| City of license | Marinette, Wisconsin |
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| Broadcast area | Green Bay, Wisconsin |
| Branding | ESPN 570 |
| Frequency | 570 (kHz) |
| Format | Sports |
| Power | 250 watts day 100 watts night |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 40149 |
| Owner | Armada Media-Menominee, Inc. |
| Sister stations | WAGN, WHYB, WLST, WSFQ |
| Website | [1] |
WMAM (570 AM) is a class D AM radio station in Marinette, Wisconsin, serving the Marinette/Menominee, Michigan area. They operate omnidirectionally with a daytime power of 250 watts and a reduced nighttime power of 100 watts.
WMAM was purchased on 19 December 2006 from Quicksilver Broadcasting by Armada Media. WMAM currently carries ESPN Radio.
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The call letters WMAM were previously assigned to a radio station in Beaumont, Texas, from August 1922 until October 1923.[1][2][3]
WMAM in Marinette started in 1939,[4] where the call letters reportedly stand for "Marinette and Menominee," or, "Wisconsin Michigan Air Messenger."[5]
WMAM filed for a television license in July 1952,[6][7] as WMBV-TV channel 11. By 1959, WMBV-TV moved to Green Bay and became WLUK-TV.[8][9]
1939: M & M Broadcasting, Inc.[4]
1956: Guild Films Co. purchases both WMAM and WMBV-TV[10]
(Year Unknown): Quicksilver Broadcasting, LLC
2006: Armada Media - Menominee, Inc. a/k/a Armada Media Corporation
A notable personality at WMAM was Howard Emich, who worked at WMAM from 1940 to 1980. Known as “Marinette’s Newsman”, he delivered over 10,000 news broadcasts and was inducted into the Wisconsin Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in 1998.[6]
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