WMMN

WMMN
City Fairmont, West Virginia
Broadcast area North-Central West Virginia
Branding fm 95.7 The Ticket am 920
Frequency 920 kHz
Translator(s) W239CM (95.7 MHz, Morgantown)
First air date 1928
Format Sports
Power 5,000 Watts daytime
200 Watts nighttime
Class D
Facility ID 21171
Transmitter coordinates 39°28′3.0″N 80°12′20.0″W / 39.467500°N 80.205556°W / 39.467500; -80.205556
Callsign meaning W Matthew Mansfield Neely
Named in Honor of former Governor of WV
Affiliations Fox Sports Radio
Owner Laurel Highland Total Communications, Inc.
(LHTC Media of West Virginia, Inc.)
Sister stations WRLF, WBKE, WZST
Website www.themountaineerticket.com

WMMN Sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Fairmont, West Virginia, serving North-Central West Virginia. WMMN is owned and operated by Laurel Highland Total Communications, Inc., through licensee LHTC Media of West Virginia, Inc.

History

Tower on Tower Hill Road, Fairmont, West Virginia, seen from the adjacent Grove Cemetery

On November 1, 1935, WMMN joined the CBS radio network. At that time the station was licensed to A.M. Rowe Inc., with George B. Storer the chief stockholder. It operated on 890 kHz with power of 500 W (daytime) and 250 W (night).[1]

References

  1. "WMMN Joins CBS" (PDF). Broadcasting. November 1, 1935. Retrieved 4 November 2014.

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