WCIW-LP (107.7 FM, "Radio Conciencia") is an American low-power

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to serve the

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Immokalee, Florida Immokalee ( ) is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community and census-designated place in Collier County, Florida, United States. The population was 24,557 at the 2020 census, up from 24,154 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Collier Co ...

, United States. The station is operated by the

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, an organization representing farm workers in one of the largest winter vegetable markets in the

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. The WCIW-LP

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is held by Interfaith Action of Southwest Florida, Inc.

Programming

With 100 watts of

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, WCIW-LP broadcasts a

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to an area approximately in and around Immokalee, bringing music and news to the immigrant farm workers from their homelands, in their own languages. The languages include Spanish,

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, and some of the indigenous languages of Central America.

History

In June 2001, Interfaith Action of Southwest Florida, Inc., applied to the

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(FCC) for a

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for a new broadcast radio station. The FCC granted this permit on June 11, 2003, with a scheduled expiration date of December 11, 2004. The new station was assigned

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"WCTI-LP" on December 2, 2003. The station was assigned new

"WCIW-LP" by the FCC on January 12, 2004. After construction and testing were completed, the station was granted its

on June 7, 2004. WCIW-LP was the fifth community radio barnraising of the

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