WURL (760 AM) is a

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broadcasting a Southern Gospel format. On weekends, it also airs

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programs. WURL is licensed to

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, and serves Greater Birmingham. It is currently owned by the Donald Jennings Evangelistic Association, with its studios and

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on Radio Park Drive in Moody. The association is a

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. It seeks donations on the air and on its website. By day, WURL is powered at 1,000

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s using a

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. But

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is a United States

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frequency on which WJR in

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is the dominant Class A station. To avoid interference, WURL must leave the air from sunset to sunrise to protect the nighttime

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signal of WJR. Its website plays the station's music 24 hours a day.

History

The station

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the air in .''Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1986'' page B-7. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
/ref> It was owned by Cooke Broadcasting with its studios and offices in

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. It has always had the

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WURL. It began by playing

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but in 1988, it became a

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station.''Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1990'' page C-11. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
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References

External links

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Southern Gospel radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1983

1983 establishments in Alabama {{Alabama-radio-station-stub