WGMN

WGMN
City Roanoke, Virginia
Broadcast area Metro Roanoke
Branding "ESPN Radio in Virginia"
Frequency 1240 AM kHz
First air date 1946[1]
Format Sports[2]
Power 1,000 Watts day and night
Class C
Facility ID 37746
Transmitter coordinates 37°16′12.0″N 79°58′14.0″W / 37.270000°N 79.970556°W / 37.270000; -79.970556
Callsign meaning W GaMe Network
former branding
Former callsigns WROV (1946-1998)
WGMN (1998-Present)[3]
Affiliations ESPN Radio
Owner Three Daughters Media
(3 Daughters Media, Inc.)
Sister stations WBLT, WBZS, WIQO-FM, WMNA, WMNA-FM, WVGM
Webcast WGMN Webstream
Website WGMN Online

WGMN is a Sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to and serviing Roanoke, Virginia.[2] WGMN is owned and operated by Three Daughters Media .[4] Prior to its 1998 takeover by ESPN, WGMN was known as WROV-AM and had been a Golden Oldies format station since 1989, prior to which it had operated as a Contemporary hit radio broadcaster.

References

  1. Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-570. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
  3. "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
  4. "WGMN Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 18, 2015.


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