WGMN
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = WGMN
| city = Roanoke, Virginia
| area =
| branding = WNRN
| airdate = {{Start date and age|1946}}
| frequency = {{Frequency|1240 AM|kHz}}
| translator = {{ubl|99.5 W258DN (Roanoke)}}
| format = Adult album alternative
| power = 1,000 watts
| class = C
| licensing_authority = FCC
| facility_id = 37746
| coordinates = {{coord|37|16|12.0|N|79|58|14.0|W|type:landmark}}
| callsign_meaning = Game Network (former sports branding)
| former_callsigns = WROV (1946–1998)
| owner = Stu-Comm, Inc.
| operator =
| licensee =
| affiliations =
| network =
| sister_stations =
| webcast =
| website = [https://www.wnrn.org]
}}
WGMN (1240 kHz) is a commercial radio station in Roanoke, Virginia. Owned and operated by the non-profit Stu-Comm, Inc., it broadcasts an adult album alternative music format as a simulcast of Charlottesville-based WNRN-FM.
WGMN transmits with 1,000 watts. The transmitter is on Cleveland Avenue SW near the Roanoke River.[https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?sr=Y&s=C&call=wgmn&nav=home Radio-Locator.com/WGMN] Programming is also heard on an FM translator: 99.5 W258DN in Roanoke.
History
The station signed on the air in {{Start date and age|1946}}. Its original call sign was WROV, standing for Roanoke, Virginia. The station was a network affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System.[https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1948/Radio%20by%20State-1948.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1948 page 250] It was originally powered at 250 watts and had its studios in the Mount Trust Bank Building.
For most of the 1960s and 70s, it broadcast a Top 40 format. In 1989, WROV began a Golden Oldies format, playing the hits of the 1950s, 60s and early 70s. In 1998, it became an ESPN Radio affiliate, changing its call sign to WGMN. The call letters represented the "Game Network", for its sports radio format.
WGMN switched to a talk radio format in June 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/187484/wgmn-roanoke-flips-from-sports-to-news-talk|title=WGMN/Roanoke Flips from Sports to News-Talk}} The station carried mostly syndicated conservative talk shows.
On June 17, 2024, Three Daughters sold WGMN and its translator to Stu-Comm, Inc., the owners of non-profit adult album alternative station WNRN-FM in Charlottesville as well as a network of relays across Virginia, for $425,000. WNRN programming began on July 1.[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/272487/wnrn-coming-to-roanoke/ WNRN Coming to Roanoke]
=Translator=
In addition to the main station, WGMN is relayed by an additional translator to widen its broadcast area.
{{RadioTranslators
| callsign =
| call1 = W258DN
| freq1 = 99.5
| city1 = Roanoke, Virginia
| watts1 = 250
| class1 = D
| fid1 = 202973
}}
References
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{{cite web|url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SP15&band=am&callLetter=WGMN|title=Arbitron Station Information Profiles|access-date=July 18, 2015|work=Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings}}
{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=67082&Callsign=WGMN|title=Call Sign History|access-date=July 18, 2015|work=Federal Communications Commission, audio division}}
{{cite web|url=http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WGMN|title=WGMN Facility Record|access-date=July 18, 2015|work=Federal Communications Commission, audio division}}
}}
External links
- [https://virginiatalkradionetwork.com/ Virginia Talk Radio Network Online]
{{AM station data|37746|WGMN}}
- [http://www.wrovhistory.com/ WROV History (unofficial WROV Tribute Site)]
{{Roanoke-Lynchburg Radio}}
{{News/Talk Radio Stations in Virginia}}
Category:1946 establishments in Virginia
Category:News and talk radio stations in the United States