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WMMN
File:WMMN-AM 2009.PNG
Broadcast areaNorth-Central West Virginia
Frequency920 kHz
Branding"920 AM WMMN"
Programming
FormatNews/Talk/Sports
AffiliationsFox Sports Radio
West Virginia MetroNews
Ownership
Owner
  • Spectrum Radio Group
  • (Spectrum Radio Fairmont, LLC)
WRLF, WTCS, WZST
History
First air date
1928
Call sign meaning
W Matthew Mansfield Neely
Named in Honor of former Governor of WV
Technical information
Facility ID21171
ClassD
Power5,000 Watts daytime
200 Watts nighttime
Transmitter coordinates
39°28′3.0″N 80°12′20.0″W / 39.467500°N 80.205556°W / 39.467500; -80.205556

WMMN is a News/Talk/Sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Fairmont, West Virginia, serving North-Central West Virginia. WMMN is owned and operated by Alan Michaels and Robert Woodward's Spectrum Radio Group, through licensee Spectrum Radio Fairmont LLC.

History

Tower on Tower Hill Road, Fairmont, West Virginia, seen from the adjacent Grove Cemetery

On November 1, 1935, WMMN joined the CBS radio network. At that time the station was licensed to A.M. Rowe Inc., with George B. Storer the chief stockholder. It operated on 890 kHz with power of 500 W (daytime) and 250 W (night).[1]

References

  1. ^ "WMMN Joins CBS" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 1, 1935. Retrieved 4 November 2014.