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{{Use American English|date=February 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox radio station | name = WBOM | city = Meriden, Connecticut | country = US | above = | logo = WBOM 102.5 logo.png | area = Central Connecticut | branding = ''102.5 Hartford's R&B Station'' | frequency = 1470 kHz | translator = {{Radio Relay|102.5|W273DS|Meriden}} | airdate = {{start date|1947|6|8}} | format = Urban adult contemporary | power = {{val|2500|u=watts|fmt=commas}} | class = B | licensing_authority = 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 | owner = Full Power Radio | licensee = Red Wolf Broadcasting Corporation | operator = | sister_stations = {{hlist|WDRC|WDRC-FM|WMRQ-FM|WNTY|WSNG}} | webcast = {{listenlive|url=http://crystalout.surfernetwork.com:8001/WBOM-AM_MP3}} | website = {{URL|https://www.hartfords1025.com}} }} '''WBOM''' (1470 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Meriden, Connecticut, and covering Central Connecticut. The station broadcasts an urban adult contemporary format, aimed at the 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, 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}}</ref> WBOM's programming is also heard on FM translator W273DS (102.5); the station's branding emphasizes the FM frequency.

==History== The station's original construction permit was granted by the 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 |access-date=May 4, 2020 |format=PDF}}</ref> It began broadcasting June 8, 1947, on 1470 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 announced that it would sell its Connecticut radio stations, including WMMW, to 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|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 in Waterbury), WDRC-FM in Hartford, and W272DO in New Haven, to Red Wolf Broadcasting for $8 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== {{Reflist}}

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

Category:1947 establishments in Connecticut Category:Radio stations established in 1947 BOM Category:Urban adult contemporary radio stations in the United States Category:Meriden, Connecticut