WEMM-FM

For the station which held the call sign WEMM from 2004 to 2008 and 2011 to 2015, see WNRJ (AM).

WEMM-FM (107.9 FM, "Gospel 107.9") is a Southern Gospel and religious formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Huntington, West Virginia, serving the Huntington/Charleston area. WEMM-FM is owned and operated by Bristol Broadcasting Company.

WEMM-FM

Huntington, West Virginia
Broadcast area	Huntington, West Virginia Charleston, West Virginia
Frequency	107.9 MHz
Branding	Gospel 107.9
Programming
Format	Southern Gospel Religious
Ownership
Owner	Bristol Broadcasting Company[1]
Sister stations	WNRJ
History
First air date	1971
Former call signs	WEMM (1971–2004)[2]
Call sign meaning	W Dr. E. M. Mortenson (original owner)[3]
Technical information[4]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	43860
Class	B
ERP	50,000 Watts
HAAT	152 Meters
Transmitter coordinates	38°28′37.0″N 82°15′20.0″W
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	WEMM-FM Webstream
Website	WEMM-FM Online

Programming

WEMM-FM broadcasts a Southern Gospel and Religious format to the Tri-State Region.^[5] This format includes sermons from area pulpits, national Bible teaching ministries, and Southern Gospel music.^[6][7] The station also airs a radio simulcast of the WSAZ NewsChannel 3 Six O'Clock newscast on weekdays.

History

WEMM was first established on September 6, 1971, and has since then maintained its current Gospel format.^[6] The station signed on as the third station on the Tower of Faith Radio Network.^[8]

Former logo

The call letters were changed to WEMM-FM on February 2, 2004,^[2] when an AM sister station (then known as WHRD) was made a simulcast of the FM signal and its call sign was changed to WEMM.^[9] That simulcast arrangement ended and the AM station's callsign was changed to WRWB in September 2008 but the FM station remains at the WEMM-FM callsign.^[9]