WSGJ-LP (92.1 FM) is a

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that is licensed to and located in

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. The low-powered FM radio station is owned by Columbus Club, Inc., and operated by St. Gabriel Catholic Radio, Inc. at the St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church and School in Bowling Green.

History

After the

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granted a construction permit in February 2014, the St. Joseph Catholic Church began construction of a new religious radio station in the Bowling Green area. The station's transmitter was erected in February 2017, five months after the church purchased the tower. In March 2017, WSGJ-LP went on the air as the Bowling Green area's fourth religious radio station after

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/ Auburn and

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, along with W203BI, which was a translator of

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of Markleysburg,

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. WSGJ-LP has also become the fifth low-powered FM station in the area not repeating another locally based analog radio station's signal. WSGP-LP went on the air with an

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with

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. Some programming outside of the EWTN radio lineup originates from partner station

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, thereby simulcasting that station's local programming.

Coverage area

The station's signal mainly serves the

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area. If WSGJ gets approval to increase its

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to 250 watts (0.25 kW), nearby sections of surrounding counties could be added to the station's signal coverage area.

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WIMM-LP
– source of local programming
St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church and School of Bowling Green
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History

Coverage area

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