WWED and WWEM are Contemporary Christian formatted broadcast

Broadcast

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 radio station

Radio station

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s. WWED is licensed to Spotsylvania, Virginia, and serving the Fredericksburg

Fredericksburg, Virginia

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 area. WWEM is licensed to Rustburg, Virginia

Rustburg, Virginia

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 and serving the Lynchburg

Lynchburg, Virginia

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 area. WWED and WWEM are owned and operated by Educational Media Corporation.

Power increase

WWED and WWEM requested a big increase in power from the current 380 watt

Watt

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s to 10,000 watt

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s and tacking on an extra 62 feet to their current tower location. According to VARTV.com, "This is all contingent on WTVR-TV/6 Richmond shutting down its analog TV signal on February 17, 2009. If that date gets pushed back, so does EMC's request."

Combined 89.5/91.7 History

The station first took its callsign WWED on August 30, 2005, and officially launched two months later on November 6 at 6:07pm. For almost a year, WWED would carry a Praise and Worship format. On October 18, 2006, the station switched to Positive Country/Southern Gospel, branded as "Gospel FM". In mid-June 2007, WWED changed its format to Bluegrass and Bluegrass Gospel, branded as "Bluegrass FM". On December 8, 2007, WEEM 91.7 FM, which had first taken its callsign six months earlier on June 8, was signed on as a simulcast of WWED broadcasting in Lynchburg

Lynchburg, Virginia

Lynchburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The population was 75,568 as of 2010. Located in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains along the banks of the James River, Lynchburg is known as the "City of Seven Hills" or "The Hill City." Lynchburg was the only major city in...

 and Rustburg

Rustburg, Virginia

Rustburg is a census-designated place in Campbell County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,431 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Campbell County.Rustburg is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area....

. On September 18, 2009, the Bluegrass

Bluegrass music

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 format was dropped (for both WWED and WWEM) and remained silent until a Contemporary Christian format launched in its place on March 1, 2010, branded as "Life FM".

External links

• Life FM Online