# WBOM

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{{Use American English|date=February 2026}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name             = WBOM
| city             = [Meriden, Connecticut](/source/Meriden%2C_Connecticut)
| country          = US
| above            =
| logo             = WBOM 102.5 logo.png
| area             = Central [Connecticut](/source/Connecticut)
| branding         = ''102.5 Hartford's R&B Station''
| frequency        = 1470 [kHz](/source/kHz)
| translator       = {{Radio Relay|102.5|W273DS|Meriden}}
| airdate          = {{start date|1947|6|8}}
| format           = [Urban adult contemporary](/source/Urban_adult_contemporary)
| power            = {{val|2500|u=watts|fmt=commas}}
| class            = B
| licensing_authority = [FCC](/source/FCC)
| facility_id      = 1220
| coordinates      = {{coord|41|33|14.35|N|72|48|5.35|W|region:US-CT_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WMMB (1947, CP)|WMMW (1947–2020)}}
| affiliations     = [Premiere Networks](/source/Premiere_Networks)
| owner            = Full Power Radio
| licensee         = Red Wolf Broadcasting Corporation
| operator         =
| sister_stations  = {{hlist|[WDRC](/source/WDRC_(AM))|[WDRC-FM](/source/WDRC-FM)|[WMRQ-FM](/source/WMRQ-FM)|[WNTY](/source/WNTY)|[WSNG](/source/WSNG)}}
| webcast          = {{listenlive|url=http://crystalout.surfernetwork.com:8001/WBOM-AM_MP3}}
| website          = {{URL|https://www.hartfords1025.com}}
}}
'''WBOM''' (1470 [AM](/source/AM_broadcasting)) is a [commercial](/source/commercial_broadcasting) radio station [licensed](/source/city_of_license) to [Meriden, Connecticut](/source/Meriden%2C_Connecticut), and covering Central [Connecticut](/source/Connecticut). The station broadcasts an [urban adult contemporary](/source/urban_adult_contemporary) format, aimed at the [Hartford](/source/Hartford) area. The station is owned by Full Power Radio, through Red Wolf Broadcasting Corporation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WBOM |title=WBOM Facility Record |work=United States [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission), audio division}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?surveyID=SP20&band=am&callLetter=WMMW|title=WMMW Station Information Profile|publisher=[Nielsen Audio](/source/Nielsen_Audio)}}</ref> WBOM's programming is also heard on [FM translator](/source/FM_translator) W273DS (102.5); the station's branding emphasizes the FM frequency.

==History==
The station's original [construction permit](/source/construction_permit) was granted by the [Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) on January 2, 1947; it was initially assigned the call sign WMMB, but changed to WMMW on March 4.<ref name="fcc-cards">{{cite web |title=WMMW (WBOM) history cards |url=https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=64986 |website=CDBS Public Access |publisher=[Federal Communications Commission](/source/Federal_Communications_Commission) |access-date=May 4, 2020 |format=PDF}}</ref> It began broadcasting June 8, 1947, on 1470&nbsp;kHz with 1,000 watts of power.<ref>{{cite news |title=Station WMMW Opens Tomorrow |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/record-journal-station-wmmw-opens-tomorr/186125939/ |access-date=December 3, 2025 |newspaper=Meriden Record |date=June 7, 1947 |location=Meriden, Connecticut |page=1 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> The station was licensed to Silver City Crystal Company.<ref>{{cite news|title=WMMW Meriden, Conn. Makes Official Debut|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1947/1947-06-30-BC.pdf|access-date=September 30, 2014|agency=Broadcasting|date=June 30, 1947}}</ref> An FM sister station, WMMW-FM (95.7), would be added by that December.<ref name="by1949">{{cite book|title=Broadcasting-Telecasting Yearbook Number 1949|year=1949|page=300|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1949/1949-BC-YB.pdf|format=PDF|access-date=April 10, 2022}}</ref>

On March 5, 2014, [Buckley Broadcasting](/source/Buckley_Broadcasting) announced that it would sell its Connecticut radio stations, including WMMW, to [Connoisseur Media](/source/Connoisseur_Media).<ref name=hc-saletoconnoisseur>{{cite news|last=Fillo|first=Maryellen|title=Buckley Sells WDRC And CT Stations To Connoisseur|url=http://courantblogs.com/java/buckley-sells-wdrc-and-ct-stations-to-connoisseur/|access-date=March 5, 2014|newspaper=[Hartford Courant](/source/Hartford_Courant)|date=March 5, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305214351/http://courantblogs.com/java/buckley-sells-wdrc-and-ct-stations-to-connoisseur/|archive-date=March 5, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The sale was completed on July 7, 2014, at a price of $7,922,035. Connoisseur sold WMMW, along with the other Talk of Connecticut stations (except for [WWCO](/source/WWCO) in Waterbury), [WDRC-FM](/source/WDRC-FM) in Hartford, and [W272DO](/source/W272DO) in New Haven, to Red Wolf Broadcasting for $8&nbsp;million in January 2018;<ref name="ir-saletoredwolf">{{cite news |title=Connoisseur Sells Hartford's WDRC, 3 Others to Red Wolf. |url=http://www.insideradio.com/free/connoisseur-sells-hartford-s-wdrc-others-to-red-wolf/article_8d6a4d88-fae4-11e7-a92a-af0411629d1c.html |access-date=February 9, 2019 |work=Inside Radio |date=January 16, 2018 |language=en}}</ref> the sale was completed on March 29, 2018.<ref name="hbj-saletoredwolfcomplete">{{cite news |last1=Cooper |first1=Joe |title=Red Wolf completes purchase of five CT radio stations |url=http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/20180330/NEWS01/180339990/red-wolf-completes-purchase-of-five-ct-radio-stations |access-date=February 9, 2019 |work=Hartford Business Journal |date=March 30, 2018 |archive-date=February 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190210100054/http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/article/20180330/NEWS01/180339990/red-wolf-completes-purchase-of-five-ct-radio-stations |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The call sign was changed to WBOM on April 28, 2020.<ref name="fcc1">{{cite web |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=1220&Callsign=WBOM |title=Call Sign History |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database}}</ref> The station went silent in March 2022, and returned as "The New 102.5" on March 11, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adult R&B Comes To Hartford |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/223139/adult-rb-comes-to-hartford/ |access-date=April 11, 2022 |website=RadioInsight |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Translator==
{{RadioTranslators
| call1    = W273DS
| freq1    = 102.5
| city1    = Meriden, Connecticut
| fid1     = 202641
| class1   = D
| watts1   = 250
| coord1   = {{coord|41|42|13|N|72|49|55|W|region:US-CT_type:landmark|name=W273DS}}
| notes1   =
}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{officialwebsite|https://www.hartfords1025.com}}
* {{FCC-LMS-Facility|1220}}
* {{REC US|1=1220|2=WBOM}}

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