WMQM

WMQM is an American Christian radio station in Lakeland, Tennessee.^[2] Its broadcast market is Memphis, broadcasting with 50,000 watts day and 35 watts night on 1600 AM. WMQM is a sister station to shortwave radio station WWCR. WMQM is owned and operated by F. W. Robbert Broadcasting, Inc.

WMQM

Lakeland, Tennessee
Broadcast area	Memphis, Tennessee
Frequency	1600 (KHz)
Programming
Format	Christian radio
Ownership
Owner	F. W. Robbert Broadcasting, Inc.
Sister stations	WITA, WLRM, WNQM, WVOG, WWCR
History
First air date	1955
Former call signs	WKBJ (1955–2002)
Call sign meaning	"Memphis Qualify Ministries"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	42369
Class	D
Power	50,000 watts day 35 watts night
Translator(s)	93.3 MHz W227DQ (Lakeland)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live Listen Live Streaming URL
Website	WMQM's Website wwcr.com/wmqm.html

It served as the original flagship station of The Political Cesspool, a weekly far-right talk radio show founded by Tennessean political activist James Edwards in 2004, until shifting to sister station WLRM an year later and also simulcasting on the neo-Nazi Stormfront Radio.^[3][4]

History

In 1955, WKBJ AM 1600 signed on in Milan, Tennessee, operated by Milan Broadcasting Company, Inc. On December 3, 2001, WKBJ applied to relocate to Lakeland, Tennessee. The application was granted when KJIW AM 1600 West Helena, Arkansas, surrendered its license. On February 26, 2002, the FCC accepted the sale of WKBJ to WMQM, Inc. The call sign was changed to WMQM on May 29, 2002. (The "WMQM" call letters were previously assigned to AM 1480 in Memphis.) On December 21, 2002, WMQM signed on with 50,000 watts at the new location in Memphis.