WMRK-FM
{{Infobox Radio station
| name = WMRK-FM
| image = 
| city = Shorter, Alabama
| area = Montgomery, Alabama
| branding = News Talk 107.9
| slogan =
| airdate =
| frequency = 107.9 MHz
| format = News/Talk
| erp = 25,000 watts
| haat = 100 meters (330 ft)
| class = C3
| facility_id = 59383
| coordinates = 32°21′09″N 86°03′06″W / 32.35250°N 86.05167°W
| callsign_meaning = named for Mark Alexander[1]
| former_callsigns = WJAM-FM (1983-2009)[2]
| owner = Alexander Broadcasting Company, LLC
| licensee = Alexander Broadcasting Company, LLC
| sister_stations = [[WALX], WJAM
| webcast = Listen Live
| website = newstalk1079.com
| affiliations =
}}
WMRK-FM (107.9 FM, "News Talk 107.9") is a radio station licensed to serve Shorter, Alabama, USA. The station's broadcast license is held by Alexander Broadcasting Company, LLC, and the station is operated under a local marketing agreement by Bluewater Broadcasting Company, LLC.
WMRK-FM broadcasts a talk radio format serving the Montgomery, Alabama, market.[3] Bluewater Broadcasting began broadcasting on WMRK-FM under a local marketing agreement as a simulcast of news/talk WACV (1170 AM) on April 2, 2009. The simulcast ended in November 2009 with news/talk programming shifting to the FM station and the AM station switching to an oldies music format.
History
This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on November 19, 1982.[4] The new station was assigned the call letters WJAM-FM by the FCC on February 14, 1983.[2] After more than a decade of extensions, renewals, transfers, and construction, WJAM-FM finally received its license to cover from the FCC on March 14, 1995.[5]
In July 1986, Marion Communications, Inc., applied to the FCC to transfer the permit to build this station to Marion Radio, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on September 30, 1986, and the transaction was consummated on December 30, 1987.[6]
In March 1994, Marion Radio, Inc., reached an agreement to sell the construction permit for this station to Scott Communications, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on October 13, 1994, and the transaction was consummated on October 17, 1994.[7]
In March 2009, Scott Communications, Inc., applied to the FCC to transfer the broadcast license for WJAM-FM to Alexander Broadcasting Company. The application was approved by the FCC on March 23, 2009, and the transaction was consummated on April 2, 2009.[8]
On July 21, 2008, WJAM-FM was granted a modified construction permit to change the station's city of license from Orrville, Alabama, to Shorter, Alabama; upgrade to a class C3 station with 25,000 watts of effective radiated power; and relocate the transmitter site east to 32°21'09"N, 86°03'06"W.[9] The station received a license to cover these changes on May 8, 2009.[10]
On March 23, 2009, WJAM-FM swapped callsigns with AM sister station WMRK to become WMRK-FM and WJAM, respectively.[2]
Programming
Greg Budell hosts both the morning and afternoon talk show. Budell began his career at WLS in Chicago before becoming the personal promotions coordinator for the rock group Styx. In 1979, Budell began a 25-year career as a morning disc jockey in Miami, working at WAXY, WIOD, and WLVE "Love 94", among others.
Other programming on News Talk 107.9 includes national syndicated talk hosts Neal Boortz, Laura Ingraham, Rusty Humphries, and Coast-to-Coast AM.
References
- ^ "AM History Profile: WMRK". Alabama Broadcast Media Page. Retrieved February 7, 2009.
- ^ a b c "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
- ^ "Application Search Details (BPH-19820104AN)". FCC Media Bureau. November 19, 1982.
- ^ "Application Search Details (BLH-19940808KZ)". FCC Media Bureau. March 14, 1995.
- ^ "Application Search Details (BAPH-19860609EV)". FCC Media Bureau. December 30, 1987.
- ^ "Application Search Details (BAPH-19940314GV)". FCC Media Bureau. October 17, 1994.
- ^ "Application Search Details (BALH-20090227ACL)". FCC Media Bureau. April 2, 2009.
- ^ "Application Search Details (BMPH-20080403ABG)". FCC Media Bureau. July 21, 2008.
- ^ "Application Search Details (BLH-20090414ABR)". FCC Media Bureau. May 8, 2009.
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID WMRK ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database