WOMT

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WOMT
WOMT Logo.png
Broadcast area Manitowoc/Two Rivers
Frequency 1240 kHz
BrandingAM 1240 FM 107.9, WOMT
Programming
Format Adult contemporary/Full service
Affiliations CBS News Radio
Westwood One Adult Contemporary
Milwaukee Brewers Radio Network
Milwaukee Bucks Radio Network
Packers Radio Network
NFL on Westwood One Sports
Ownership
OwnerSeehafer Broadcasting Corp
WCUB, WEMP, WLKN, WLTU, WQTC
History
First air date
November 8, 1926
Call sign meaning
"World's Only Mikadow Theater"
(station began on second floor of that facility, itself named for station founder and theater's owner, Francis M. Kadow)
Technical information
Facility ID 59610
Class C
Power 992 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
 44°7′31.00″N87°37′41.00″W / 44.1252778°N 87.6280556°W / 44.1252778; -87.6280556
Translator(s) 107.9 W300EE (Manitowoc)
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website womtradio.com

WOMT (1240 AM) is a radio station in Manitowoc, Wisconsin owned by locally based Seehafer Broadcasting, which airs a mix of news, sports and adult contemporary music under a full service format, both locally spun by local staff and in the evening and weekend hours provided by Westwood One's "Adult Contemporary" network. The station serves the twin cities of Manitowoc and Two Rivers, along with Sheboygan, Algoma and Kewaunee. The station is translated on the FM dial through W300EE, which is also licensed to Manitowoc, and launched in early May 2020 as a part of the FCC's AM revitalization plan.

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Programming

WOMT airs news and features from CBS Radio, including The Osgood File and commentary from Dave Ross and bottom of the hour sports updates from NBC Sports Radio, along with the locally based Money Talks financial program and several other local programs such as Be My Guest and the Air Exchange, and the Monday night Sports Talk program with Brewers Radio Network engineer Kent Sommerfeld as a regular guest. The station is the Lakeshore area's home of Brewers, Bucks, Marquette Golden Eagles, Wisconsin Badgers and Packers play-by-play, and also airs the NFL on Westwood One Sports; however the station only carries team play-by-play, forgoing the postgame shows of each radio network. The station also shares coverage of Manitowoc Lincoln, Two Rivers, and Manitowoc Roncalli High School sports with sister station WQTC-FM.

History

WOMT's studios in Manitowoc, shared with its four sister stations. Seehafer Broadcasting Studios.jpg
WOMT's studios in Manitowoc, shared with its four sister stations.

WOMT was first licensed on November 8, 1926, to the Mikadow Theater (Francis M. Kadow). [1]

Following the establishment of the Federal Radio Commission (FRC), stations were initially issued a series of temporary authorizations starting on May 3, 1927. [2] In addition, they were notified that if they wanted to continue operating, they needed to file a formal license application by January 15, 1928, as the first step in determining whether they met the new "public interest, convenience, or necessity" standard. [3] On May 25, 1928, the FRC issued General Order 32, which notified 164 stations, including WMOT, that "From an examination of your application for future license it does not find that public interest, convenience, or necessity would be served by granting it." [4] However, the station successfully convinced the commission that it should remain licensed.

On November 11, 1928, the FRC implemented a major reallocation of station transmitting frequencies, as part of a reorganization resulting from its General Order 40. WOMT was assigned to 1210 kHz. [5]

In early 2018, Seehafer Broadcasting filed for an FM translator station involving WOMT with the FCC as part of the agency's January 2018 AM revitalization translator window; [6] the application was duplicative of one filed for WCUB, which it then decided to continue pursuing while seeking an alternate application for WOMT. [7] Seehafer then filed a second translator application for WOMT, which was successful and launched in May 2020, at the same time as WCUB's 97.1 translator

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References

  1. ↑ "New Stations", Radio Service Bulletin, November 30, 1926, page 4.
  2. ↑ "List of broadcasting stations issued temporary permits", Radio Service Bulletin, April 30, 1927, pages 6-14.
  3. ↑ "Extension of Broadcasting Station Licenses", Radio Service Bulletin, December 31, 1927, page 7.
  4. ↑ "Appendix F (2): Letter to and list of stations included in General Order No. 32, issued May 25, 1928", Second Annual Report of the Federal Radio Commission for the Year Ended June 30, 1928, Together With Supplemental Report for the Period From July 1, 1928 to September 30, 1928, pages 146-149.
  5. ↑ "Broadcasting Stations", Second Annual Report of the Federal Radio Commission (June 30, 1928), page 191.
  6. ↑ Venta, Lance (7 February 2018). "Looking At The 873 New Translator Applications". RadioInsight. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  7. ↑ Ellis, Jon. "2018 AM Revitalization Translators". Northpine. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
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