WSMS is a Mississippi

Mississippi

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 based radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting an album-oriented rock

Album-oriented rock

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 music format. Licensed to Artesia, Mississippi

Artesia, Mississippi

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, USA, the station serves the Columbus-Starkville-West Point area. The station is currently owned by Cumulus Media

Cumulus Media

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 and features programing from Premiere Radio Networks

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History

The Federal Communications Commission

Federal Communications Commission

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 issued a construction permit

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 for the station to Bravo Communications, Inc. on May 10, 1984. The station was assigned the call sign

Call sign

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 WZIX on July 3, 1984, and received its license to cover

Broadcast license

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on July 15, 1987. On June 1, 1991, the station changed its call sign to WJWF-FM. Bravo Communications assigned the station's license to the current owner, Cumulus Media, on February 14, 2002. On April 1, 1993, the station changed its call sign again to WQNN, and on March 1, 1996, to the current WSMS.

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