WMOM
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WMOM is a radio station
broadcasting a Top 40 (CHR)
/Alternative
hybrid format. Licensed to Pentwater, Michigan
, it serves the Ludington, Michigan
area. It first began broadcasting in 1999.
WMOM has twice been nominated at the NAB Marconi CHR station of the year in 2003 and 2004. WMOM has also been honored with numerous local and statewide broadcast awards.
Every year WMOM sponsors the annual "Lake Jump", a fundraiser that has contributed $175,768.70 to charities and building projects in western Michigan. In 2009, a website was established to document the history of the WMOM Lake Jump which started in 2000.
The station evolved from a Top 40 (CHR)
to a Top 40 (CHR)
/Alternative
hybrid mix by 2007. The formula, according to the station owner, is "two-thirds Top 40 and one-third Alternative." WMOM also plays unreleased demos of local and regional artists.
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
broadcasting a Top 40 (CHR)
Contemporary hit radio
Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts...
/Alternative
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
hybrid format. Licensed to Pentwater, Michigan
Pentwater, Michigan
Pentwater is a village in Oceana County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 958 at the 2000 census. The village is located within Pentwater Township. Pentwater is home to Mears State Park. The name Pentwater comes from Pent or Penned up waters...
, it serves the Ludington, Michigan
Ludington, Michigan
Ludington is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 8,357. It is the county seat of Mason County.Ludington is a harbor town located on Lake Michigan at the mouth of the Pere Marquette River...
area. It first began broadcasting in 1999.
History
WMOM is owned by Bay View Broadcasting, Inc. The station broadcasts live from a storefront window at 206 Ludington Avenue in the historic section of Ludington, Michigan. Patrick Lopeman is the founder and principal owner of Bay View. Mr. Lopeman is a broadcast industry veteran who was also known as Pat Martin. Bay View also developed WXYQ 101.5 in Manistee, Michigan in 1994. Today WXYQ is known as WMTE-FM Classic Hits Kool 1015. Mr. Lopeman was also a founding member of Europa Communications which developed WPHD in Elmira, New York.WMOM has twice been nominated at the NAB Marconi CHR station of the year in 2003 and 2004. WMOM has also been honored with numerous local and statewide broadcast awards.
Every year WMOM sponsors the annual "Lake Jump", a fundraiser that has contributed $175,768.70 to charities and building projects in western Michigan. In 2009, a website was established to document the history of the WMOM Lake Jump which started in 2000.
The station evolved from a Top 40 (CHR)
Contemporary hit radio
Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts...
to a Top 40 (CHR)
Contemporary hit radio
Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts...
/Alternative
Modern rock
Modern rock is a rock format commonly found on commercial radio; the format consists primarily of the alternative rock genre...
hybrid mix by 2007. The formula, according to the station owner, is "two-thirds Top 40 and one-third Alternative." WMOM also plays unreleased demos of local and regional artists.