WMBM
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| City | Miami Beach, Florida |
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| Slogan | Where Ministry Blesses Many |
| Frequency | 1490 kHz |
| First air date | 1957(as WAHR) |
| Format | Urban Gospel |
| Power | 1,000 watts fulltime |
| Class | C |
| Facility ID | 40045 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 25°46′10.00″N 80°8′11.00″W / 25.7694444°N 80.1363889°W |
| Callsign meaning | Where Ministry Blesses Many |
| Former callsigns | WSBH (1993-?) |
| Affiliations | Westwood One |
| Owner | New Birth Broadcasting Corp. Inc. |
| Website | wmbm.com |
WMBM (1490 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Gospel format. Licensed to Miami Beach, Florida, USA, the station serves the Miami area. The station is currently owned by New Birth Broadcasting Corp. Inc. and features programming from Westwood One.
Note: A station with call letters WMBM, Miami Beach, began broadcasting October 27, 1947, on 800 kc. with 1 KW power. The licensee was Biscayne Broadcasting Company.
The station went on the air from Miami Beach, in 1957 as WAHR, where noted talk show host Larry King began his career. The station was later renamed WMET, in the early 1960s, and was South Florida's first full-time Spanish language radio station. Shortly thereafter, the WMET call letters and programming moved to another frequency, and this station became WMBM, under the programming leadership of Ernie Fields. WMBM went on to develop a large and popular history as Miami's premier AM station for Rhythm and Blues, Gospel, Jazz and programming targeted to an African-American audience. Noted jazz broadcaster China Valles had a popular show on the station. Motivational speaker Les Brown was a disc jockey on WMBM. The station became WSBH on July 23, 1993, with a Talk format. On March 10, 1995, the station changed its call sign to the current WMBM and returned to a Gospel format, which the station had for much of the 80s. Its current prime time DJ's include Bishop Victor T. Curry, Jerry Sawyer, Milton MJ Smith, Jose Miller, Kevin Moyd, Lydia Goodin, Joe Riley, Rev. CJ Kelley, Greg Cooper, and Tiffany Robinson. Jerry Sawyer and Milton MJ Smith were two of the first radio D.J.s to play and interview Soul & Gospel artist Freddie Lee Peterkin.
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