WGMP
City of license | Montgomery, Alabama |
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Broadcast area | Montgomery Metropolitan Area |
Branding | 104.9 The Gump |
Slogan | "Montgomery's Alternative Rock Station" |
Frequency | 1170 kHz |
Translator(s) | 104.9 W285AJ (Montgomery) |
First air date | 1939 |
Format | Alternative rock |
Power |
10,000 watts (day) 1,000 watts (night) |
Class | B |
Facility ID | 43633 |
Transmitter coordinates | 32°27′16″N 86°17′21″W / 32.45444°N 86.28917°W |
Former callsigns |
WCOV (1939-1984) WACV (1984-2012)[1] |
Owner | Bluewater Broadcasting Company, LLC |
Sister stations | WACV, WBAM, WJWZ, WQKS-FM |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | 1049thegump.com |
WGMP (1170 AM, 104.9 The Gump) is an alternative rock formatted radio station that serves the Montgomery Metropolitan Area, broadcasting on the AM band at a frequency of 1170 KHz and via a broadcast translator on the FM band at 104.9 MHz.
The station's "104.9 The Gump" branding features the frequency of its broadcast translator, W285AJ,[2] rather than its licensed AM frequency. The station is locally owned and operated by Bluewater Broadcasting Company, LLC. The station's studios are located on Wall St. in Midtown Montgomery.
WGMP also participates in Montgomery rating survey by Arbitron (Market #150) and is monitored by Mediabase.
History
1170 AM originally had the call sign "WCOV" from its beginnings in 1939 until 1984, when the station was sold separately from WCOV-TV, Montgomery's oldest television station.[1] (1170 AM is the second-oldest frequency in use in the Montgomery market, the oldest being 1440, which began as "WSFA", later became "WHHY", and finally "WLWI".) In November 1984, 1170 AM changed call signs to "WACV" and adopted a talk radio format.
In March 2004, Montgomery Broadcast Properties Ltd. (Allan Stroh, CEO) reached an agreement to sell this station to Bluewater Broadcasting LLC.[3] The sale was part of a four-station deal valued at a reported $15.3 million.[3] The deal was approved by the FCC on April 21, 2004, and the transaction was consummated on June 21, 2004.[4] At the time of the sale, WACV was broadcasting a news/talk format.[3]
In late March 2009, WACV began simulcasting on WMRK-FM (then WJAM-FM) as "News Talk 107.9 FM". On Thursday, April 2, 2009, WACV became known as "News Talk 107.9, WMRK-FM". The original lineup included news from Bob Jackson, with updates from WAKA CBS8. Locally originated programs, such as "Viewpoint", continued on "News Talk 107.9" with Dan Morris and Mark Montiel, and Greg Budell continued "Happy Hour". Nationally syndicated talk programming features Laura Ingraham, Glenn Beck, Rusty Humphries, Jerry Doyle, Roy Masters, and Neal Boortz.
In November 2009, the news/talk programming was re-branded and moved to WMRK-FM as part as of an LMA with Alexander Communications. WACV changed formats to oldies music and branded itself as "Good Time Oldies WACV". This format was short-lived and on July 30, 2010, WACV flipped formats once again to alternative rock and re-branded themselves as "104.9 The Gump".
On August 13, 2012, the station changed its call sign to the current WGMP.
Programming
WGMP plays mostly Alternative Rock, but also plays many Modern Rock songs as well. Core artists include: Foo Fighters, The Black Keys, Green Day, Pearl Jam, Weezer, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Blink 182, Cake, Seether, Soundgarden, Janes Addiction, Linkin Park, Neon Trees, Metallica, Garbage, The Offspring, Bush, and more. WGMP also features news and weather updates from CBS 8 WAKA, and traffic from Montgomery Skywatch Traffic.
There are no disc jockeys, but rather, non-stop music with limited commercial breaks.
Technical information
WGMP broadcasts with a Continental Electronics transmitter at 10,000 watts (daytime) into a two-tower AM directional array. An FCC construction permit has authorized reducing night power to 4 watts.
Translators
WGMP programming is also carried on a broadcast translator station to extend or improve the coverage area of the station.
Call sign | Frequency MHz | City of license | ERP W | Class | FCC info |
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W285AJ | 104.9 FM | Montgomery, Alabama | 99 | D | FCC |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- ↑ "W285AJ-FM Radio Station Information". Retrieved March 10, 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Changing Hands - 2004-03-07". Broadcasting & Cable. March 7, 2004.
- ↑ "Application Search Details (BAL-20040302ABH)". FCC Media Bureau. June 21, 2004.
External links
- WGMP official website
- W285AJ coverage map
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WGMP
- Radio-Locator Information on WGMP
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WGMP
- Query the FCC's FM station database for W285AJ
- Radio-Locator information on W285AJ
- Bluewater Broadcasting Company, LLC
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