- WELS (AM)
Infobox Radio station
name = WELS
city = Kinston,North Carolina
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slogan = Your Gospel Connection
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frequency = 1010kHz
format =Gospel
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class = D
facility_id = 20408
coordinates = coord|35|17|0.00|N|77|39|53.00|W|region:GB_type:city
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owner = Kinston Christian Radio, Inc.
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affiliations =WELS (1010 AM) is a
radio station broadcasting aGospel format. Licensed toKinston, North Carolina , USA. The station is currently owned by Kinston Christian Radio, Inc..FCC ownership filings indicate that Kinston Christian Radio is owned by Bishop Levi E Willis, Sr of Willis Broadcasting of Norlfolk, Virginia. [http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getattachment_exh.cgi?exhibit_id=509986] . Willis Broadcasting operates several dozen stations that broadcast gospel music targeted at African Americans. [cite journal
last = Barbara
first = Pinckney
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title = Willis changes local station to African-American gospel
journal = Albany (NY) Business Review
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date = January 24, 1997
url = http://www.bizjournals.com/albany/stories/1997/01/27/story4.html
doi =
id =
accessdate = ]References
External links
*AMQ|WELS
*AML|WELS
*AMARB|WELS
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