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WGRI

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City
  
Cincinnati, Ohio

Frequency
  
1050 kHz

Format
  
Urban Gospel

Branding
  
Inspiration 1050

First air date
  
1947 (as WZIP)

Power
  
1,000 watts day 279 watts night

WGRI (1050 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an Urban Gospel format. Licensed to Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, the station is currently owned by Christian Broadcasting System, Ltd.

History

The station went on the air as WZIP on October 5, 1947. It then switched the callsign to WTSJ on April 8, 1981. On February 11, 2006, the station changed its call sign to WCVX and adopted the Victory 1050 slogan.

The WCVX call letters and Christian radio format moved to 1160 AM on February 1, 2013. At that time, 1050 AM flipped to an Urban Gospel format, and changed their call letters to WGRI.

References

WGRI Wikipedia