WGMF (AM)

WGMF
Simulcasting WGMM Tunkhannock
Broadcast areaWilkes-Barre/Scranton
Frequency750 kHz
BrandingGem 99 & 100
Programming
FormatClassic Hits
AffiliationsPremiere Networks
Ownership
Owner
  • Kevin Fitzgerald and Benjamin Smith
  • (Geos Communications, LLC)
WAZL, WGMA, WGMF-FM, WGMM
History
First air date
December 23, 1986; 37 years ago (1986-12-23) (as WRGE)
Former call signs
  • WRGE (1984–1987)
  • WWAX (1987–1993)
  • WMXH (1993–1998)
  • WAAT (1998–2003)
  • WQOR (2003–2023)
Call sign meaning
"Gem"
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID8092
ClassD
Power1,600 watts days only
Transmitter coordinates
41°28′34″N 75°29′41″W / 41.47611°N 75.49472°W / 41.47611; -75.49472
Translator(s)98.9 W255BO (Scranton)
103.9 W280CV (Scranton Etc.)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websitegem104.com

WGMF (750 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Olyphant, Pennsylvania, and serving the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton radio market. Known as "Gem 99 and 100", it airs a classic hits format and is owned by Kevin Fitzgerald and Benjamin Smith, through licensee Geos Communications, LLC. WGMF is simulcast with co-owned 1460 WGMM in Tunkhannock, 1490 WGMA in Hazleton and 103.9 WGMF-FM in Dushore.

WGMF is a daytimer radio station. By day, it is powered at 1,600 watts using a non-directional antenna. But 750 AM is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A WSB in Atlanta. So at night, WGMF must go off the air to avoid interference. Programming is heard around the clock on multiple FM translators around Northeast Pennsylvania: 93.9 FM in The Abingtons, 98.9 FM in Scranton, 99.9 FM in Wilkes-Barre, 100.1 FM in Hazleton and 100.9 FM in Tunkhannock.[2]

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WGMF". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Gem99and100.com/about-us