WEMM-FM

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WEMM-FM
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 [4]
Licensing authority
 FCC
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
Public license information
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. [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]

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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. [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

  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. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WEMM-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  5. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  6. 1 2 "About Us". WEMM-FM. Retrieved November 30, 2008.
  7. ↑ Rice, Holly (October 12, 2007). "Contemporary station offers different sound for listeners". The Parthenon.
  8. ↑ "24 Hour Christian Radio". Charleston Gazette. September 4, 1971. p. 16.
  9. 1 2 "WRWB Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
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