WWER is a non-commercial educational

Non-commercial educational

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 radio station

Radio station

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 licensed

City of license

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 to serve Colonial Beach, Virginia

Colonial Beach, Virginia

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, USA. The station, established in 2010, is owned by and operated by Fredericksburg Christian Educational Services, Inc.

Programming

WWER broadcast

Broadcasting

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s a contemporary Christian/religious

Religious broadcasting

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 format

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History

The Federal Communications Commission

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 issued the original construction permit

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 for this station on September 25, 2009. It was assigned the WWER call sign

Call sign

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 on November 3, 2009, and received its license to cover

Broadcast license

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on January 29, 2010.