WLMR

Last updated
WLMR
Broadcast areaChattanooga
Frequency 1450 kHz
Programming
Format Religious
Ownership
Owner
  • Wilkins Communications Network, Inc.
  • (Grace Media, Inc.)
History
First air date
January 21, 1946
Technical information
Facility ID 24721
Class C
Power 1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
35°2′54.00″N85°16′26.00″W / 35.0483333°N 85.2738889°W / 35.0483333; -85.2738889
Translator(s) 103.3 W277DA (Chattanooga)
Links
Webcast WLMR 1450 Listen Live
WLMR 103.3 Listen Live
Website WLMR 1450 Online
WLMR 103.3 Online

WLMR (1450 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a religious format. [1] Licensed to Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States, the station serves the Chattanooga area. The station is currently owned by Wilkins Communications Network, Inc. [2] In the early 1980s, the station was automated and played country music from studios in a strip mall on Brainerd Rd. It was also Chattanooga's first talk radio station when it held the WZRA call sign. WZRA was the first home of Jeff Styles, and also featured well known personalities such as Kelly McCoy and Robert T. Nash.

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History

In 1946, with a 250-watt radio transmitter on Rossville Boulevard, the station signed on at 6:55 a.m. on January 21 as WAGC, said to stand for "Winning a Greater Chattanooga". A network affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System, it also carried local programming, including baseball games of the Chattanooga Lookouts. It became WOGA in November 1959, and WMOC in October 1961. [3] After a brief stint as WZRA from September 1983 to August 1984, it became WMOC again until November 1994, when it became WLMR.

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References

  1. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Winter 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
  2. "WLMR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
  3. "WAGC Radio - Winning a Greater Chattanooga". 18 December 2013.