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Broadcast area | Tri-Cities TN / VA |
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| Frequency | 90.5 MHz |
| Branding | Milligan Radio |
| Programming | |
| Format | College |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Milligan University |
| History | |
First air date | September 9, 1996 |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| 82695 | |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 500 watts |
| HAAT | −87 meters (−285 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°17′58″N 82°17′28″W / 36.29944°N 82.29111°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | milliganradio.com |
| Website | milliganradio.com |
WUMC (90.5 FM, "Milligan Radio") is a student-operated college radio station licensed to Elizabethton, Tennessee, United States, serving the Tri-Cities region of Tennessee and Virginia. The station is owned by Milligan University and broadcasts at 500 watts on the FM band, describing itself as the university's "award-winning student radio station."[2][3]
WUMC traces its origins to 1996, when it began broadcasting on September 9 of that year under the brand name "WMCR Milligan College Radio."[4] The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted the station a construction permit for a 500-watt transmitter and the call letters WUMC in 1997, with a full license approved in 2000.[5] The station broadcasts student-hosted programming including music, talk, and sports, and has streamed online at milliganradio.com since 2009.[6] It is housed in the Paxson Communications Building, named after broadcasting entrepreneur Lowell Paxson, founder of the Home Shopping Network and Ion Television, who facilitated the station's early development at Milligan.[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WUMC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ↑ "90.5 WUMC Milligan Radio". Milligan University. Retrieved April 7, 2026.
- ↑ "WUMC". Milligan University. Retrieved April 7, 2026.
- ↑ "History". 90.5 WUMC Milligan Radio. Retrieved April 7, 2026.
- ↑ "History". 90.5 WUMC Milligan Radio. Retrieved April 7, 2026.
- ↑ "History". 90.5 WUMC Milligan Radio. Retrieved April 7, 2026.
- ↑ "History". 90.5 WUMC Milligan Radio. Retrieved April 7, 2026.
External links
[edit]- WUMC official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 82695 (WUMC) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WUMC in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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