WYMM

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WYMM
Broadcast area Jacksonville metropolitan area
Frequency 1530 kHz
BrandingCaribbean Power Radio
Programming
Format Caribbean
Ownership
OwnerAVM Broadcasting LLC
History
First air date
October 26, 1987 (1987-10-26)
Former call signs
  • WJGR (1987–1989)
  • WJGC (1989–1992)
  • WCRJ (1992–1996)
  • WOBS (1996–2003)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 11127
Class D
Power 50,000 watts (days only)
Transmitter coordinates
30°21′50.00″N81°44′54.00″W / 30.3638889°N 81.7483333°W / 30.3638889; -81.7483333
Translator 96.5 W243DO (Jacksonville)
Links
Public license information
Website wymm965.com

WYMM (1530 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Jacksonville, Florida, United States, serving the Jacksonville metropolitan area. Owned by AVM Broadcasting LLC, it broadcasts a Caribbean format targeting Jacksonville's Caribbean and Haitian communities. WYMM's transmitter, studios and offices are on Picketville Road in the Biltmore neighborhood of Jacksonville.

Contents

WYMM only operates during the daytime hours; programming is heard around the clock on FM translator W243DO at 96.5 MHz.

History

The station signed on the air on October 26, 1987, as WJGR. Over the years, it had several call letter changes, from WJGC to WCRJ to WOBS. In 2003, it took its current call sign, WYMM.

Prior to March 2014, it was "La Poderosa", playing a Regional Mexican music format. It later spent time with a Haitian format, with its hosts speaking Haitian Creole and English. It later became "Caribbean Power Radio," a syndicated format targeting mostly English-speakers from countries in the Caribbean with some Haitian programming.

References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WYMM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.