WGMF
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| WGMF | |
| City of license | Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania |
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| Broadcast area | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre |
| Frequency | 107.7 mHz (analog) |
| First air date | October 10, 1990 (as WYMK) |
| Format | Rock |
| Power | 3,000 Watts |
| Class | A |
| Owner | Geos Communications |
| Sister stations | WEMR |
WGMF is an American radio station, licensed to Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania, the seat of government for Wyoming County. WGMF, along with its AM sister station, WEMR, is owned and operated by Geos Communications.
[edit] History: Beginnings as WYMK-FM
This station began as WYMK, and was borne out of an effort that began in the mid-1980's with the debut of its AM sister station, WEMR. There was no radio station on the air at that time serving Wyoming County, until a consortium of several local businessmen pooled their resources together to put WEMR on the air. Off to a good, though not overwhelming start, the new company, known as Endless Mountain Broadcasting, Inc., was inspired to put an FM station on the air, with the help of additional investors to build the new station. One of the owner principals of Endless Mountain Broadcasting was local Chevrolet dealer Don Sherwood, who had also served on the local school board for 23 years. He would go on to serve in the U.S. Congress for eight years prior to the turn of the 21st century.
While WEMR was staffed by a live, local, real-time airstaff, the debate was what to program on the new FM station. Much debate was made among the investors, but they finally settled on Unistar's (now Westwood One) "Adult Rock 'n Roll" classic rock format. On October 10, 1990, the station made its debut as WYMK, "Y-107". Prior to the station going on the air, it had been assigned the call letters WEMR-FM when the license was granted a year earlier, but these call letters would not be used on this station again until 1995, and would remain so until 2002.
In 1997, Endless Mountain Broadcasting put both stations up for sale, with both being purchased by Citadel License, Inc. Shortly after the purchase, the operations for both stations were moved to Wilkes-Barre from their original home at the WEMR transmitter site on Wilmar Drive on the outskirts of Tunkhannock.
The call letters were changed from WEMR-FM in 2002 to WCWY, and then to WBZR two years later, and then to WGMF in 2006.
Rock 107 was mentioned in a 2006 episode an episode of NBC's The Office. In the show entitled The Carpet the character Dwight trys to win a box set of an unknown artist from Rock 107.
[edit] WGMF Today
The station currently is called GEM 107 and plays hits of the 60's and 70's, though occasionally hits of the very early 80's are played. GEM 107 plays such artists such as James Taylor, Hall & Oates, CCR, The Bee Gees, The Mamas & The Papas and The Supremes.
GEM 107 also operates on 104.3 FM in the Scranton/Clarks Summit area and 95.3 FM in the Wyoming Valley.
[edit] External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WGMF
- Radio Locator information on WGMF
- Radio Locator information on WGMF
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