WEPM
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| City of license | Martinsburg, West Virginia |
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| Broadcast area | Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia |
| Branding | "1340 WEPM" |
| Slogan | "The Voice of the Panhandle" |
| Frequency | 1340 AM kHz |
| First air date | October 13, 1946 |
| Format | News/Talk/Sports |
| Power | 1,000 Watts day and night |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 53484 |
| Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Callsign meaning | W Eastern Panhandle Mountaineer[1] |
| Affiliations | Fox News Radio ESPN Radio West Virginia MetroNews |
| Owner | West Virginia Radio Corporation (West Virginia Radio Corporation of the Alleghenies) |
| Sister stations | WICL, WLTF |
| Webcast | WEPM Webstream |
| Website | WEPM Online |
WEPM is a News/Talk/Sports formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Martinsburg, West Virginia, serving the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.[2] WEPM is owned and operated by John and David Raese, through licensee West Virginia Radio Corporation of the Alleghenies.[3]
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History
Owner C. Leslie Golliday, a prominent Martinsburg businessman, envisioned a group of stations in the state, and his early announcers used the tag line, "This is the Mountaineer station for the Eastern Panhandle," thus the call sign there of WEPM.[1] Another suggested meaning for EPM is "Eastern Panhandle, Martinsburg."
Golliday also owned WCLG-AM in Morgantown, WV which carried a similar tag line, "This is the Mountaineer station for northern West Virginia."
Golliday died in late June, 2007 at the age of 92.
Sale
On October 31, 2014, Prettyman Broadcasting announced the sale of WEPM to West Virginia Radio Corporation (WVRC) for an unknown sum.[4] Included in the same are sister stations WICL and WLTF.[4] WVRC assumed control of the stations, through a Local marketing agreement, on November 1.[4] The purchase was consummated on February 13, 2015, at a price of $3 million.
References
External links
- ESPN 1340 WEPM Online
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WEPM
- Radio-Locator Information on WEPM
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WEPM
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