WCIW-LP
Radio station in Immokalee, Florida
26°23′42.6″N 81°24′46.1″W / 26.395167°N 81.412806°W / 26.395167; -81.412806 WCIW-LP (107.7 FM, "Radio Conciencia") is an American low-power radio station licensed to serve the community of Immokalee, Florida, United States. The station is operated by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, an organization representing farm workers in one of the largest winter vegetable markets in the United States of America. The WCIW-LP broadcast license is held by Interfaith Action of Southwest Florida, Inc.
Programming
With 100 watts of effective radiated power, WCIW-LP broadcasts a community radio format to an area approximately 15 miles (24 km) in and around Immokalee, bringing music and news to the immigrant farm workers from their homelands, in their own languages. The languages include Spanish, Haitian Creole, and some of the indigenous languages of Central America.[2]
History
In June 2001, Interfaith Action of Southwest Florida, Inc., applied to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a construction permit for a new broadcast radio station. The FCC granted this permit on June 11, 2003, with a scheduled expiration date of December 11, 2004.[3] The new station was assigned call sign "WCTI-LP" on December 2, 2003.[1] The station was assigned new call sign "WCIW-LP" by the FCC on January 12, 2004.[1] After construction and testing were completed, the station was granted its broadcast license on June 7, 2004.[4]
WCIW-LP was the fifth community radio barnraising of the Prometheus Radio Project.
See also
- List of community radio stations in the United States
- List of Pacifica Radio stations and affiliates
References
- ^ a b c "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
- ^ "Application Search Details (BNPL-20010615ALG)". FCC Media Bureau. June 11, 2003. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
- ^ "Application Search Details (BLL-20040112ACY)". FCC Media Bureau. June 7, 2004. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
External links
- ‹The template FMQ is being considered for deletion.› WCIW in the FCC FM station database
- WCIW-LP at FCCdata.org
- WCIW in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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Spanish-language radio stations in the state of Florida
- WACC – Hialeah
- WAFC – Clewiston
- WAFZ – Immokalee
- WAFZ-FM – Immokalee
- WAMA – Tampa
- WAMR-FM – Miami
- WAQI – Miami
- WAUC – Wauchula
- WAXY - South Miami
- WCIW-LP – Immokalee
- WCMQ-FM – Hialeah
- WDJA – Delray Beach
- WGES – Saint Petersburg
- WIWA – Eatonville
- WIXC – Titusville
- WJNJ - Jacksonville
- WJNX – Fort Pierce
- WJNX-FM – Okeechobee
- WJRN-LP – Summerfield
- WKAT – Miami
- WLAA – Winter Garden
- WLAZ – Kissimmee
- WLFE – Cutler Bay
- WLLY-FM - Palm Beach Gardens
- WLTG - Upper Grand Lagoon
- WMFM – Key West
- WMGG – Egypt Lake
- WMYM – Kendall
- WNNR - Jacksonville
- WOEX – Orlando
- WOIR – Homestead
- WONQ – Oviedo
- WOTS – Kissimmee
- WPKA-LP – Apopka
- WPRD – Winter Park
- WPSP – Royal Palm Beach
- WQBA – Miami
- WQBN – Temple Terrace
- WQXM – Bartow
- WRHC – Coral Gables
- WRLX – Riviera Beach
- WRLZ – Saint Cloud
- WRMA – North Miami Beach
- WRTO-FM – Goulds
- WRUB - Sarasota
- WRUM – Orlando
- WSDO – Sanford
- WSUA – Miami
- WTJV – Deland
- WTLQ-FM - Punta Rassa
- WUNA – Ocoee
- WVDV-LP – Sebring
- WVOJ – Fernandina Beach
- WVVO – Orlando
- WWCL – Lehigh Acres
- WWFE – Miami
- WWPR – Bradenton
- WWRF – Lake Worth
- WXDJ – Fort Lauderdale
- WYKB - Fernandina Beach
- WYUU – Safety Harbor
- WZTU – Miami Beach
- See also
- adult contemporary
- classic hits
- college
- country
- news/talk
- NPR
- oldies
- religious
- rock
- sports
- top 40
- urban
- other radio stations in Florida
- See also
- Classical
- Jazz
- Religious
- Spanish
- Smooth Jazz
- Other
