Broadcast area
Gulfport–Biloxi metropolitan area
1240 kHz
Branding
Cruisin' WGCM
Programming
Ownership
Owner
WGCM-FM, WROA, WRPM, WZKX, WZNF
History
First air date
1928; 96 years ago (1928)[1]
Former call signs
Former frequencies
Call sign meaning
Gulf Coast Music Co. (original owner)
Technical information[4]
Licensing authority
31216
C
1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
30°25′45″N 89°01′10″W / 30.42917°N 89.01944°W / 30.42917; -89.01944
100.9 W265DH (Gulfport)
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WGCM (1240 AM) is radio station licensed to Gulfport, Mississippi. It airs an oldies format and is owned by Lisa Stiglets and Elizabeth McQueen, through licensee JLE, Incorporated.[5]
WGCM began broadcasting in 1928 and was owned by Gulf Coast Music Co.[1][2] It briefly broadcast at 1350 kHz, before its frequency was changed to 1210 kHz later in 1928.[2] Its frequency was changed to 1240 kHz in March 1941, as a result of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement.[2] By 1944, WGCM had become an affiliate of the Blue Network, which would become the American Broadcasting Company in 1945.[6]
In 1980, its call sign was changed to WTAM.[3] The station aired an urban contemporary format as WTAM.[7][8] Its call sign was changed back to WGCM in 1987, and it adopted a country music format.[3][9] By 1990, the station had adopted to an adult standards format.[10] By 1994, it had switched to a sports format.[11] In 1995, it adopted a classic country format.[12][13][14] In 2016, the station began to be simulcast on a translator at 100.9 MHz, and it adopted an oldies format branded "Cruisin' WGCM".[15][16][17]
WGCM is also heard at 100.9 MHz, through a translator in Gulfport, Mississippi.
FCC info
W265DH
100.9 FM
250
D
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