WUMP (730 AM, "SportsRadio 730 The UMP") is a sports radio station that is formatted on licensed radio to Madison, Alabama, where the transmitter tower is located. WUMP mainly caters to the Huntsville, Alabama market, even though the studio is located in Athens. The station is owned by Cumulus Media, based in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Programming
Sports
The UMP is currently the home of the The Cube Show (with Cole Cubelic and Arky Shea) which airs on the morning of 6a-10a. The JOX Roundtable follows from 10a to 2p. Drive in the afternoon anchored by The Thom Abraham Show from 2p-6p. Weekly programming includes Sports Flood on Saturday 9a-11a. Night radio includes CBS Sports Radio if it is not preceded by a live sporting event.
The UMP is the Tennessee Valley leader in live sport thanks to some of its affiliates with Westwood One. UMP shows all prime-time NFL games including Sunday Night Football, Monday Night Football, Thursday Night Football, and special prime-time games at Thanksgiving, Christmas and Saturday. This is the addition of a doubleheader Sunday afternoon.
The UMP is an affiliate of Alabama Crimson Tide that carries every game of soccer and basketball, baseball slate against SEC and postseason teams and a selection of women's basketball games.
Part of the UMP affiliation with Westwood One allows UMP to bring a large pack of NCAA basketball games, March Madness, Frozen Four College World Series, Women's College World Series and choose NHL games including Winter Classic and NHL Playoffs ending with Stanley Cups.
During the spring and summer and early fall, the UMP is the home of the Atlanta Braves.
In the fall of 2015, the UMP returned to bring football football coverage directly to the Tennessee Valley by adding a North Alabama power plant broadcast by Arky Shea.
Network affiliation
The station is currently an affiliate of CBS Sports Radio. The station was an ESPN Radio affiliate in the late 1990s and early 2000s before losing to WTKI (1450 AM) by the end of 2002. The affiliate returned to WUMP on February 6, 2007, after the WTKI was sold and changed the format..
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History
Launch at 1360 AM
This station received its original development permit for broadcasting a 500-watt station at 1360 kHz from the Federal Communications Commission on September 13, 1982. The new station was given the FCC's WABT . WABT received its license to cover from the FCC on June 19, 1983. The station aired the country music format.
In June 1985, The Great American Broadcasting Corporation reached an agreement to sell the station to Excelsior Broadcasting Corporation. The agreement was approved by the FCC on July 19, 1985, and the transaction was completed on January 22, 1986.
Move to 730 AM
The station was applied to the FCC in September 1983 to change the frequency from 1360 kHz to 730 kHz and increase power up to 1,000 watts. In July 1985, after the WJMW moved from 730 kHz to 770 kHz, the FCC issued a construction permit for the change. The new owner has changed the FCC callsign station to WDKT on December 26, 1985.
With new ownership, new voicemail, new frequency, and increased strength in place, the station changed the format to an urban contemporary format dubbed "D-73".
Financial issues
In the face of increasing financial difficulties, in February 1989, the license for this station was moved accidentally from Excelsior Broadcasting Corporation to Excelsior Broadcasting Corporation, Debtor-In-Possession. Forced transfer was approved by the FCC on March 2, 1989. In April 1989, Vascular Diagnostic Labs purchased the previous shareholder Excelsior Broadcasting Corporation, the license holder for this station. The transfer of control was approved by the FCC on 13 July 1989.
In August 1989, with financial matters resolved and previous shareholders purchased, Excelsior Broadcasting Corporation was dissolved and the license was not voluntarily transferred to the owner of Vascular Diagnostic Labs, Dr. Merlin Kelsick. The transfer was approved by the FCC on November 29, 1990.
News and talk
The summons was changed to WBBI on August 19, 1991, after Dr. Merlin Kelsick completed the deal to sell the station to Phoenix Capital Corporation. The deal was approved by the FCC on September 12, 1991, and the transaction was completed on September 17, 1991. The station switched to a news/talk format.
The station's nickname was changed to WKMW on June 1, 1993. In June 1993, Phoenix Capital Corporation reached an agreement to sell WKMW to Madison Radio Company, Inc. The agreement was approved by the FCC on July 19, 1993, and the transaction was completed on October 28, 1993.
Sports radio
In May 1995, Madison Radio Company, Inc., reached an agreement to sell the station to Tennessee Valley Radio, Inc. The agreement was approved by the FCC on July 31, 1995, and the transaction was completed on October 3, 1995. the new owner has changed the station's FCC call letter to the current WUMP on October 6, 1995. The new call sign is selected for matching the new sports radio format and branding the radio station as "The Ump", an abbreviation of the referee.
Company ownership
The Dunnavant family in Athens owned the station from the early 1990s until it agreed to sell it to Cumulus Broadcasting in 2003. It ended the 55-year presence on the market by Athena Broadcasting, founded in 1948 by Homer Felix "Pap" Dunnavant.
On April 1, 2003, WUMP was sold by Athens Broadcasting Co. (William E. Dunnavant, president) to Cumulus Broadcasting Inc. as part of a four-station deal with a total sale price of $ 22 million in cash and common shares of Cumulus. The acquisition of the station was completed in July 2003. WUMP remains owned along with former Dunnavant WVNN and WZYP stations, in addition to WHRP and WWFF-FM.
Translator
WUMP programming is also performed at broadcast translation stations to expand or increase the coverage of the station area. WUMP programming first appeared on FM signals on November 26, 2008.
References
External links
- the WUMP official website
- Company website Cumulus Media
- Request the AM FCC station database for WUMP
- Radio-Locator Information in WUMP
- Request the AM Nielsen Audio station database for WUMP
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