WEPM

WEPM
City of license Martinsburg, West Virginia
Broadcast area Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia
Branding "1340 WEPM"
Slogan "The Voice of the Panhandle"
Frequency 1340 AM kHz
First air date October 13, 1946
Format News/Talk/Sports
Power 1,000 Watts day and night
Class C
Facility ID 53484
Transmitter coordinates 39°27′48.0″N 77°59′11.0″W / 39.463333°N 77.986389°W / 39.463333; -77.986389
Callsign meaning W Eastern Panhandle Mountaineer[1]
Affiliations Fox News Radio
ESPN Radio
West Virginia MetroNews
Owner West Virginia Radio Corporation
(West Virginia Radio Corporation of the Alleghenies)
Sister stations WICL, WLTF
Webcast WEPM Webstream
Website WEPM Online

WEPM is a News/Talk/Sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Martinsburg, West Virginia, serving the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.[2] WEPM is owned and operated by John and David Raese, through licensee West Virginia Radio Corporation of the Alleghenies.[3]

History

Owner C. Leslie Golliday, a prominent Martinsburg businessman, envisioned a group of stations in the state, and his early announcers used the tag line, "This is the Mountaineer station for the Eastern Panhandle," thus the call sign there of WEPM.[1] Another suggested meaning for EPM is "Eastern Panhandle, Martinsburg."

Golliday also owned WCLG-AM in Morgantown, WV which carried a similar tag line, "This is the Mountaineer station for northern West Virginia."

Golliday died in late June, 2007 at the age of 92.

Sale

On October 31, 2014, Prettyman Broadcasting announced the sale of WEPM to West Virginia Radio Corporation (WVRC) for an unknown sum.[4] Included in the same are sister stations WICL and WLTF.[4] WVRC assumed control of the stations, through a Local marketing agreement, on November 1.[4] The purchase was consummated on February 13, 2015, at a price of $3 million.

References

  1. 1 2 McVey, John (October 26, 2011). "Station going strong after 65 years". The Journal (Martinsburg, West Virginia: Ogden Newspapers). Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
  3. ↑ "WEPM Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 Venta, Lance (October 30, 2014). "West Virginia Radio Corporation Expands Into Martinsburg/Hagerstown/". Radio Insight. Retrieved October 30, 2014.

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