WMYF

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WMYF

City of license	Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Broadcast area	Portsmouth area
Branding	America's Best Music 1380
Frequency	1380 kHz
First air date	December 5, 1960 (1960-12-05)^[1]
Format	Adult Standards
Power	1,000 watts day 1,000 watts night
Class	B
Facility ID	35217
Transmitter coordinates	43°3′48.00″N 70°47′9.00″W / 43.0633333°N 70.7858333°W / 43.0633333; -70.7858333 (WMYF)
Former callsigns	WBBX (1960–1985) WAVI (1985–1987) WQMI (1987–1989) WCQL (1989–1995) WTMN (1995–1998)
Owner	Clear Channel Communications (Capstar TX LLC)
Sister stations	WERZ, WHEB, WPKX, WQSO, WSKX
Website	wmyf.com

WMYF (1380 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an adult standards format. Licensed to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA, the station serves the Portsmouth area. The station is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications.^[2]

History

The station went on the air as WBBX on December 5, 1960.^[1] The station changed its call letters to WAVI on May 17, 1985, to WQMI on July 24, 1987, to WCQL on March 13, 1989, to WTMN on February 19, 1995, and to the current WMYF on December 1, 1998.^[3]

On November 22, 2010 WMYF changed their format from adult standards to sports, branded as "The Sports Animal".

As of October 1, 2013 the station has reverted back to a music station playing standards.

WMYF carries Portland Sea Dogs baseball games, and Portsmouth High School Basketball Boys and Girls home games.

Previous Logo

WMYF's logo under "The Sports Animal" branding
WMYF's logo under "The Greates Music Ever Made" branding

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-282. Retrieved February 8, 2012.
↑ "WMYF Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "WMYF Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WMYF

Radio-Locator Information on WMYF

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WMYF

v t e Radio stations in the Portsmouth-Dover-Rochester market

By AM frequency	930 1270 1380 1540

By FM frequency	91.3 91.7 95.3 96.7 97.5 98.7 99.3 100.3 102.1 103.5 104.7 105.3 106.1 106.5 107.1

By callsign	WBQQ WBYY WERZ WHEB WHTP WMYF WNEF WNHI WOKQ WPKX WQSO WSAK WSCA-LP WSHK WSKX WTSN WUNH WWSF WXEX WXGR-LP WWPC

Defunct	WWNH 1340

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v t e Clear Channel Communications

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (CEO, CC Media Holdings, Inc.) John Hogan (Chairman/CEO, Clear Channel Media and Entertainment)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays (Chairman) Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

Radio stations	List of radio stations owned by Clear Channel

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