WEMM-FM (107.9 FM, "Gospel 107.9") is a Southern Gospel and

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formatted

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licensed to

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, serving the

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/ Charleston area. WEMM-FM is owned and operated by

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Programming

WEMM-FM broadcasts a Southern Gospel and

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format to the

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. This format includes sermons from area pulpits, national Bible teaching ministries, and Southern Gospel music. The station also airs a radio simulcast of the ''

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NewsChannel 3 Six O'Clock'' newscast on weekdays.

History

WEMM was first established on September 6, 1971, and has since then maintained its current Gospel format. The station signed on as the third station on the Tower of Faith Radio Network. The call letters were changed to WEMM-FM on February 2, 2004, when an AM sister station (then known as WHRD) was made a simulcast of the FM signal and its

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was changed to WEMM. That simulcast arrangement ended and the AM station's callsign was changed to WRWB in September 2008 but the FM station remains at the WEMM-FM callsign.

References

External links

Gospel 107.9 WEMM official website
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