WFMO

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WFMO
Frequency 860 kHz
Programming
Format Urban Gospel
AffiliationsReach Media
Ownership
Owner
  • Stuart Epperson, Jr.
  • (Truth Broadcasting Corporation)
WSTS, WPOL, WKEW
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 53609
Class D
Power 1,000 watts day
12 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
33°49′40.00″N79°10′20.00″W / 33.8277778°N 79.1722222°W / 33.8277778; -79.1722222
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Public license information

WFMO (860 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an Urban Gospel format. Licensed to Fairmont, North Carolina, United States, the station is currently owned by Stuart Epperson, Jr., through licensee Truth Broadcasting Corporation.

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History

Jim Clark's Pro-Media Inc. owned WFMO and WSTS when WFMO became part of the "WE-DO" black gospel and news and information network started by Wes Cookman's WIDU in Fayetteville, along with WAGR and WEWO. [2]

WFMO and WSTS were sold by Davidson Media Group to Truth Broadcasting effective April 14, 2015, at a price of $475,000. [3]

Effective April 12, 2017, WFMO airs similar programming to sister stations WPOL and WKEW which consists of Erica Campbell, Willie Moore Jr, as well as other urban gospel programming.

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WFMO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. Michael Futch, "TV Station Replaces Its Weather Man," The Fayetteville Observer, October 18, 1998.
  3. "WSTS and WFMO Sold to Truth Broadcasting Corp," "All Access", April 15, 2015