In October 2007, Beaver Springs Faith Baptist Church applied to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a construction permit for a new broadcast radio station. The FCC granted this permit on July 6, 2011, with a scheduled expiration date of July 6, 2014.[3] The new station was assigned call sign "WFBV" on July 13, 2011.[4] After construction and testing were completed in January 2012, the station was granted its broadcast license on January 23, 2012.[5]