WGMN

Last updated
WGMN
Frequency 1240 AM kHz
BrandingNewsTalk 1240
Programming
Format Talk radio
Network CBS Radio News
Affiliations Westwood One
Compass Media Networks
Fox News Talk
Ownership
Owner
  • Three Daughters Media
  • (3 Daughters Media, Inc.)
WBLT, WIQO-FM, WMNA, WMNA-FM, WVGM
History
First air date
1946;77 years ago (1946)
Former call signs
WROV (1946-1998) [1]
Call sign meaning
W GaMe Network (former sports branding)
Technical information
Facility ID 37746
Class C
Power 1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
 37°16′12.0″N79°58′14.0″W / 37.270000°N 79.970556°W / 37.270000; -79.970556
Translator(s)
  • 99.5 W258DN (Roanoke)
  • 101.9 W270CU (Roanoke)
Links
Webcast WGMN Webstream
Website WGMN Online

WGMN (1240 kHz) is a commercial radio station in Roanoke, Virginia. [2] It broadcasts a talk radio format and is owned and operated by Three Daughters Media. [3] The studios and offices are in Forest, Virginia.

Contents

WGMN is powered at 1,000 watts. The transmitter is on Cleveland Avenue SW near the Roanoke River. [4] Programming is also heard on two FM translators: 99.5 W258DN and 101.9 W270CU, both in Roanoke.

Programming

Weekday mornings begin with a local wake up show hosted by Janet Rose, shared with co-owned WIQO-FM. The rest of the weekday schedule is nationally syndicated talk programs: Brian Kilmeade and Friends, The Tom Sullivan Show, The Lars Larson Show, CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor, Our American Stories with Lee Habeeb, The Rich Valdes Show, This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal and The Markley, Van Camp and Robbins Show.

Weekends feature shows on money, home repair, cars, guns and real estate. Syndicated hosts include Ben Ferguson, Larry Kudlow and John Catsimatidis. Most hours begin with an update from CBS Radio News.

History

The station signed on the air in 1946;77 years ago. [5] Its original call sign was WROV, standing for ROanoke, Virginia. The station was a network affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System. [6] It was originally powered at 250 watts and had its studios in the Mount Trust Bank Building.

For most of the 1960s and 70s, it broadcast a Top 40 format. In 1989, WROV began a Golden Oldies format, playing the hits of the 1950s, 60s and early 70s. In 1998, it became an ESPN network affiliate, changing its call sign to WGMN. The call letters represent the GaMe Network, for its sports radio format.

WGMN switched to a talk radio format in June 2019. [7] The station carries mostly syndicated conservative talk shows.

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References

  1. ↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings . Retrieved July 18, 2015.
  3. ↑ "WGMN Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
  4. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/WGMN
  5. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-570. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
  6. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1948 page 250
  7. ↑ "WGMN/Roanoke Flips from Sports to News-Talk".
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