City of license | Cullman, Alabama |
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Frequency | 1340 (kHz) |
First air date | October 1, 1946[1] |
Format | Sports Talk |
Power | 670 watts |
Class | C |
Facility ID | 24577 |
Former callsigns | WKUL (1946–1982) WXXR (1982–2002)[2] |
Owner | Jimmy Dale Media |
Sister stations | WMCJ |
WFMH (1340 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Cullman, Alabama, USA. The station is owned by Jimmy Dale Media. It airs a Sports Talk format.[3]
The station was assigned the WFMH call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on September 20, 2002.[2]
The station first signed on the air as WKUL on October 1, 1946, under the ownership of the Cullman Broadcasting Company.[1]
In May 2004, Voice of Cullman LLC (Clark P. Jones, member/manager) agreed to transfer the license for WFMH and then-sister station WFMH-FM to Williams Communications (Walton E. Williams Jr., president/director). The two stations sold for a reported total of $2.45 million.[4]
In May 2008, a deal was reached to transfer control of this station from Williams Communications, Inc. to Walton E. Williams III. The FCC approved the deal on July 1, 2008, and the transaction was consummated on the same day.[5]
In August 2008, Walton E. Williams III reached an agreement to sell WFMH and sister station WMCJ to Jimmy Dale Media LLC.[6] The two stations sold for a reported total of $375,000.[7] The deal was approved by the FCC on October 6, 2008.[8]