WEMM-FM

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WEMM-FM
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Broadcast area Huntington, West Virginia
Charleston, West Virginia
Frequency 107.9 MHz
BrandingGospel 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″N82°15′20.0″W / 38.476944°N 82.255556°W / 38.476944; -82.255556
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.

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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]

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Former logo

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]

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References

  1. Station Sales Week Of 2/23: Bristol Broadcasting Moves Into Huntington
  2. 1 2 "WEMM-FM Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  3. Miller, Jeff (August 3, 2008). "Origins of Broadcast Call Letters in West Virginia".
  4. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  5. 1 2 "About Us". WEMM-FM. Retrieved November 30, 2008.
  6. Rice, Holly (October 12, 2007). "Contemporary station offers different sound for listeners". The Parthenon.
  7. "24 Hour Christian Radio". Charleston Gazette. September 4, 1971. p. 16.
  8. 1 2 "WRWB Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.