WMQM is an American Christian radio station in Lakeland, Tennessee.[2] Its broadcast market is Memphis, broadcasting with 50,000 watts day and 35 watts night on 1600 AM. WMQM is a sister station to shortwave radio station WWCR. WMQM is owned and operated by F. W. Robbert Broadcasting, Inc.
It served as the original flagship station of The Political Cesspool, a weekly far-right talk radio show founded by Tennessean political activist James Edwards in 2004, until shifting to sister station WLRM an year later and also simulcasting on the neo-Nazi Stormfront Radio.[3][4]
History
In 1955, WKBJ AM 1600 signed on in Milan, Tennessee, operated by Milan Broadcasting Company, Inc. On December 3, 2001, WKBJ applied to relocate to Lakeland, Tennessee. The application was granted when KJIW AM 1600 West Helena, Arkansas, surrendered its license. On February 26, 2002, the FCC accepted the sale of WKBJ to WMQM, Inc. The call sign was changed to WMQM on May 29, 2002. (The "WMQM" call letters were previously assigned to AM 1480 in Memphis.) On December 21, 2002, WMQM signed on with 50,000 watts at the new location in Memphis.
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WMQM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WMQM". FCC.
- ^ "Mid-South radio show added to hate group watch list". WMC-TV. Archived from the original on December 5, 2007. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
- ^ "The Political Cesspool Radio Program official website". Retrieved December 18, 2011.
External links
- WMQM official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 42369 (WMQM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WMQM in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
35°10′34″N 89°56′10″W / 35.17611°N 89.93611°W
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