WGRI

WGRI

City	Cincinnati, Ohio
Branding	Inspiration 1050
Frequency	1050 kHz
First air date	1947 (as WZIP)
Format	Urban Gospel
Power	1,000 watts day 279 watts night
Class	B
Facility ID	25525
Transmitter coordinates	39°4′50.00″N 84°31′18.00″W / 39.0805556°N 84.5216667°W / 39.0805556; -84.5216667
Former callsigns	WZIP (1947-1981) WTSJ (1981-2006) WCVX (2006-2013)
Owner	Christian Broadcasting System, Ltd.
Sister stations	WCVX
Website	inspiration1050.com

WGRI (1050 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an Urban Gospel format. Licensed to Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, the station is currently owned by Christian Broadcasting System, Ltd.^[1]

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.^[2]

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 Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "WCVX Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WGRI

Radio-Locator Information on WGRI

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WGRI

Christian Broadcasting System

WJMM WCGW WLRT WJIV WSNL WLCM WCVX WGRI

Radio stations in the Cincinnati, Ohio market

By AM frequency	550 700¹ 740 910 1050 1160 1230 1320 1360 1450 1480 1530¹ 1560

By FM frequency	88.3 88.5 88.7 88.9 89.3 89.5 89.7 89.9 90.9 91.1 91.7 92.5 93.3 93.7 94.1 94.5 94.9 95.7 95.9 96.5 97.3 97.7 98.5 99.1 99.3 99.5 100.3 101.1 101.9 102.7 103.5 103.9 103.9 104.3 105.1 105.9 106.7 107.1 107.5

By NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.55

By callsign	KIH42 W233BG WAIF WAKW WAOL WCKY¹ WCNW WCVG WCVX WDBZ WDJO WEBN WFCJ WFTK WGRI WGRR WGUC WHKO WHSS WIOK WIZF WJVS WKFS WKID WKRC WKRQ WLHS WLW¹ WMKV WMOH WMUB WMWX WNKN WNKR WNKU WNLT WNNF WNOP WOBO WOFX-FM WOSL WOXY WPFB WRBI WREW WRRM WSAI WSCH WUBE-FM WVQC-LP WVXU WYGY WZDA

Defunct	WJVS (88.3 FM) WLMH (89.1 FM) WAQZ (97.3 FM)

Nearby radio markets Bloomington-Columbus, IN Columbus, OH Dayton Huntington-Ashland-Ironton Indianapolis Lexington Louisville Southern Ohio See also List of radio stations in Ohio List of radio stations in Kentucky List of radio stations in Indiana ¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage.

Religious radio stations in the state of Ohio

Stations	WAKW – Cincinnati WAOM – Mowrystown WAUI – Shelby WBCJ – Spencerville WBCY – Archbold WBIE – Delphos WBJV – Steubenville WCBV-LP – Lima WCCD – Parma/Cleveland WCCR – Cleveland WCNW – Fairfield WCRF-FM – Cleveland WCUE – Cuyahoga Falls/Akron WCVJ – Jefferson WCVV – Belpre WEEC – Springfield WFCJ – Miamisburg WFCO – Lancaster WFOT – Lexington WGOJ – Conneaut WGRI – Cincinnati WHSS -Hamilton WHJM – Anna WHKW – Cleveland WHKZ – Warren/Youngstown WHRQ – Sandusky WHVT – Clyde WHVY – Coshocton WILB – Canton WJDD – Carrollton WJEE – Bolivar WJFY-LP – Newark WJHE – Heath WJIC – Zanesville WJJE – Delaware WJTA – Glandorf/Leipsic WJTB – North Ridgeville/Cleveland WJYM – Bowling Green/Toledo WKCD – Cedarville WKJA – Brunswick WLRU-LP – Hillsboro WNHC-LP – Lima WNKL – Wauseon/Toledo WNOC – Bowling Green/Toledo WNOP – Newport/Cincinnati WNWT – Rossford/Toledo WOFN – Beach City WOHC – Chillicothe WOTL – Toledo WQRP – Dayton WRFD – Columbus-Worthington WRRO – Edon/Bryan WSHB – Willard WSJG -Tiffin WTGN – Lima WTLL-LP – Zanesville WTPG – Whitehouse WTTP-LP – Lima WUKV – Portsmouth WULM – Springfield/Dayton WVML – Millersburg WVMS – Sandusky WVSG -Columbus WWOW – Conneaut WWTL-LP – Logan WWYC – Toledo WXMF – Marion WXML – Upper Sandusky WXMW – Sycamore WYFY – Cambridge WYTN – Youngstown WYWH-LP – Athens WZCP – Chillicothe WZLP – Loudonville WZWP – West Union WYLR – Hubbard/Youngstown

Defunct	WCER – Canton

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Ohio See also Classical Jazz Religious Spanish Smooth Jazz Other

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