Guadalupe Radio Network is an American

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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 2021, it included 38 radio stations in the

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History

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

. By 2021, it included 39 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 WJUV (88.3 FM) is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Cullman, the county seat of Cullman County, Alabama. The station, established in 2011, is owned by La Promesa Foundation. Programming WJUV normally broadcasts an ...

-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 and about south of Huntsville. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 14,775, with an ...

* 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 t ...

* WMMA-FM 97.9, Irondale, Alabama * WMMA-AM 1480, Irondale, Alabama *

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 inha ...

* WDWR-AM 1230,

Pensacola, Florida Pensacola () is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle, and the county seat and only incorporated city of Escambia County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 54,312. Pensacola is the principa ...

* WDWR-FM 103.3,

WPHK WPHK (102.7 FM) is an American radio station licensed to serve Blountstown, Florida, United States. The station began broadcast operations in December 1968 as "WRTM" on 102.3 MHz under the ownership of the Maupin Broadcasting Company. The ...

-FM 102.7,

Blountstown, Florida Blountstown is a city in Calhoun County, Florida, United States. The population was 2,514 at the 2010 census, which represented an increase from 2,444 in 2000. It is the county seat of Calhoun County. Name Blountstown is named for John Blo ...

WCVC WCVC is a radio station broadcasting on 1330 kilohertz in Tallahassee, Florida Tallahassee ( ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County. Tallahassee became ...

-FM 96.9,

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-AM 1330,

Kansas Market *

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-FM 90.7,

Dodge City, Kansas Dodge City is the county seat of Ford County, Kansas, United States, named after nearby Fort Dodge. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 27,788. The city is famous in American culture for its history as a wild frontier to ...

Houston, Texas Market *

KSHJ KSHJ (1430 AM) is a Catholic religious radio station in Houston, Texas. It is part of the Guadalupe Radio Network, and is owned by La Promesa Foundation. Some programming from EWTN Radio is also on the schedule. The studios and offices are loc ...

-AM 1430, Houston, Texas *

-FM 96.1, Houston, Texas North Texas Market *

KEES Kees or KEES may refer to: * Kees (given name) * Kees (surname) * KEES, an American AM radio station licensed to Gladewater, Texas See also * Cees (disambiguation) Cees () is a Dutch masculine given name, a short form of Cornelis. Since, as in ...

-AM 1430, Gladewater, Texas *

KJON KJON (850 kHz) is an AM radio station 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 Radio Network. KJON carries a Spanish-la ...

-AM 850,

Carrollton, Texas Carrollton is a city in Dallas, Denton, and Collin counties in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 133,434, making it the 23rd-most populous city in Texas. History The area was first settled by Jared Ford ...

South & Central Texas Market * KGWU-AM 1400,

Uvalde, Texas Uvalde is a city and the county seat of Uvalde County, Texas, United States. The population was 15,217 at the 2020 census. Uvalde is located in the Texas Hill Country, west of downtown San Antonio and east of the Mexico–United States bord ...

KJMA KJMA (89.7 MHz) is a non-commercial FM radio station licensed to Floresville, Texas, and serving the southern suburbs of the San Antonio metropolitan area. It broadcasts a Catholic radio format. It is affiliated with the Guadalupe Radio ...

-FM 89.7,

Floresville, Texas Floresville is a city in Wilson County, Texas, United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the 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 S ...

* 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 the E ...

* KIVM-FM 91.1,

Fredericksburg, Texas Fredericksburg (german: Friedrichsberg) is the seat of Gillespie County, in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2010 Census, this city had a population of 10,530. Fredericksburg was founded in 1846 and named after Prince Frederick of Prussia. ...

KBMD Guadalupe Radio Network is an American radio network based in Midland, Texas. It is owned by La Promesa Foundation, and is Doing Business As (D.B.A.) Guadalupe Radio Network. The Guadalupe Radio Network provides Catholic religious radio programmi ...

-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 7,033. Lake Marble Falls is part of the Highland Lakes on the Colorado River, the largest chain of lakes in Texas. His ...

Washington, DC Market * WMET-FM 103.1,

Gaithersburg, Maryland Gaithersburg ( ), officially the City of Gaithersburg, is a city in Montgomery County, Maryland, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. At the time of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 U.S. Census, Gaithersburg had a population of 69,657, ...

* WMET-AM 1160,

West Texas & New Mexico Market *

KPDE Guadalupe Radio Network is an American radio network based in Midland, Texas. It is owned by La Promesa Foundation, and is Doing Business As (D.B.A.) Guadalupe Radio Network. The Guadalupe Radio Network provides Catholic religious radio programm ...

-FM 91.5, Eden, Texas *

K210BX KLPF (1180 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Christian radio format. It is the flagship station of the Guadalupe Radio Network, which provides Catholic religious radio programming to several radio stations in the United States. Licensed ...

-FM 89.9,

Van Horn, Texas Van Horn is a town in and the 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 census results detailed a decline in population to 1,941. ...

* KDCJ-FM 91.5,

Kermit, Texas Kermit is a city in and the county seat of Winkler County, Texas, United States. The population was 5,708 at the 2010 census. The city was named after Kermit Roosevelt following a visit by his father, President Theodore Roosevelt, to the county. ...

KBKN Bohbot Entertainment was an American advertising and marketing company specializing in the children's market founded in 1985, and had traded under various different names over the years. The company produced and distributed programming under thei ...

-FM 91.3,

Lamesa, Texas Lamesa ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Dawson County, Texas, United States. The 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. Mo ...

KQOA Guadalupe Radio Network is an radio in the United States, American radio network based in Midland, Texas. It is owned by La Promesa Foundation, and is Doing Business As (D.B.A.) Guadalupe Radio Network. The Guadalupe Radio Network provides Cathol ...

-FM 91.1, Morton, Texas * KSIF-FM 91.7,

Wellington, Texas Wellington is a city and county seat of Collingsworth County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,189 at the 2010 census. History Sometime in 1889 or 1890, as smaller ranches and farmlands were being purchased, Ernest Theodore O'Neil, h ...

K219LT KLPF (1180 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Christian radio format. It is the flagship station of the Guadalupe Radio Network, which provides Catholic religious radio programming to several radio stations in the United States. Licensed to ...

-FM 91.7,

Clayton, New Mexico Clayton is a town and 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, as evi ...

Spanish * KVDG-FM 90.9,

* KKUB-AM 1300,

Brownfield, Texas Brownfield is a city in Terry County, Texas, United States. Its population was 9,657 at the 2010 census. Brownfield is 39 miles southwest of Lubbock, it is the county seat of Terry County. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, Br ...

-AM 850,

* 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 ci ...

* KODC-FM 102.1,

-FM 91.1, Morton, Texas

Programming

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

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

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or by

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. These programs include "Catholic Answers Live", "The Son Rise Morning Show", "Catholic Connection" featuring

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, "Women of Grace", "More 2 Life" featuring Greg and Lisa Popcak, "The Doctor is In" featuring

Ray Guarendi Raymond N. Guarendi, aka Dr. Ray, is a practicing clinical psychologist and authority on parenting and behavioral issues active in the Catholic media, and is also a well known author. Guarendi is an advocate of common sense approaches to child r ...

, "Kresta in the Afternoon" featuring Al Kresta,. GRN also broadcasts a number of shows it produces itself, including, 'Catholic Drive Time' with Joe McClane, 'Intersections: Between Faith, Culture, and Politics with Bree Dail', 'Voicing Truth & Reason with

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', and 'Face to Face with the Institute of Catholic Culture'. Some individual GRN radio stations also include local religious programming, as well as diocesan programming.

References

External links

Guadalupe Radio Network Website
{{American broadcast radio American radio networks Radio broadcasting companies of the United States Catholic radio stations Organizations based in Midland, Texas