WMPM

WMPM
Smithfield, North Carolina;
Broadcast area	Raleigh-Durham
Frequency	1270kHz
Branding	"El Gallo"
Programming
Format	Regional Mexican
Ownership
Owner	Steven Lara; (Gorilla Broadcasting Company, LLC);
Sister stations	WNMB
History
First air date	1950;74 years ago
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	9051
Class	D
Power	5,000 watts (day); 145 watts (night);
Transmitter coordinates	35°31′33.00″N78°20′1.00″W/ 35.5258333°N 78.3336111°W
Translator(s)	94.3W232DO (Smithfield)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen live
Website	elgallonc.com

WMPM(1270AM) is acommercial radiostationlicensedtoSmithfield, North Carolina.It airs anurban oldiesandurban gospel radio format.WMPM is owned by Jimmy Johnson, through licensee Johnson Broadcast Ventures, Ltd. Its studios and offices are on Buffalo Road in Smithfield.

By day, WMPM is powered at 5,000 wattsnon-directional.To protect other stations on1270 AMfrom interference, at night it reduces power to 140 watts.^[2]Programming is also heard on 200-wattFM translatorW232DO at 94.3MHzin Smithfield.^[3]

History[edit]

The stationsigned onthe air in 1950. Originally it was adaytimer,required to go off the air at sunset.

WMPM has been heavily focused onJohnston Countyand originally had afull service,classic countryformat, with an occasionalSouthern gospelsong thrown in every now and then. It was previously owned by broadcaster Carl Lamm, who held onto the station for nearly a half-century and later hosted a weekday afternoon show onsister station1090WTSBinSelma, North Carolina.^[4]In addition, Carl is a member of the North Carolina Broadcasters Hall of Fame.

On November 1, 2007, the classic country and Southern gospel programming heard on 1270 moved down the dial to WTSB, another Johnston County station, which previously had anall-sportsformat.^[5]

Beginning in 2009, WMPM began broadcastingContemporary Christian music,billing itself as "The New 1270 WMPM, Johnston County's Christian Radio.". The stationsigned offand wentsilenton February 28, 2019, following the owner's retirement.^[6]

Effective December 6, 2019, Carl Lamm sold WMPM and translator W232DO to Jimmy Johnson's Johnson Broadcast Ventures, Ltd. for $155,000.^[7]Johnson put the station back on the air with anurban oldiesandurban gospelformat.

References[edit]

^"Facility Technical Data for WMPM".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
^"WMPM-AM 1270 kHz - Smithfield, NC".radio-locator.com.RetrievedJanuary 26,2024.
^"W232DO-FM 94.3 MHz - Smithfield, NC".radio-locator.com.RetrievedJanuary 26,2024.
^"not found".
^"OOPS... (not found)".
^"WTSB to Sign-Off as Owner Retires Following 72 Years On-Air".March 5, 2019.
^Venta, Lance (August 30, 2019)."Station Sales Week Of 8/30: EMF Buys Five From Family Radio".RadioInsight.RetrievedAugust 9,2022.

External links[edit]

Facility details for Facility ID 9051 (WMPM)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
WMPMinNielsen Audio's AM station database

35°31′33″N78°20′01″W/ 35.52583°N 78.33361°W/35.52583; -78.33361

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[1] "Facility Technical Data for WMPM".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.

[2] "WMPM-AM 1270 kHz - Smithfield, NC".radio-locator.com.RetrievedJanuary 26,2024.

[3] "W232DO-FM 94.3 MHz - Smithfield, NC".radio-locator.com.RetrievedJanuary 26,2024.

[4] "not found".

[5] "OOPS... (not found)".

[6] "WTSB to Sign-Off as Owner Retires Following 72 Years On-Air".March 5, 2019.

[7] Venta, Lance (August 30, 2019)."Station Sales Week Of 8/30: EMF Buys Five From Family Radio".RadioInsight.RetrievedAugust 9,2022.

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