs include "Catholic Answers Live", "Catholic Connection" featuring Teresa Tomeo, "Women of Grace", "More 2 Life" featuring Greg and Lisa Popcak, "The Doctor is In" featuring Ray Guarendi, and the Bible in a year with Fr Mike Schmitz,. GRN also broadcasts a number of self produced show, including 'Morning Joy', 'The Spirit World', 'The Quest' & some internet only programs. Some individual GRN radio stations also include local religious programming, as well as diocesan programming.

References

External links

Guadalupe Radio Network Website
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