WXGM is an Adult Standards

Adult standards

Adult standards is a North American radio format heard primarily on AM or class A FM stations.Adult standards is aimed at "mature" adults, meaning mainly those persons over 50 years of age, but it is mostly targeted for senior citizens...

 formatted broadcast

Broadcasting

Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and video content to a dispersed audience via any audio visual medium. Receiving parties may include the general public or a relatively large subset of thereof...

 radio station

Radio station

Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...

 licensed to Gloucester, Virginia, serving Gloucester and Gloucester County, Virginia

Gloucester County, Virginia

Gloucester County is within the Commonwealth of Virginia in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area in the USA. Formed in 1651 in the Virginia Colony, the county was named for Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester, third son of King Charles I of Great Britain. Located in the Middle Peninsula region, it...

. WXGM is owned and operated by WXGM, Inc.

History

WXGM started as WDDY in 1957. For most of the 60s, 70s, and 80s, the station played pop and adult contemporary music. The station became WXGM in 1988, at first simulcasting the adult contemporary format of their new FM sister station, WXGM-FM, then later adopting the adult standards format.

External links

• Memories 1420 WXGM Online
• WDDY AM Gloucester VA Tribute Site