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. WGPL is owned and operated by Friendship Cathederal Family Worship Center, Inc. The station began broadcasting as WSAP in February 1943 as a Mutual affiliate. It operated on 1490 kHz with 250 watts of power from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m. As WAVY, the station competed against cross-town WGH with a top 40 music format until 1962. In the early 1970s the station competed against WGH/1310 and WNOR/1230 with a Top 40 format as WCVU and WKLX.

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