AM History Profile: WMRK

History:

Originally WGWC (for original owner G. W. Covington Jr.), this station signed on in 1946.   Three years later Covington died and the station was transferred to Dallas Broadcasters, who held the station until 1961 when the station was aquired by Robert J. Martin.  In 1964 the station upped its power from 250 watts to 1,000 watts.  Later became WAMA (alabAMA) in 1968 and was sold to the Vogel-Hendrix Corporation in 1969.  Later the station was sold to Alexander Broadcasting, owners of WALX, and the calls were changed to WMRK (as in MaRK alexander.

 

The station and WALX were sold to Scott Broadcasting in 2006.  Scott also owns WJAM.

 

The current format is a mixture of oldies and syndicated talk programming.

 

Rumors are circulating in the winter of 2009 as to the future of Scott's WJAM after it relocated to the Montgomery market; some speculate that it will flip from urban adult contemporary to news/talk and the urban music will move to WMRK.  Scott has also filed an application as of March 2009 to move the station to Thomaston, with 1 kW day and night from a tower site northwest of the city limits, while moving their little FM in Thomaston to Orrville.  Fruit basket turnover!