WPLM (1390 AM) is a

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licensed to serve

Plymouth, Massachusetts Plymouth (; historically known as Plimouth and Plimoth) is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. Located in Greater Boston, the town holds a place of great prominence in American history, folklore, and culture, and is known a ...

, United States. WPLM broadcasts to the South Shore and

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areas. The station is owned by Plymouth Rock Broadcasting Co., Inc. WPLM simulcasts the

adult contemporary music Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet ...

format of sister station WPLM-FM (99.1).

History

WPLM signed on August 8, 1955, with WPLM-FM being added on June 25, 1961. The two stations simulcast all programming from the FM station's launch until October 1997, when the station began to carry the Eastern Massachusetts Financial News Network, based out of WADN (1120 AM, now WBNW), in

morning drive Drive time is the daypart in which radio broadcasters can reach the most people who listen to car radios while driving, usually to and from work, or on public transportation. Drive-time periods are when the number of radio listeners in this cla ...

. In May 1999, WPLM's simulcast of WBNW was expanded to run from 6a.m. to 6p.m. On January 15, 2015, WPLM returned to a full simulcast with WPLM-FM. For much of its history, WPLM was branded as "The radio voice of America's Hometown, Cape Cod and the Islands;" its current slogan is relatively recent. WPLM went silent on June 7, 2018. It resumed operations on June 6, 2019.https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&translog=20190531AAT&facid=52837

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