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WTCF is a Contemporary Christian formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Wardensville, West Virginia, serving the Northern Shenandoah Valley in Virginia and the Eastern Panhandle and Potomac Highlands of West Virginia.〔〔 WTCF is owned and operated by Educational Media Foundation.〔 ==Pre-broadcast history== On May 23, 2011, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced Alex Media, Inc. as high bidder and winner of the auction for the 103.3 FM frequency to be located in Wardensville, West Virginia, part of Auction 91.〔 Alex Media filed a construction permit on August 17, 2011, for a radio station to broadcast on that frequency and transmit from Little North Mountain in western Frederick County, Virginia.〔 A potential problem between the new station and existing station WLTK, which was also broadcasting on 103.3, was corrected after Alex Media asked the FCC to file a "Show Cause" notice asking WLTK to move to vacant frequency 102.9 FM.〔〔 On November 7, 2011, WLTK filed to move from 103.3 FM to 102.9 FM, allowing Alex Media to begin broadcasting on 103.3 FM without interference.〔 On June 15, 2012, the owners of WLTK applied for and were granted a new broadcast license moving it from 103.3 to 102.9, but from the same location and tower, at the same power and over the same coverage area as previously.〔 On June 19, 2012, WLTK officially switched frequencies from 103.3 to 102.9 MHz. The call sign WTCF was awarded on March 19, 2012,〔 and on June 21, 2012, it was announced on "The Cross FM", a web-only radio station broadcasting from WTRM's studios in Winchester, Virginia, that it would launch on WTCF in "45 to 60 days".〔 On June 25, 2012, Alex Media entered into an Option Agreement to sell WTCF to WTRM owners Timber Ridge Ministries, Inc. for $650,000.〔 A time brokerage agreement was also entered on the same date.〔 On the same day, Alex Media applied for a construction permit to move to another tower, from the authorized tower, with an increase in power, from 340 watts to 350 watts.〔 One day later on July 26, 2012, the station announced via their official Facebook page, that they would be launching on September 4, 2012, but will be in "testing mode" during the month of August.〔 At 10:00am, on August 15, 2012, WTCF began operations in "testing mode".〔 On August 28, 2012, Alex Media filed an "Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast Station" for WTCF in advance of the station's September 4 launch.〔 It would not be until one month later, on September 28, that WTCF would apply for and be granted an FM broadcast license.〔 WTCF ended their "testing mode" programming and officially launched on September 4, 2012 at 9:00 am.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「WTCF」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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