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| Broadcast area |
Huntington, West Virginia Charleston, West Virginia |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 107.9 MHz |
| Branding | Gospel 107.9 |
| Programming | |
| Format |
Southern Gospel Religious |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Bristol Broadcasting Company [1] |
| WNRJ | |
| History | |
First air date | 1971 |
Former call signs | WEMM (1971-2004) [2] |
Call sign meaning | W Dr. E. M. Mortenson (original owner) [3] |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 43860 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 50,000 Watts |
| HAAT | 152 Meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°28′37.0″N 82°15′20.0″W / 38.476944°N 82.255556°W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | WEMM-FM Webstream |
| Website | WEMM-FM Online |
WEMM-FM (107.9 FM, "Gospel 107.9") is a Southern Gospel and religious formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Huntington, West Virginia, serving the Huntington/ Charleston area. WEMM-FM is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company.
Programming
WEMM-FM broadcasts a Southern Gospel and Religious format to the Tri-State Region. [4] This format includes sermons from area pulpits, national Bible teaching ministries, and Southern Gospel music. [5] [6] The station also airs a radio simulcast of the WSAZ NewsChannel 3 Six O'Clock newscast on weekdays.
History
WEMM was first established on September 6, 1971, and has since then maintained its current Gospel format. [5] The station signed on as the third station on the Tower of Faith Radio Network. [7]
The call letters were changed to WEMM-FM on February 2, 2004, [2] when an AM sister station (then known as WHRD) was made a simulcast of the FM signal and its call sign was changed to WEMM. [8] That simulcast arrangement ended and the AM station's callsign was changed to WRWB in September 2008 but the FM station remains at the WEMM-FM callsign. [8]
References
- ^ Station Sales Week Of 2/23: Bristol Broadcasting Moves Into Huntington
- ^ a b "WEMM-FM Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- ^ Miller, Jeff (August 3, 2008). "Origins of Broadcast Call Letters in West Virginia".
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
- ^ a b "About Us". WEMM-FM. Retrieved November 30, 2008.
- ^ Rice, Holly (October 12, 2007). "Contemporary station offers different sound for listeners". The Parthenon.
- ^ "24 Hour Christian Radio". Charleston Gazette. September 4, 1971. p. 16.
- ^ a b "WRWB Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
External links
- Gospel 107.9 WEMM official website
- WEMM in the FCC FM station database
- WEMM in Nielsen Audio's FM station database