WMVR-FM

WMVR-FM
FCC;
Facility ID	15998
Class	A
ERP	6,000 watts
HAAT	47 meters (154 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	40°18′04″N 84°12′22″W / 40.301°N 84.206°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen live
Website	1055tamfm.com

WMVR-FM (105.5

hot adult contemporary

music format. Its studios, offices, and transmitter are located on Russell Road, just outside Sidney.

History

On January 8, 1964, the Federal Communications Commission granted the Van Wert Broadcasting Company—owner of WMVR (1080 AM), which signed on November 21, 1963—a construction permit for an FM station on 105.5 MHz.^[2] The station signed on in 1965; it simulcast and continued the programming of the AM station, a daytime-only outlet.

In 1966, WMVR-AM-FM was purchased by the Dean Miller Broadcasting Corporation, owned by

Art Linkletter's House Party on CBS. A Hamilton, Ohio, native, Miller (born Dean C. Stuhmueller, Sr.,) began his career essentially as a radio broadcaster before a by-chance meeting with some Hollywood executives who agreed to give the young Miller a chance to act. Miller graduated from Ohio State University in Columbus. Miller also hosted a talk and variety show on WLW-C television (now WCMH-TV) in the early 1960s.^[3]

Miller moved the WMVR stations from their original home in the Taylor Building downtown to their present location in the summer of 1969. At that time, the stations began offering separate programming, with a full service/

hot adult contemporary as Hits 105.5. The AM station, which had simulcast the FM for most of the period aside from attempts at big band

and news/talk formats, was closed in November 2000 after one of the towers was blown down in a storm.

Dean Miller died January 13, 2004, at his home in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. His widow, Ida, owned WMVR-FM until her death on May 6, 2014. The station remained owned by his family.

On August 3, 2015, WMVR-FM changed formats to adult hits, branded as "105.5 TAM FM", with the letters TAM representing "Totally About Music".^[4]

In March 2022, the station was sold to Fender Broadcasting, a company owned by the station's assistant general manager Michelle Stallard.^[5] After the acquisition was completed on June 24, 2022, the station reverted to its previous hot AC format and branding Hits 105.5 on September 6.^[6]

References

^ "Facility Technical Data for WMVR-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ FCC History Cards for WMVR-FM
^ "Dean Miller, Native Of City, Starting Radio And TV Chain". Hamilton Journal and Daily News. April 23, 1966. pp. 24, 22. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
^ Venta, Lance (August 4, 2015). "WMVR Becomes TAM FM". RadioInsight. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
^ "Station Sales Week of 3/11". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
^ "Hits 105.5 Returns To Ohio's Upper Miami Valley". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2022-09-08.

External links

Official website
WMVR in the FCC FM station database
WMVR in Nielsen Audio's FM station database

[1] "Facility Technical Data for WMVR-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

[hc-2] FCC History Cards for WMVR-FM

[3] "Dean Miller, Native Of City, Starting Radio And TV Chain". Hamilton Journal and Daily News. April 23, 1966. pp. 24, 22. Retrieved August 3, 2020.

[4] Venta, Lance (August 4, 2015). "WMVR Becomes TAM FM". RadioInsight. Retrieved August 3, 2020.

[5] "Station Sales Week of 3/11". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2022-09-08.

[6] "Hits 105.5 Returns To Ohio's Upper Miami Valley". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2022-09-08.

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