WFMR is the new call sign for WOMR for the Brewster Repeater Antenna which soon will broadcast locally from Brewster, Massachusetts on Cape Cod! These letters have a great history- WFMR, came from Milwaukee, Wisconsin where is was a
WFMR then meant Fine Music Radio, so perhaps we can see if on Cape Cod we can recycle not only the call letters, but also be make WFMR Further Most Radio for a few days each September as, Folk Music Radio when we encourage local grown music and musicians to come back home to Cape Cod when this first year's festival unfolds in Hollow of Harwich.
Music and musical events will happen in Harwich! If you WANT IT! Please Support Local Grown Radio! WFMR was a classical music station that existed on three different FM frequencies in the Milwaukee area during its 51-year history. Its last frequency was 106.9 MHz. In 1983, the station was sold and was flipped to an adult contemporary format. The owner of a radio station in suburban Menomonee Falls, WXJY (98.3 FM), immediately picked up the classical format and WFMR call letters, and it remained there at that frequency until December 12, 2000, when owner Saga Communications moved WFMR to the 106.9 FM dial position, and WJMR-FM's urban AC format and call letters to 98.3. This was done primarily to boost WJMR-FM's signal in the urban areas of Milwaukee, and to During its time as a classical music station, WFMR was a four-time finalist for the National Association of Broadcasters' Marconi Award for Classical Station of the Year, and celebrated its 50th year as a classical station in 2006. At midnight on June 26, 2007, ironically on the 51st anniversary of its original sign-on, WFMR ended its On July 15, 2007, the station changed its call sign to WJZX.[1] The call sign passed in early 2008 to WOMR Provincetown, Massachusetts to be used as a repeater for WOMR. | Mui | |||||
We need volunteers. Music will happen, it YOU want it to! WOMR / WFMR Radio | ||||||
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