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Like many noncommercial educational stations of the time, WFCI initially broadcast with 10 watts. However, by the late 1970s, the station began exploring a power increase. In May 1976, the station applied to move to 89.5 MHz and increase its power to 4,000 watts. The move was prompted when a
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116:Inter Mirifica, Inc.
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1093:WLRS – New Albany
1088:WLGK – New Albany
1078:WJWA – Evansville
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