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WLMR

Coordinates: 35°2′54.00″N 85°16′26.00″W / 35.0483333°N 85.2738889°W / 35.0483333; -85.2738889
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WLMR
Frequency1450 kHz
Programming
FormatReligious
Ownership
Owner
  • Wilkins Communications Network, Inc.
  • (Grace Media, Inc.)
History
First air date
January 21, 1946 (1946-01-21)
Former call signs
  • WAGC (1946–1959)
  • WOGA (1959–1961)
  • WMOC (1961–1983, 1984–1994)
  • WZRA (1983–1984)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID24721
ClassC
Power1,000 watts unlimited
Transmitter coordinates
35°2′54.00″N 85°16′26.00″W / 35.0483333°N 85.2738889°W / 35.0483333; -85.2738889
Translator(s)103.3 W277DA (Chattanooga)
Links
Public license information
WebcastWLMR 1450 Listen Live
WLMR 103.3 Listen Live
Websitewww.wilkinsradio.com/our-stations/wlmr-1450am-103-3fm-chattanooga-tn/

WLMR (1450 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a religious format.[2] Licensed to Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States, the station serves the Chattanooga area. The station is currently owned by Wilkins Communications Network, Inc.[3] In the early 1980s, the station was automated and played country music from studios in a strip mall on Brainerd Rd. It was also Chattanooga's first talk radio station when it held the WZRA call sign. WZRA was the first home of Jeff Styles, and also featured well known personalities such as Kelly McCoy and Robert T. Nash.

History

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In 1946, with a 250-watt radio transmitter on Rossville Boulevard, the station signed on at 6:55 a.m. on January 21 as WAGC, said to stand for "Winning a Greater Chattanooga". A network affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System, it also carried local programming, including baseball games of the Chattanooga Lookouts. It became WOGA in November 1959, and WMOC in October 1961.[4] After a brief stint as WZRA from September 1983 to August 1984, it became WMOC again until November 1994, when it became WLMR.

Former logo

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WLMR". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Winter 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
  3. ^ "WLMR Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2010-02-22.
  4. ^ "WAGC Radio - Winning a Greater Chattanooga". 18 December 2013.
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