WEMM-FM

WEMM-FM

WEMM-FM

Radio station in Huntington, West Virginia

For the station which held the call sign WEMM from 2004 to 2008 and 2011 to 2015, see WNRJ (AM).

WEMM-FM (107.9 FM, "Gospel 107.9") is a Southern Gospel and religious formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Huntington, West Virginia, serving the Huntington/Charleston area. WEMM-FM is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company.

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Programming

WEMM-FM broadcasts a Southern Gospel and Religious format to the Tri-State Region.[4] This format includes sermons from area pulpits, national Bible teaching ministries, and Southern Gospel music.[5][6] The station also airs a radio simulcast of the WSAZ NewsChannel 3 Six O'Clock newscast on weekdays.

History

WEMM was first established on September 6, 1971, and has since then maintained its current Gospel format.[5] The station signed on as the third station on the Tower of Faith Radio Network.[7]

Former logo

The call letters were changed to WEMM-FM on February 2, 2004,[2] when an AM sister station (then known as WHRD) was made a simulcast of the FM signal and its call sign was changed to WEMM.[8] That simulcast arrangement ended and the AM station's callsign was changed to WRWB in September 2008 but the FM station remains at the WEMM-FM callsign.[8]

References

  1. [1]
    Station Sales Week Of 2/23: Bristol Broadcasting Moves Into Huntington
  2. [2]
    "WEMM-FM Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  3. [3]
    Miller, Jeff (August 3, 2008). "Origins of Broadcast Call Letters in West Virginia".
  4. [4]
    "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  5. [5]
    "About Us". WEMM-FM. Retrieved November 30, 2008.
  6. [6]
    Rice, Holly (October 12, 2007). "Contemporary station offers different sound for listeners". The Parthenon.
  7. [7]
    "24 Hour Christian Radio". Charleston Gazette. September 4, 1971. p. 16.
  8. [8]
    "WRWB Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
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