WGMN
City | Roanoke, Virginia |
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Broadcast area | Metro Roanoke |
Branding | "ESPN Radio in Virginia" |
Frequency | 1240 AM kHz |
First air date | 1946[1] |
Format | Sports[2] |
Power | 1,000 Watts day and night |
Class | C |
Facility ID | 37746 |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°16′12.0″N 79°58′14.0″W / 37.270000°N 79.970556°W |
Callsign meaning |
W GaMe Network former branding |
Former callsigns |
WROV (1946-1998) WGMN (1998-Present)[3] |
Affiliations | ESPN Radio |
Owner |
Three Daughters Media (3 Daughters Media, Inc.) |
Sister stations | WBLT, WBZS, WIQO-FM, WMNA, WMNA-FM, WVGM |
Webcast | WGMN Webstream |
Website | WGMN Online |
WGMN is a Sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to and serviing Roanoke, Virginia.[2] WGMN is owned and operated by Three Daughters Media .[4] Prior to its 1998 takeover by ESPN, WGMN was known as WROV-AM and had been a Golden Oldies format station since 1989, prior to which it had operated as a Contemporary hit radio broadcaster.
References
- ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-570. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
- 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
- ↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
- ↑ "WGMN Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
External links
- ESPN Radio in Virginia Online
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WGMN
- Radio-Locator Information on WGMN
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WGMN
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