WBMW
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| City of license | Pawcatuck, Connecticut |
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| Broadcast area | New London, Connecticut |
| Branding | Soft Rock 106.5 |
| Frequency | 106.5 MHz (also on HD Radio) |
| Translator(s) | 99.5 W258BI (New London, relays HD2) |
| First air date | December 24, 1992[1] |
| Format | FM/HD1: Adult Contemporary HD2: Country "US 99.5" HD3: Oldies (WWRX simulcast) |
| ERP | 12,500 watts |
| HAAT | 141 meters |
| Class | B1 |
| Facility ID | 55404 |
| Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Owner | Red Wolf Broadcasting |
| Sister stations | WJJF, WSKP |
| Webcast | Listen Live Listen Live (HD2) |
| Website | wbmw.com us995country.com (HD2) |
WBMW (106.5 FM, "Soft Rock 106.5") is an Adult Contemporary music formatted radio station licensed to Pawcatuck, Connecticut and serving the New London, Connecticut area. The station is owned by John Fuller's Red Wolf Broadcasting, Brian Ram is Red Wolf's VP/Programming and broadcasts at 106.5 MHz with an ERP of 12.5 kW.[2]
History
The station was assigned the call letters WVNL on August 9, 1991. On November 1, 1991, the station changed its call sign to the current WBMW;[3] under this call sign, it signed on December 24, 1992.[1]
A totally unrelated station which now has the call sign WLKK used to have this call sign from 1988 to 1991, and had a smooth jazz format.[4]
WBMW moved its city of license from Ledyard, Connecticut to Pawcatuck on August 22, 2013.
References
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- ↑ online FCC reference for the call sign history of WLKK, which had the call WBMW from 1988 to 1991
External links
- Official website
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WBMW
- Radio-Locator information on WBMW
- Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WBMW
- Query the FCC's FM station database for W258BI
- Radio-Locator information on W258BI
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