WMQM is an American
Christian
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radio station
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in
Lakeland, Tennessee. Its broadcast market is
Memphis, broadcasting with 50,000
watt
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s day and 35 watts night on 1600 AM. WMQM is a sister station to
shortwave radio
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station
WWCR
WWCR is a shortwave radio, shortwave radio station located in Nashville, Tennessee, in the United States. WWCR uses four 100 kW transmitters to broadcast on about a dozen frequencies.
WWCR mainly leases out its four transmitters to religious o ...
. WMQM is owned and operated by F. W. Robbert Broadcasting, Inc.
It served as the original
flagship station
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of
''The Political Cesspool'', a weekly far-right talk radio show founded by Tennessean political activist James Edwards in 2004, until shifting to
sister station
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Radio sister stations will often have different formats, and somet ...
WLRM an year later and also simulcasting on the neo-Nazi
Stormfront Radio.
History
In 1955, WKBJ AM 1600 signed on in
Milan, Tennessee
Milan ( ) is the largest city in Gibson County, Tennessee. It is home to the Milan Army Ammunition Plant, the West Tennessee Agricultural Museum and several historical sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Gibson Co ...
, operated by Milan Broadcasting Company, Inc.
On December 3, 2001, WKBJ applied to relocate to
Lakeland, Tennessee. The application was granted when
KJIW AM 1600
West Helena, Arkansas, surrendered its license.
On February 26, 2002, the
FCC accepted the sale of WKBJ to WMQM, Inc.
The call sign was changed to WMQM on May 29, 2002. (The "WMQM" call letters were previously assigned to AM 1480 in Memphis.)
On December 21, 2002, WMQM signed on with 50,000 watts at the new location in Memphis.
References
External links
WMQM official website
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Radio stations established in 1955
1955 establishments in Tennessee
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