WPFC (1550 AM ) is a radio station broadcasting an urban gospel / talk format licensed to operate in Baton Rouge, Louisiana , United States. The station is currently owned by pastor Ralph Moore.
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12-478: A litany of issues, namely allegations of an unauthorized transfer of control, inaccurate ownership reports and improper operation of the radio station. With the station in receivership, a sale was attempted to United Broadcast Industries, Inc. The FCC denied the renewal of the license and canceled the sale, saying that renewing WLUX's license to operate would allow the owners of Capital City, described as having "utter disregard" for FCC rules, to benefit. However, WLUX
18-529: The construction permit for 1550, originally WUNE and WYNE, in 1961. In 1963, the station was sold to KCIL, Inc., which built it and gave it the callsign it used when it signed on, WLUX . The station was a 5,000-watt daytimer . In 1971, Capital City Communications, which had bought WLUX in 1967, went bankrupt. The station's license had been filed for renewal in 1970, but the Federal Communications Commission designated it for hearing because of
24-454: The sale of WLUX to Swaggart, and the renewal of the license, on December 18, 1974, noting that Swaggart was not connected in any way with the wrongdoing committed by Capital City that prompted the license revocation. The 1973 license renewal was then approved in 1977. For the next 18 years, Swaggart owned and operated WLUX. In 1994, Swaggart's ministry built an FM station, WJFM 88.5, and moved his religious programming there. Swaggart then sold
30-505: The title WPFC . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=WPFC&oldid=699191767 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages WPFC (AM) James A. Noe obtained
36-456: Was eventually spared. Edwin A. LaRose, the receiver, challenged the FCC's denial in the appeals court and won, with the appeals court finding that LaRose was acting within his bounds as a receiver and that the FCC committed an "abuse of discretion" in refusing to consider a license renewal for the station. LaRose had found another buyer, a local television preacher named Jimmy Swaggart . The FCC approved
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