WGNR (1470 AM) is radio station licensed to Anderson, Indiana. It airs a Spanish language Christian format and is an owned and operated affiliate of Moody Radio.

History

The station began broadcasting in 1946 and held the call sign WCBC. ^{[1] [3]} It ran 1,000 watts during daytime hours only and was owned by Civic Broadcasting Corporation. ^[3] In 1960, the station was sold to Radio WBOW, Inc. for $185,000. ^{[4] [3]} In September 1960, its call sign was changed to WERX. ^[3] It was changed to WHUT the following month. ^[3] In 1970, the station was sold to Eastern Broadcasting Company for $650,000. ^{[5] [3]}

From the late 1960s until the early 1980s, the station aired a contemporary hits format. ^{[6] [7] [1] [8]} By 1984, it had adopted an adult standards format. ^{[9] [10]} In 1985, the station was sold to Patch-Dunn & Associates, along with 97.9 WLHN, for $2,276,000, and in 1987 it was sold to Jon Mark Lamey, along with 97.9 WLHN, for $3,395,000. ^{[11] [12] [13]} In December 1997, the station was sold to the Moody Bible Institute, along with 97.9 WXXP, for $5.5 million and it adopted a Christian format. ^{[14] [15] [16] [17]} In January 1998, its call sign was changed to WGNR. ^[18] In 2019, Moody announced it intended to sell the station. ^[19]

In 2020, Moody filed to sell the station and associated translator to Radio Punjab AM 1470 LLC for $129,000. ^[20] In January 2022, the owners-to-be selected the call sign WRPU for when the sale closed; the call sign change was approved before closure and, while still carrying Moody programming, the station adopted the new call sign on February 22. ^[21]

In 2023, Radio Punjab donated WRPU back to Moody; the donation was consummated on March 22, 2024. On April 1, 2024, the station changed its call sign back to WGNR.

References

External links

• Official website
• WGNR in the FCC AM station database
• WGNR in Nielsen Audio's AM station database