Infobox Radio station
name = WRSM
city = Sumiton, Alabama
area = Birmingham, Alabama
branding =
slogan = "Your Radio Station"
airdate = 1980
frequency = 1540 kHz
format = Country
power = 1,000 watts (day only)
class = D
facility_id = 63652
coordinates = coord|33|45|50|N|87|03|47|W|region:US_type:city
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns =
owner = Sumiton Broadcasting Company, Inc
licensee =
sister_stations =
webcast =
website =
affiliations =
WRSM (1540 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Country music format. Licensed to Sumiton, Alabama, USA, the station serves the Birmingham metropolitan area. The station is owned by Sumiton Broadcasting Company, Inc. [cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WRSM |title=WRSM Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division]
History
WRSM was originally granted a construction permit by the FCC on October 27, 1977. [cite web |work=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BP-17108) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=786 |date=1977-10-27] The station was granted a license to cover on May 6, 1980. [cite web |work=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BL-RB1104XU) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=142672 |date=1980-05-06]
Ownership
In 2002, a legal dispute between a shareholder of Sumiton Broadcasting Company and the estate of a deceased shareholder led to the station being taken off the air for more than a year.[cite news |first=Jim |last=Carnegie |work=Radio Business Report |title=Saved from extinction |url=http://www.rbr.com/epaper/issue66-07-gib.html |date=2007-04-04] The FCC cancelled the broadcast license and withdrew the WRSM call letters until a successful petition, filed in August 2005, was granted in March 2007. [cite web |first=Peter H. |last=Doyle |work=FCC Media Bureau, Audio Division |title=Response to a Petition for Reconsideration |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=6372 |date=2007-03-30 |format=PDF] Sumiton announced its intention to sell WRSM to American Trust Corporation, a subsidiary of Hilliard & Co., for $106,501. [cite news |date=2005-04-11 |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA516252.html |work=Broadcasting & Cable |title=Deals - 4/11/2005] This application was dismissed by the FCC in April 2008. [cite web |work=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-20050121ACS) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1042139 |date=2008-04-14] In May 2008, Sumiton filed a new application to transfer the broadcast license to Joy Christian Communications, Inc. [cite news |work=FCC Media Bureau |title=Application Search Details (BAL-20080501AAG) |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1244787 |date=2008-05-02] This transfer would be a straight donation to a non-profit organization. [cite news |work=Radio Business Report |title=Transactions |url=http://www.rbr.com/epaper/issue121-08-tub.html |date=2008-06-20 |first=Jim |last=Carnegie] As of early September 2008, that application is still pending.]References
External links
