WOMM-LP
{{short description|Community radio station in Burlington, Vermont, United States}}
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = WOMM-LP
| logo =
| city = Burlington, Vermont
| country = US
| branding = The Radiator
| airdate = {{Start date|2007|9|22}}
| last_airdate = {{end date|2024}}
| frequency = 105.9 MHz
| format = Variety
| erp = 100 watts
| haat = {{convert|15|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class = L1
| facility_id = 135702
| coordinates = {{coord|44|28|44|N|73|12|50.3|W|type:landmark_region:US-VT|display=inline,title}}
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| owner = The Big Heavy World Foundation, Inc.
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WOMM-LP (105.9 FM) was a federally licensed, low-power, non-commercial community radio station based in Burlington, Vermont. WOMM featured a variety of formatted shows driven by the on-air personalities who staff the station. It used the slogan "The Radiator, Burlington's community radio station broadcasting with 100 watts of fury."
WOMM had a 100-watt mono signal and broadcast within Chittenden County, Vermont. The station was conceived in the early 2000s by Lee Anderson and Jim Lockridge of Vermont music agency Big Heavy World and signed on September 22, 2007.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-burlington-free-press-human-experie/165672422/|date=December 6, 2007|pages=1C, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-burlington-free-press-radio/165672684/ 5C]|first=Brent|last=Hallenbeck|title='Human-experience radio': The Radiator aims to be a community radio station|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press|location=Burlington, Vermont|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 16, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bigheavyworld.com/105-the-radiator/|website=Big Heavy World|accessdate=25 November 2015|title=105.9 The Radiator|archive-date=November 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171124023838/https://www.bigheavyworld.com/105-the-radiator/|url-status=dead}} There were more than 70 volunteers on the staff by 2010.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-burlington-free-press-voice-of-the-p/165672818/|date=May 20, 2010|page=Weekend 1|first=Brent|last=Hallenbeck|title=Voice of the People: Community radio stations boost Vermonter's on-air opportunities|newspaper=The Burlington Free Press|location=Burlington, Vermont|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 16, 2025}} In 2014, Big Heavy World's offices and WOMM-LP relocated to space at Burlington College.{{Cite news |last=Krantz |first=Laura |date=2014-09-26 |title=Big Heavy World relocates to Burlington College |url=https://vtdigger.org/2014/09/26/big-heavy-world-relocates-burlington-college/ |access-date=2025-02-16 |work=VTDigger] |language=en-US}} The station's license was cancelled on June 20, 2024.
Programming
The format of WOMM was variety and featured a daily programming schedule which may range from heavy rock and punk to classical and talk, depending on the personalities currently on the station.
See also
References
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{{Burlington-Plattsburgh Radio}}
Category:Radio stations established in 2007
Category:2007 establishments in Vermont
Category:Defunct radio stations in the United States
Category:Radio stations disestablished in 2024
Category:2024 disestablishments in Vermont
Category:Defunct community radio stations in the United States