WGMM

WGMM

City	Corning, New York
Broadcast area	Elmira, New York
Branding	Gem 98.7
Slogan	"Your Favorite Music Station!"
Frequency	98.7 MHz
First air date	1989 (as WCBA-FM)
Format	Classic Hits
ERP	1,200 watts
HAAT	220 meters (722 feet)
Class	A
Facility ID	19651
Transmitter coordinates	42°08′31″N 77°04′40″W / 42.14194°N 77.07778°W / 42.14194; -77.07778
Callsign meaning	GMM = "Gem"
Former callsigns	WCBA-FM (1987-2005) WGMM-FM (5/05-6/05)^[1]
Owner	WS Media (WS2K Radio LLC)
Sister stations	WCBA, WENI, WENI-FM, WENY, WENY-FM
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	987gemfm.com

WGMM (98.7 FM, "Gem 98.7") is a radio station licensed to serve Corning, New York, USA. The station is owned by WS Media and licensed to WS2K Radio LLC.

It broadcasts a classic hits music format to the Elmira, New York, metropolitan area.^[2]

History

This station received its original construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission on July 2, 1987.^[3] The new station was assigned the call letters WCBA-FM by the FCC on December 3, 1987.^[1] WCBA-FM received its license to cover from the FCC on March 23, 1990.^[4]

In April 1990, licensee Dean J. Slack reached an agreement to sell this station to Eolin Broadcasting, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on May 21, 1990, and the transaction was consummated on June 8, 1990.^[5]

Completing a swap between sister stations where the former WGMM became WCBA-FM (now WENI-FM) and this station, WCBA-FM's call letters were changed to WGMM-FM by the FCC on May 16, 2005.^[1] Just six weeks later, the station was assigned the current WGMM call letters by the FCC on June 29, 2005.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
↑ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
↑ "Application Search Details (BPH-19860408ME)". FCC Media Bureau. July 2, 1987.
↑ "Application Search Details (BLH-19890216KC)". FCC Media Bureau. March 23, 1990.
↑ "Application Search Details (BALH-19900315ED)". FCC Media Bureau. June 8, 1990.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WGMM

Radio-Locator information on WGMM

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WGMM

Radio stations in the Elmira–Corning, New York market

Note: This market also includes areas around Sayre, Towanda, Mansfield, and Wellsboro in Pennsylvania.

By AM frequency	820 960 1000 1230 1310 1350 1380 1410 1450 1480 1490 (NY) 1490 (PA) 1600

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 88.7 88.9 90.3 90.7 91.1 92.1 92.7 94.3 94.7 96.1 96.9 97.3 97.7 98.7 99.5 100.3 100.9 102.1 103.7 104.5 104.9 105.3 106.1 107.7

by callsign	W205BR WABH WAVR WCBA WCIH WCII-FM WCKR WECW WEHH WENI WENY WENY-FM WGMM WHGL WKPQ WLEA WLNL WLVY WMTQ WMTT WNBT WNBT-FM WNGZ WNKI WOKN WPGI WPHD WQNY WRCE WSKG-FM WSQX-FM WTZN WVYS WYXL

Defunct stations	WHHO/1320 WWHG/1320/95.3 (call letters now used by a completely different station, in Wisconsin)

New York radio markets Albany–Schenectady–Troy Binghamton Buffalo–Niagara Falls Elmira–Corning Hudson Valley Nassau–Suffolk (Long Island) New York City Olean Plattsburgh Poughkeepsie Rochester Syracuse Utica–Rome Watertown Other New York radio regions Ithaca Jamestown–Dunkirk North Country Saratoga Pennsylvania radio markets Allentown–Bethlehem Altoona Bradford–Coudersport Chambersburg–Waynesboro Erie Harrisburg–Lebanon–Carlisle Lancaster Montrose New Castle Philadelphia Pittsburgh Reading Sayre–Towanda–Mansfield–Wellsboro Wilkes-Barre–Scranton Williamsport York Other Pennsylvania radio regions Bedford Indiana Johnstown Lewistown–Mifflintown Meadville–Franklin Punxsutawney–DuBois St. Marys–Emporium–Kane State College Stroudsburg Sunbury–Selinsgrove–Lewisburg Warren See also List of radio stations in New York List of radio stations in Pennsylvania

Classic Hits radio stations in New York

By frequency	1120 1240 1330 1340 1340 1400 1490 (Malone) 1490 (Amsterdam) 92.9 93.3 95.9 96.1 97.1 98.3 98.7 101.1 101.5 101.7 102.1 102.7 102.7 103.1 103.1 103.9 104.1 105.1 105.7 105.9 106.7

By callsign	WALL WBPM WBZO WCBS-FM WCDW WCIZ-FM WCSS WDNY WGMM WGWE WHTT-FM WICY WKAJ WKOL WLGZ-FM WNDR WNYQ WODZ-FM WQSH WSEN-FM WSPQ WTRY-FM WVOS WVOS-FM WXHC WZHD WZOZ WZUN

By city	Amsterdam Auburn Bay Shore Buffalo Canaseraga Corning Dansville Homer Hudson Falls Liberty (WVOS) Liberty (WVOS-FM) Little Valley Malone Malta/Albany Mexico Middletown New York Oneonta Phoenix Plattsburgh Port Dickinson Rome Rotterdam St. Johnsville Saugerties Springville/Buffalo Watertown Webster

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in New York See also Oldies Classic Hits

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