WOMT
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| Ownership | |
|---|---|
| Owner | Seehafer Broadcasting Corp |
| WCUB, WEMP, WLKN, WLTU, WQTC | |
| History | |
First air date | November 8, 1926 |
Call sign meaning | "World's Only Mikadow Theater" (station began on second floor of that facility, itself named for station founder and theater's owner, Francis M. Kadow) |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 59610 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 992 watts unlimited |
Transmitter coordinates | 44°7′31.00″N 87°37′41.00″W / 44.1252778°N 87.6280556°W |
| Translator(s) | 107.9 W300EE (Manitowoc) |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | womtradio.com |
WOMT (1240
Programming
WOMT airs news and features from
History
WOMT was first licensed on November 8, 1926, to the Mikadow Theater (Francis M. Kadow).[1]
Following the establishment of the Federal Radio Commission (FRC), stations were initially issued a series of temporary authorizations starting on May 3, 1927.[2] In addition, they were notified that if they wanted to continue operating, they needed to file a formal license application by January 15, 1928, as the first step in determining whether they met the new "public interest, convenience, or necessity" standard.[3] On May 25, 1928, the FRC issued General Order 32, which notified 164 stations, including WMOT, that "From an examination of your application for future license it does not find that public interest, convenience, or necessity would be served by granting it."[4] However, the station successfully convinced the commission that it should remain licensed.
On November 11, 1928, the FRC implemented a major reallocation of station transmitting frequencies, as part of a reorganization resulting from its General Order 40. WOMT was assigned to 1210 kHz.[5]
In early 2018, Seehafer Broadcasting filed for an FM translator station involving WOMT with the FCC as part of the agency's January 2018 AM revitalization translator window;[6] the application was duplicative of one filed for WCUB, which it then decided to continue pursuing while seeking an alternate application for WOMT.[7] Seehafer then filed a second translator application for WOMT, which was successful and launched in May 2020, at the same time as WCUB's 97.1 translator
References
- ^ "New Stations", Radio Service Bulletin, November 30, 1926, page 4.
- ^ "List of broadcasting stations issued temporary permits", Radio Service Bulletin, April 30, 1927, pages 6-14.
- ^ "Extension of Broadcasting Station Licenses", Radio Service Bulletin, December 31, 1927, page 7.
- ^ "Appendix F (2): Letter to and list of stations included in General Order No. 32, issued May 25, 1928", Second Annual Report of the Federal Radio Commission for the Year Ended June 30, 1928, Together With Supplemental Report for the Period From July 1, 1928 to September 30, 1928, pages 146-149.
- ^ "Broadcasting Stations", Second Annual Report of the Federal Radio Commission (June 30, 1928), page 191.
- ^ Venta, Lance (7 February 2018). "Looking At The 873 New Translator Applications". RadioInsight. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
- ^ Ellis, Jon. "2018 AM Revitalization Translators". Northpine. Retrieved 30 March 2018.