WOMP

WOMP Radio
City	Bellaire, Ohio
Broadcast area	Wheeling
Slogan	"The Mighty 1290"
Frequency	1290 kHz
Format	All Sports
Power	1,000 Watts day 33 watts night
Class	D
Facility ID	3038
Transmitter coordinates	40°02′09″N 80°46′16″W / 40.03583°N 80.77111°W / 40.03583; -80.77111Coordinates: 40°02′09″N 80°46′16″W / 40.03583°N 80.77111°W / 40.03583; -80.77111
Callsign meaning	Phonetically pronounced as "Whomp"
Former callsigns	WTRF (1947-1959) WTRX (1959)
Owner	FM Radio Licenses, LLC
Sister stations	WRQY, WSTV, WUKL

WOMP (1290 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to Bellaire, Ohio, USA, it serves the Wheeling area. The station is currently owned by FM Radio Licenses, LLC.

Originally known as WTRF, the station signed on the air for the first time in 1947 on both the AM and FM bands. Fittingly, the call sign stood for "Two Radio Frequencies." If briefly became WTRX then, in 1959, WOMP.

Also the acronym for World Of Mining Professionals, the world's largest electronic newsletter for the mining industry.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WOMP

Radio-Locator Information on WOMP

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WOMP

Radio stations in the Wheeling, West Virginia/Steubenville, Ohio market

By AM frequency	950 1170 1290 1330 1370 1400 1430 1600

By FM frequency	88.1 88.7 89.9 91.5 91.9 93.5 95.7 96.5 97.3 98.7 99.1 99.5 100.5 101.1 102.9 103.5 105.5 106.3 107.5

By callsign	W204BE WBBD WBGI-FM WBWO-LP WCDK WDIG WDUQ-LP WEGW WEIR WETZ WGLZ WKKX WKWK-FM WOGH WOMP WOVK WPHP WRQY WUKL WVKF WVLY WVNP WWOV-LP WWVA WYMJ WZUM-FM

Defunct	WSTV 1340 AM

West Virginia radio markets Beckley Bluefield Charleston Huntington Morgantown–Clarksburg–Fairmont Parkersburg Wheeling Other West Virginia radio regions Cumberland, MD East-Central Eastern Panhandle Elkins–Buckhannon–Weston Kingwood Southern West-Central Winchester, VA Ohio radio markets Akron Canton Cincinnati Cleveland Columbus Dayton Lima Marietta Toledo Youngstown–Warren Other Ohio radio regions Ashtabula Ironton Mid-Ohio Sandusky Southern Ohio Wheeling/Steubenville See also List of radio stations in Ohio List of radio stations in West Virginia

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