KMWM is an FM radio station licensed to Woodrow Matthew Warren and is located in
Alturas, California
Alturas ( Spanish for "Heights"; Achumawi: ''Kasalektawi'') is the only incorporated city in Modoc County, California of which it is also the county seat. Located in the Shasta Cascade region of Northern California, the city had a population ...
.
History
KMWM went on the air on 11 August 2016 changing to the call sign on July 7, 2016 from KOGD prior to commencing operation.
On August 14, 2013, the FCC granted a
construction permit
Planning permission or building permit refers to the approval needed for construction or expansion (including significant renovation), and sometimes for demolition, in some jurisdictions.
House building permits, for example, are subject to bu ...
to L Topaz Enterprises, Inc for 101.7
mHz
The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), often described as being equivalent to one event (or cycle) per second. The hertz is an SI derived unit whose formal expression in terms of SI base u ...
with an
Effective Radiated Power
Effective radiated power (ERP), synonymous with equivalent radiated power, is an IEEE standardized definition of directional radio frequency (RF) power, such as that emitted by a radio transmitter. It is the total power in watts that would ha ...
of 51 kW. The location of the transmitter was chosen with the attempt to cover the city of Alturas, California and have a listenable signal in Lakeview, Oregon.
On May 22, 2014, L. Topaz sold the Construction Permit to Woodward Matthew Warren of Lakeview, Oregon for $25,000, $15,000 of which was in the form of a promissory note. Unable to raise the funds to build the high power station Warren applied for a Construction Permit on July 26, 2016 to build a 500 watt station colocated which his existing KALT-FM in Alturas. Warren filed for the license August 11, 2016 three days before the Construction permit was due to expire. Warren also owns KLCR-FM in Lakeview, Oregon
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Alturas, California
2016 establishments in California
MWM
Radio stations established in 2016
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