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.[5] This format includes sermons from area pulpits, national Bible teaching ministries, and Southern Gospel music.[6][7] 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.[6] The station signed on as the third station on the Tower of Faith Radio Network.[8]
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.[9] 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.[9]
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".
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WEMM-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "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
- Facility details for Facility ID 43860 (WEMM-FM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WEMM-FM in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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