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WFMO

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WFMO
Frequency860 kHz
Programming
FormatUrban Gospel
AffiliationsReach Media
Ownership
Owner
  • Stuart Epperson, Jr.
  • (Truth Broadcasting Corporation)
WSTS, WPOL, WKEW
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID53609
ClassD
Power1,000 watts day
12 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
33°49′40.00″N 79°10′20.00″W / 33.8277778°N 79.1722222°W / 33.8277778; -79.1722222
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Public license information

WFMO (860 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an Urban Gospel format. Licensed to Fairmont, North Carolina, United States, the station is currently owned by Stuart Epperson, Jr., through licensee Truth Broadcasting Corporation.

History

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Jim Clark's Pro-Media Inc. owned WFMO and WSTS when WFMO became part of the "WE-DO" black gospel and news and information network started by Wes Cookman's WIDU in Fayetteville, along with WAGR and WEWO.[2]

WFMO and WSTS were sold by Davidson Media Group to Truth Broadcasting effective April 14, 2015, at a price of $475,000.[3] [1]

Effective April 12, 2017, WFMO airs similar programming to sister stations WPOL and WKEW which consists of Erica Campbell, Willie Moore Jr, as well as other urban gospel programming.

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WFMO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Michael Futch, "TV Station Replaces Its Weather Man," The Fayetteville Observer, October 18, 1998.
  3. ^ "WSTS and WFMO Sold to Truth Broadcasting Corp," "All Access", April 15, 2015
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