WWGH-LP (107.1 FM) was a

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to serve the community of

Marion, Ohio Marion is a city in and the county seat of Marion County, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in north-central Ohio, approximately north of Columbus. The population was 35,999 at the 2020 census, slightly down from 36,837 at the 2 ...

. It aired a

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format. The station was assigned the WWGH-LP call letters by the

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on April 25, 2014. The station's license was revoked on February 12, 2021, due to failure to respond to correspondence from the FCC, a violation of Section 73.3568(a) of the FCC regulations. The FCC restored the station's license on February 17, to give the board more time to respond. On March 4, 2022, the FCC issued a Hearing Designation Order, Notice of Opportunity for Hearing, and Notice of Apparent Liability for Forfeiture (Order) and commenced a hearing to determine whether The Marion Education Exchange (MEE) has committed violations of the Communications Act of 1934, as amended (Act) and/or the rules and regulations (Rules) of the Federal Communications Commission (Commission), and, as a consequence, whether MEE's application (Renewal Application) to renew the license of low power FM radio station WWGH-LP, Marion, Ohio (Station) should be granted or denied pursuant to section 309(k) of the Act, and whether a forfeiture should be imposed against MEE. On August 16, 2022, the FCC dismissed the license renewal application with prejudice. The order mentioned a possible misrepresentation and lack of candor by the licensee in responding to the FCC. The license was not renewed.

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WGH-LP WGH-LP Radio stations established in 2014 2014 establishments in Ohio Defunct community radio stations in the United States Marion County, Ohio Defunct radio stations in the United States Radio stations disestablished in 2022 2022 disestablishments in Ohio {{Ohio-radio-station-stub