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{{short description|TV station in Centerville, Ohio}}
{{short description|TV station in Centerville, Ohio}}
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{{Infobox television station
{{Infobox television station
| callsign = WWRD-LP
| callsign = WWRD-LP
| logo =
| logo =
| branding =
| branding =
| analog = 32 ([[UHF]])
| analog = 32 ([[UHF]])
| digital = 10 ([[UHF]]) ([[Construction permit|CP]])
| digital = 10 ([[VHF]]) ''(never built)''
| translators =
| translators =
| affiliations = {{ubl|[[Gospel Music Channel]]|[[Retro TV|RTV]]|[[Heartland (TV network)|Heartland]]|[[The Country Network]]}}
| affiliations = Defunct
| founded = August 22, 1989
| founded = August 22, 1989
| airdate = {{start date and age|1989|12|8}}
| airdate = {{start date|1989|12|8}}
| last_airdate = {{ubl|{{end date|2021|12|21}}|({{age in years and days|1989|12|8|2021|12|21}})}}
| location = [[Dayton, Ohio]]
| country = [[United States]]
| location = [[Dayton, Ohio]]
| country = United States
| callsign_meaning = The '''W'''o'''rd''' of God
| callsign_meaning = The Word of God
| former_channel_numbers = 59 (UHF, 1989–1990)<br>55 (UHF 1990–2002)
| former_callsigns = W59BQ (1989–1990)<br>W55BQ (1990–1996)
| former_channel_numbers = {{ubl|59 (UHF, 1989–1990)|55 (UHF 1990–2002)}}
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|W59BQ (1989–1990)|W55BQ (1990–1996)}}
| owner = Life Broadcasting Network
| owner = Life Broadcasting Network
| former_affiliations = [[Up TV|Gospel Music Channel]]<br>[[Retro TV|RTV]]<br>[[Heartland (TV network)|Heartland]]<br>[[The Country Network]]
| former_affiliations =
| erp = 13 [[Kilowatt|kW]]
| erp = 33.23 [[kW]]
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| haat = {{convert|155|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
| facility_id = 17237
| facility_id = 17237
| haat =
| class = [[Low-power broadcasting#Television|TX]]
| class =
| coordinates = {{coord|39|40|47.97|N|84|4|55.97|W|type:landmark}}
| licensing_authority = [[FCC]]
| website =
| website =
}}
}}


'''WWRD-LP''' was a low-power commercial [[television station]] licensed to [[Dayton, Ohio]], broadcasting locally on channel 32. Founded December 8, 1989 and until 2021 licensed to [[Centerville, Ohio|Centerville]], the station was owned by Life Broadcasting Network.
'''WWRD-LP''' (channel 32) was a [[low-power television station]] in [[Dayton, Ohio]], United States. Founded December 8, 1989, the station was owned by Life Broadcasting Network.


==History==
By mid-September 2007, the station had affiliated with the [[Up TV|Gospel Music Channel]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.lifebroadcastingnetwork.org/ | title = www.lifebroadcastingnetwork.org | publisher = Life Broadcasting | date = 2006 | accessdate = February 18, 2017 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070918000341/http://www.lifebroadcastingnetwork.org/ | archivedate = September 18, 2007 | url-status = dead}}</ref>
In March 1993, [[The Rev.]] Lamont Carroll, pastor of the Cathedral of Life World Outreach Center in [[Fairborn]] and president of the center's [[Christian ministry|ministry]], Life Broadcasting Network, announced that pending under $100,000 in fundraising toward a $200,000 goal, the ministry planned to sign on a [[Christian television]] station on channel 55 by summer. The planned 1,000-watt station would broadcast 24 hours a day from a {{convert|199|foot|m|adj=on}} tower on land leased from Centerville First [[Church of the Nazarene]], {{convert|2|mi|km|0|spell=in}} south of [[Centerville, Ohio|Centerville]] in [[Washington Township, Montgomery County, Ohio|Washington Township, Montgomery County]], and would have a range of {{convert|14|to|15|mi|km|0}}. Carroll stated that the ministry, which already owned [[WIDS (AM)|WIDS]] radio in [[Russell Springs, Kentucky]], had applied for a [[planning permission#Broadcasting|construction permit]] for the TV station two years earlier.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/dayton-daily-news-low-power-tv-station-p/148607280/ | title = Low-power TV station part of ministry | newspaper = [[Dayton Daily News]] | first = Tom | last = Hopkins | date = March 21, 1993 | access-date = June 8, 2024}}</ref> On June 28, 1993, the township's [[Board of Zoning Appeals]] turned down the [[variance (land use)|variance]] required to build the tower.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/dayton-daily-news-fairborn-pastor-loses/148607310/ | title = Fairborn pastor loses bid for tower: TV ministry will proceed, he says | newspaper = [[Dayton Daily News]] | first = Katherine | last = Ullmer | date = July 14, 1993 | access-date = June 8, 2024}}</ref>


The station signed on February 1, 1996, with a broadcasting radius of about {{convert|25|mi|km|0}},<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/dayton-daily-news-new-tv-station-feb-1/148607591/ | title = New TV station Feb. 1: TV 55 will have religious view | newspaper = [[Dayton Daily News]] | first = Bob | last = Batz | date = January 15, 1996 | access-date = June 8, 2024}}</ref> operating from the transmitter site mentioned above (sources have not yet been found explaining when and how the zoning issue had been overcome or what progress had been made on the station in the intervening years). In September 1996, the station received the WWRD [[call letters]].<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/dayton-daily-news-daytons-religious-sta/148607339/ | title = Dayton's religious station gets a name | newspaper = [[Dayton Daily News]] | first = Tom | last = Hopkins | date = September 17, 1996 | access-date = June 8, 2024}}</ref>
Summer 2008, WWRD-LP moved from channel 55 at 10 [[Kilowatt|kW]] to channel 32 at 13 [[Kilowatt|kW]].


At some point prior to mid-June 2011, the station switched affiliation from the Gospel Music Channel to the [[Retro TV|Retro Television Network]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wwrdtv.com/ | title = Home | publisher = Life Broadcasting | date = 2010 | accessdate = February 18, 2017 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110718123226/http://www.wwrdtv.com/ | archivedate = July 18, 2011 | url-status = dead}}</ref>
By August 1997, the station was airing Christian, family and children's shows, music videos, and news.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/dayton-daily-news-officials-silent-on-ab/148607726/ | title = Officials silent on absence of low-power religious station | newspaper = [[Dayton Daily News]] | author = Staff | date = August 15, 1997 | access-date = June 8, 2024}}</ref>


It was reported that Carroll and the ministry had leased WWRD to other enterprises in the years before 2004. In that year, the ministry reasserted control over the station and on June 7, 2005, WWRD returned to Christian programming and [[gospel music]] videos, operating out of a building on Clyo Road in Centerville.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/dayton-daily-news-gospel-music-video-ven/148607628/ | title = Gospel-music video venture: Centerville man hopes to reach the masses with Christian broadcast network | newspaper = [[Dayton Daily News]] | first = Khalid | last = Moss | date = June 18, 2005 | access-date = June 8, 2024}}</ref>
On April 14, 2012, the station's general manager, Randall Hulsmeyer, announced plans to move the station's operations to [[Springfield, Ohio|Springfield]]. Hulsmeyer stated that he hoped to add more locally produced programming to WWRD-LP, including a new, weekly Springfield-based show titled ''Our Town, Our Time'', which began airing on April 22.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/springfield-news/tv-station-to-move-operations-to-springfield-1360166.html | title = TV station to move operations to Springfield | newspaper = [[Springfield News-Sun]] | author = Andrew McGinn | date = April 14, 2012 | accessdate = April 17, 2012}}</ref> In December, the station moved into a new studio in the former Credit Life building in downtown Springfield.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_action=doc&p_docid=14385BD9DCF9E090&p_docnum=2 | title = TV station filling void in Springfield | newspaper = [[Dayton Daily News]] | author = Andrew McGinn | date = December 31, 2012 | accessdate = January 5, 2013}}</ref> No plans have been announced to move the station's transmitter or to change its [[city of license]].

By mid-September 2007, the station had affiliated with the [[Gospel Music Channel]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.lifebroadcastingnetwork.org/ | title = www.lifebroadcastingnetwork.org | publisher = Life Broadcasting | date = 2006 | accessdate = February 18, 2017 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070918000341/http://www.lifebroadcastingnetwork.org/ | archivedate = September 18, 2007 | url-status = dead}}</ref>

In summer 2008, WWRD-LP moved from channel 55 at 10 kW to channel 32 at 13 kW.

In January 2010, the station announced that it would be carrying entertainment, nostalgic and family-friendly TV dramas and comedies, and sports, in addition to gospel music videos. Married, longtime Dayton radio personalities Butch Brown and Karen Kelly were to begin hosting a Saturday morning talk and entertainment show, focusing on positive stories and caring members of the community.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/dayton-daily-news-husband-wife-radio-pe/148607705/ | title = Husband, wife radio personalities start local TV show | newspaper = [[Dayton Daily News]] | first = Dale | last = Huffman | date = January 18, 2010 | access-date = June 8, 2024}}</ref> In July 2010, the station reached an agreement to carry up to 20 [[Dayton Gems (2009–2012)|Dayton Gems]] [[minor league hockey]] games in the upcoming season.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/dayton-daily-news-gems-hoping-tv-exposur/148607753/ | title = Gems hoping TV exposure creates buzz | newspaper = [[Dayton Daily News]] | first = Kyle | last = Nagel | date = July 15, 2010 | access-date = June 8, 2024}}</ref> In 2010, the station began carrying [[Horizon League]] [[college basketball|basketball]] games as part of the league's [[broadcast syndication|TV syndication]] package.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/article/dayton-daily-news-wsu-notes-land-out-e/148607773/ | title = WSU notes: Land out, Evans stitched after physical practice week at WSU | newspaper = [[Dayton Daily News]] | first = Kyle | last = Nagel | date = January 21, 2011 | access-date = June 8, 2024}}</ref>

At some point prior to mid-June 2011, the station switched affiliation from the Gospel Music Channel to the [[Retro Television Network]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wwrdtv.com/ | title = Home | publisher = Life Broadcasting | date = 2010 | accessdate = February 18, 2017 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110718123226/http://www.wwrdtv.com/ | archivedate = July 18, 2011 | url-status = dead}}</ref>

On April 14, 2012, the station's general manager, Randall Hulsmeyer, announced plans to move the station's operations to [[Springfield, Ohio|Springfield]]. Hulsmeyer stated that he hoped to add more locally produced programming to WWRD-LP, including a new, weekly Springfield-based show titled ''Our Town, Our Time'', which began airing on April 22.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/local/television-station-move-operations-springfield/knlISprBUcxGyb8fXBrx5N/ | title = Television station to move operations to Springfield | newspaper = [[Springfield News-Sun]] | first = Andrew | last = McGinn | date = April 12, 2012 | accessdate = June 7, 2024 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240608002703/https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/local/television-station-move-operations-springfield/knlISprBUcxGyb8fXBrx5N/ | archive-date = June 8, 2024 | url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/springfield-news/tv-station-to-move-operations-to-springfield-1360166.html | title = TV station to move operations to Springfield | newspaper = [[Springfield News-Sun]] | first = Andrew | last = McGinn | date = April 14, 2012 | accessdate = April 17, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120610194210/https://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/springfield-news/tv-station-to-move-operations-to-springfield-1360166.html | archive-date = June 10, 2012 | url-status = dead}}</ref> In December, the station moved into a new studio in the former Credit Life building in downtown Springfield.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/springfield-gets-station/p41ofljZvCq1F04LTUSQGI/ | title = Springfield gets TV station | newspaper = [[Dayton Daily News]] | first = Andrew | last = McGinn | date = December 31, 2012 | accessdate = January 5, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20240608003126/https://www.daytondailynews.com/news/local/springfield-gets-station/p41ofljZvCq1F04LTUSQGI/ | archive-date = June 8, 2024 | url-status = live}}</ref> No plans have been announced to move the station's transmitter or to change its [[city of license]].


At some point prior to early July 2013, the station affiliated with the [[The Nashville Network#Revival|revival of The Nashville Network]]. Around the same time, the station's branding was changed to "Local TV 4 me!", despite no apparent connection to any channel 4, be it broadcast, cable or satellite.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.localtv4me.com | title = localtv4me | publisher = Local TV 4 Me | date = 2013 | accessdate = February 18, 2017 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130705180907/http://www.localtv4me.com/ | archivedate = July 5, 2013 | url-status = dead}}</ref> The Nashville Network became [[Heartland (TV network)|Heartland]] in October 2013.
At some point prior to early July 2013, the station affiliated with the [[The Nashville Network#Revival|revival of The Nashville Network]]. Around the same time, the station's branding was changed to "Local TV 4 me!", despite no apparent connection to any channel 4, be it broadcast, cable or satellite.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.localtv4me.com | title = localtv4me | publisher = Local TV 4 Me | date = 2013 | accessdate = February 18, 2017 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130705180907/http://www.localtv4me.com/ | archivedate = July 5, 2013 | url-status = dead}}</ref> The Nashville Network became [[Heartland (TV network)|Heartland]] in October 2013.
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At some point prior to early February 2016, the station affiliated with ZUUS Country,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.localtv4me.com | title = localtv4me | publisher = Local TV 4 Me | date = 2013 | accessdate = February 18, 2017 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160209201726/http://www.localtv4me.com/ | archivedate = February 9, 2016 | url-status = dead}}</ref> which became [[The Country Network]] in January 2016.
At some point prior to early February 2016, the station affiliated with ZUUS Country,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.localtv4me.com | title = localtv4me | publisher = Local TV 4 Me | date = 2013 | accessdate = February 18, 2017 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160209201726/http://www.localtv4me.com/ | archivedate = February 9, 2016 | url-status = dead}}</ref> which became [[The Country Network]] in January 2016.


Although WWRD-LP had apparently not converted from its analog signal to the applied-for digital channel 42 as of June 2018, the station was scheduled to move to digital channel 10, as part of the [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]'s [[spectrum reallocation]] process.<ref>{{ cite web | title = Displacement for LPTV Translator Application | id = File Number: 0000053047 | url = https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=25076ff362bbf2a10162d8ee042b3954&id=25076ff362bbf2a10162d8ee042b3954&goBack=N | work = Licensing and Management System | publisher = [[Federal Communications Commission]] | date = April 19, 2018 | accessdate = June 22, 2018 }}</ref> It lost its carriage on [[Spectrum (TV service)|Spectrum]] cable systems on November 19, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://d15yx0mnc9teae.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/SouthernOhio_MidwestCentral_OH%20dotnet%20posting%20for%20WWRD%20Drop.pdf|title=IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR SPECTRUM CHANNEL LINEUP|date=November 2021|publisher=Spectrum|access-date=9 December 2021}}</ref>
Although WWRD-LP had apparently not converted from its analog signal to the applied-for digital channel 42 as of June 2018, the station was scheduled to move to digital channel 10, as part of the [[Federal Communications Commission]]'s [[spectrum reallocation]] process.<ref>{{ cite web | title = Displacement for LPTV Translator Application | id = File Number: 0000053047 | url = https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/public/tv/draftCopy.html?displayType=html&appKey=25076ff362bbf2a10162d8ee042b3954&id=25076ff362bbf2a10162d8ee042b3954&goBack=N | work = Licensing and Management System | publisher = [[Federal Communications Commission]] | date = April 19, 2018 | accessdate = June 22, 2018 }}</ref> It lost its carriage on [[Spectrum (TV service)|Spectrum]] cable systems on November 19, 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://d15yx0mnc9teae.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/SouthernOhio_MidwestCentral_OH%20dotnet%20posting%20for%20WWRD%20Drop.pdf|title=IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR SPECTRUM CHANNEL LINEUP|date=November 2021|publisher=Spectrum|access-date=December 9, 2021}}</ref>


On December 21, 2021, Life Broadcasting Network surrendered WWRD-LP's license to the [[Federal Communications Commission]], who cancelled it the same day.
On December 21, 2021, Life Broadcasting Network surrendered WWRD-LP's license to the FCC, who canceled it the same day.


==See also==
==See also==
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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.lifebroadcastingnetwork.org Life Broadcasting Network]


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WWRD-LP
  • kW
HAAT155 m (509 ft)
Transmitter coordinates39°40′47.97″N 84°4′55.97″W / 39.6799917°N 84.0822139°W / 39.6799917; -84.0822139
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Public license information
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WWRD-LP (channel 32) was a

low-power television station in Dayton, Ohio
, United States. Founded December 8, 1989, the station was owned by Life Broadcasting Network.

History

In March 1993,

Board of Zoning Appeals turned down the variance required to build the tower.[3]

The station signed on February 1, 1996, with a broadcasting radius of about 25 miles (40 km),

By August 1997, the station was airing Christian, family and children's shows, music videos, and news.[6]

It was reported that Carroll and the ministry had leased WWRD to other enterprises in the years before 2004. In that year, the ministry reasserted control over the station and on June 7, 2005, WWRD returned to Christian programming and gospel music videos, operating out of a building on Clyo Road in Centerville.[7]

By mid-September 2007, the station had affiliated with the

Gospel Music Channel.[8]

In summer 2008, WWRD-LP moved from channel 55 at 10 kW to channel 32 at 13 kW.

In January 2010, the station announced that it would be carrying entertainment, nostalgic and family-friendly TV dramas and comedies, and sports, in addition to gospel music videos. Married, longtime Dayton radio personalities Butch Brown and Karen Kelly were to begin hosting a Saturday morning talk and entertainment show, focusing on positive stories and caring members of the community.

minor league hockey games in the upcoming season.[10] In 2010, the station began carrying Horizon League basketball games as part of the league's TV syndication package.[11]

At some point prior to mid-June 2011, the station switched affiliation from the Gospel Music Channel to the

On April 14, 2012, the station's general manager, Randall Hulsmeyer, announced plans to move the station's operations to Springfield. Hulsmeyer stated that he hoped to add more locally produced programming to WWRD-LP, including a new, weekly Springfield-based show titled Our Town, Our Time, which began airing on April 22.[13][14] In December, the station moved into a new studio in the former Credit Life building in downtown Springfield.[15] No plans have been announced to move the station's transmitter or to change its city of license.

At some point prior to early July 2013, the station affiliated with the revival of The Nashville Network. Around the same time, the station's branding was changed to "Local TV 4 me!", despite no apparent connection to any channel 4, be it broadcast, cable or satellite.[16] The Nashville Network became Heartland in October 2013.

At some point prior to early February 2016, the station affiliated with ZUUS Country,[17] which became The Country Network in January 2016.

Although WWRD-LP had apparently not converted from its analog signal to the applied-for digital channel 42 as of June 2018, the station was scheduled to move to digital channel 10, as part of the

Spectrum cable systems on November 19, 2021.[19]

On December 21, 2021, Life Broadcasting Network surrendered WWRD-LP's license to the FCC, who canceled it the same day.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WWRD-LP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Hopkins, Tom (March 21, 1993). "Low-power TV station part of ministry". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  3. ^ Ullmer, Katherine (July 14, 1993). "Fairborn pastor loses bid for tower: TV ministry will proceed, he says". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  4. ^ Batz, Bob (January 15, 1996). "New TV station Feb. 1: TV 55 will have religious view". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  5. ^ Hopkins, Tom (September 17, 1996). "Dayton's religious station gets a name". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  6. ^ Staff (August 15, 1997). "Officials silent on absence of low-power religious station". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  7. ^ Moss, Khalid (June 18, 2005). "Gospel-music video venture: Centerville man hopes to reach the masses with Christian broadcast network". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  8. ^ "www.lifebroadcastingnetwork.org". Life Broadcasting. 2006. Archived from the original on September 18, 2007. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  9. ^ Huffman, Dale (January 18, 2010). "Husband, wife radio personalities start local TV show". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  10. ^ Nagel, Kyle (July 15, 2010). "Gems hoping TV exposure creates buzz". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  11. ^ Nagel, Kyle (January 21, 2011). "WSU notes: Land out, Evans stitched after physical practice week at WSU". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  12. ^ "Home". Life Broadcasting. 2010. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  13. ^ McGinn, Andrew (April 12, 2012). "Television station to move operations to Springfield". Springfield News-Sun. Archived from the original on June 8, 2024. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
  14. ^ McGinn, Andrew (April 14, 2012). "TV station to move operations to Springfield". Springfield News-Sun. Archived from the original on June 10, 2012. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
  15. ^ McGinn, Andrew (December 31, 2012). "Springfield gets TV station". Dayton Daily News. Archived from the original on June 8, 2024. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  16. ^ "localtv4me". Local TV 4 Me. 2013. Archived from the original on July 5, 2013. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  17. ^ "localtv4me". Local TV 4 Me. 2013. Archived from the original on February 9, 2016. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  18. ^ "Displacement for LPTV Translator Application". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission. April 19, 2018. File Number: 0000053047. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
  19. ^ "IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR SPECTRUM CHANNEL LINEUP" (PDF). Spectrum. November 2021. Retrieved December 9, 2021.