WROM (AM)

WROM
City	Rome, Georgia
Broadcast area	Rome and vicinity
Branding	103.1 Radio M
Frequency	710 kHz
Translator(s)	103.1 W276CL (Atlanta Junction)
First air date	July 15, 2004
Format	Variety hits
Power	1,000 watts (Daytime)
Class	D
Facility ID	66283
Callsign meaning	ROMe, Georgia or RadiO M, per branding
Owner	Howard Toole (Rome Radio Partners, LLC)
Webcast	Listen LIve
Website	1031radiom.com

WROM (710 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Variety hits format based mainly on a broad mix of modern music from the dance, rock, alternative and top 40 genres. Licensed to Rome, Georgia, USA, the station serves the city and vicinity. It also broadcasts on W276CL, 103.1 FM, a translator operating at 250 watts from Atlanta Junction, Georgia.

Because it shares the same frequency as "clear channel" station WOR in New York City, WROM only broadcasts on the AM signal during the Daytime hours.

In 1953, immediately after a freeze on new television stations, Dean Covington and associates, the former owners of WROM Radio applied for and received a FCC license to construct a television station on VHF Channel 9 (analog 186-192 megacycles). A construction permit was issued and the new TV station began broadcasting from a studio at 121 Broad Street in downtown Rome. The station's transmitter was located on Mt. Alto Road, on the highest peak of Horseleg Mountain, west of Rome. WROM-TV, Channel 9 was affiliated with ABC primary, and secured secondary affiliations with NBC, CBS and Dumont networks. In late 1957, the TV station was sold to Martin Theaters of Georgia, Inc., which had received permission from the FCC to switch its WDAK-TV, Channel 28 in Columbus, Georgia to Channel 9, necessitating the move of the Channel 9 frequency in Rome farther away to alleviate co-channel interference. Covington and associates owners also agreed to sell their station to Martin Theaters, which then moved Channel 9 in Rome 70 miles north to Chattanooga, Tennessee and re-license it as WTVC (TV).

References

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WROM

Radio-Locator Information on WROM

Radio stations in the Rome / northwest Georgia market

By FM frequency	WMBW – 88.9 W215BA – 90.9 WCCV – 91.7 WIPK – 94.5 WSRM – 95.3 WATG – 95.7 WGPB – 97.7 WQTU – 102.3 WTSH-FM – 107.1

By AM frequency	WROM – 710 WQRX – 870 WEBS – 1030 WZQZ – 1180 WGJK – 1360 WLAQ – 1410 WRGA – 1470

Defunct stations	WGTA – 950

Georgia radio markets Albany Atlanta Augusta Brunswick Columbus Macon Savannah Valdosta Other Georgia radio regions Rome Thomasville/Bainbridge Waycross See also List of radio stations in Georgia

Daytime-Only radio stations in Georgia

Stations	WAFS - Atlanta WAYS - Macon WBAF - Barnesville WCGA - Woodbine WDCY - Douglasville WDGR - Dahlongea WDPC - Dallas WFTD - Marietta WGTJ - Murrayville WHGH - Thomasville WISK - Lawrenceville WJTP - Lithia Springs WKNG - Tallapoosa WKVQ - Eatonton WLBA - Gainesville WLOV - Washington WPBS - Conyers WPGY - Ellijay WQCH - Lafayette WROM - Rome WSEM - Donalsonville WTTI - Dalton WUFE - Baxley WUFF - Eastman WVCC - Hogansville WWIO - St. Marys WWWE - Hapeville WXAG - Athens WXJO - Douglasville WYIS - McRae WYZI - Royston WZQZ - Trion WZYN - Hahira

Defunct	WBBK - Blakely WBKZ - Jefferson WCUG - Cuthbert WSBX - Ochlocknee

See also: Clear channel radio stations and Why AM Radio Stations Must Reduce Power, Change Operations, or Cease Operations at Night

Coordinates: 34°15′11″N 85°09′19″W / 34.25306°N 85.15528°W / 34.25306; -85.15528

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