WFMH is a radio station

Radio station

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 licensed

City of license

A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting, is the community that a radio station or television station is officially licensed to serve by that country's broadcast regulator....

 to serve Cullman, Alabama

Cullman, Alabama

Cullman is a city in Cullman County, State of Alabama. Cullman is located along Interstate 65, about north of Birmingham, and about south of Huntsville. According to the U.S...

, USA. The station is owned by Jimmy Dale Media. It airs a Sports Talk format.

The station was assigned the WFMH call letters by the Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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 on September 20, 2002

2002 in radio

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Ownership

The station first signed on the air as WKUL on October 1, 1946, under the ownership of the Cullman Broadcasting Company.

In May 2004, Voice of Cullman LLC (Clark P. Jones, member/manager) agreed to transfer the license for WFMH and then-sister station

Sister station

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 WFMH-FM

WFMH-FM

WFMH-FM is a radio station licensed to serve Hackleburg, Alabama, USA. The station is owned by TNT, Inc. It airs a Country music format and features programming from The Paul Finebaum Radio Network.-History:...

 to Williams Communications (Walton E. Williams Jr., president/director). The two stations sold for a reported total of $2.45 million.

In May 2008, a deal was reached to transfer control of this station from Williams Communications, Inc. to Walton E. Williams III. The FCC approved the deal on July 1, 2008, and the transaction was consummated on the same day.

In August 2008, Walton E. Williams III reached an agreement to sell WFMH and sister station WMCJ

WMCJ

WMCJ is a radio station licensed to serve Cullman, Alabama, USA. The station is owned by Walton E. Williams III but a sale to Jimmy Dale Media was approved by the FCC in October 2008 and is, as of January 30, 2009, pending consummation....

to Jimmy Dale Media LLC. The two stations sold for a reported total of $375,000. The deal was approved by the FCC on October 6, 2008.