WGMN
City | Roanoke, Virginia |
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Broadcast area | Metro Roanoke |
Frequency | 1240 AM kHz |
Branding | NewsTalk 1240 |
Programming | |
Format | News/Talk |
Ownership | |
Owner | Three Daughters Media (3 Daughters Media, Inc.) |
WBLT, WIQO-FM, WMNA, WMNA-FM, WVGM | |
History | |
First air date | 1946[1] |
Former call signs | WROV (1946-1998) WGMN (1998-Present)[2] |
Call sign meaning | W GaMe Network former branding |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 37746 |
Class | C |
Power | 1,000 watts day and night |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°16′12.0″N 79°58′14.0″W / 37.270000°N 79.970556°W |
Translator(s) |
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Links | |
Webcast | WGMN Webstream |
Website | WGMN Online |
WGMN is a news/talk broadcast radio station licensed to and serving Roanoke, Virginia.[3] WGMN is owned and operated by Three Daughters Media.[4] The station went on the air in 1946 as WROV-AM and broadcast a Contemporary hit radio format in the 1970s. WROV had a Golden Oldies format from 1989 to 1998, then became an ESPN affiliate and changed call letters to WGMN. The station switched to a news-talk format in June 2019.[5]
References[]
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-570. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
- ^ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
- ^ "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
- ^ "WGMN Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
- ^ "WGMN/Roanoke Flips from Sports to News-Talk".
External links[]
- Virginia Talk Radio Network Online
- WGMN in the FCC AM station database
- WGMN on Radio-Locator
- WGMN in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
Categories:
- 1946 establishments in Virginia
- News and talk radio stations in the United States
- Radio stations established in 1946
- Radio stations in Virginia
- Virginia radio station stubs