WFMH (AM)

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WFMH
Frequency 1340 kHz
BrandingSports 1340
Programming
Format Defunct (was Sports)
Ownership
OwnerJimmy Dale Media
WMCJ
History
First air date
October 1, 1946 (as WKUL) [1]
Former call signs
WKUL (1946–1982)
WXXR (1982–2002) [2]
Technical information [3]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 24577
Class C
Power 670 watts
Transmitter coordinates
 34°10′49″N86°51′59″W / 34.18028°N 86.86639°W / 34.18028; -86.86639
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Public license information

WFMH (1340 AM) was a radio station licensed to serve Cullman, Alabama, United States. The station was owned by Jimmy Dale Media. It aired a sports format. [4]

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The station was assigned the callsign WFMH by the Federal Communications Commission on September 20, 2002. [2]

Ownership

The station first signed on the air as WKUL on October 1, 1946, under the ownership of the Cullman Broadcasting Company. [1]

During the 1980s the station was owned and operated by Piney Hills Broadcasting. In the mid-1990s the station was acquired by Good Earth Broadcasting which then added a simulcast on WXXR-FM/95.5 in 1996.

In 1998, 101.1 FM in Cullman (WFMH-FM) was leased to a group in Birmingham who wanted to broadcast contemporary Christian music (Reality 101) so the 101.1 FM. The station was leased and later sold and funds from the transaction were used to purchase WXXR-AM-FM from Good Earth Broadcasting.

In May 2004, Voice of Cullman LLC (Clark P. Jones, member/manager) agreed to transfer the license for WFMH and then-sister station WFMH-FM to Williams Communications (Walton E. Williams Jr., president/director). The two stations sold for a reported total of $2.45 million. [5]

In May 2008, a deal was reached to transfer control of this station from Williams Communications, Inc. to Walton E. Williams III. The FCC approved the deal on July 1, 2008, and the transaction was consummated on the same day. [6]

In August 2008, Walton E. Williams III reached an agreement to sell WFMH and sister station WMCJ to Jimmy Dale Media LLC. [7] The two stations sold for a reported total of $375,000. [8] The deal was approved by the FCC on October 6, 2008. [9]

The Federal Communications Commission cancelled the station’s license on October 1, 2024. [10]

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References

  1. 1 2 "WKUL On The Air (ad)". The Cullman Banner. September 26, 1946.
  2. 1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  3. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WFMH". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  5. ↑ "Changing Hands - 6/28/2004". Broadcasting & Cable. June 28, 2004.
  6. ↑ "Application Search Details (BAL-20080519AAT)". FCC Media Bureau. July 1, 2008.
  7. ↑ "Radio deals and moves". Radio-Info.com. August 25, 2008.
  8. ↑ "Deals - 9/1/2008". Broadcasting & Cable. September 1, 2008.
  9. ↑ "Application Search Details (BAL-20080820ABS)". FCC Media Bureau. October 6, 2008.
  10. ↑ "License Cancelled". Federal Communications Commission Licensing and Management System. October 1, 2024. Retrieved October 1, 2024.


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