WROM (AM)
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Translator(s) | 103.1 W276CL (Atlanta Junction) |
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Webcast | Listen LIve |
Website | 1031radiom.com |
WROM (710
By day, WROM is powered at 1,000
History
AM 710
On December 26, 1946, the station first
In 1999, the LGV Corporarion acquired the station for $150,000.
WROM-TV
In 1953, immediately after a freeze on new television stations was lifted, H. Dean Covington and associates, the owners of WROM Radio, applied for and received a
In late 1957, the TV station was sold to Martin Theaters of Georgia, Inc., which had received permission from the FCC to switch its WDAK-TV, Channel 28 in Columbus, Georgia, to Channel 9, necessitating the move of the Channel 9 frequency in Rome farther away to alleviate co-channel interference. Covington and associates owners also agreed to sell their station to Martin Theaters, which then moved Channel 9 from Rome 70 miles north to Chattanooga, Tennessee, and re-license it as WTVC. The station remains affiliated with ABC, now serving the Chattanooga television market.
References
External links
- WROM in the FCC AM station database
- WROM in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- W276CL in the FCC FM station database
- W276CL at FCCdata.org
34°15′11″N 85°09′19″W / 34.25306°N 85.15528°W