WBMW (106.5 FM) is an

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music formatted

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. WBMW is licensed to

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, and serving the

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, area. The station is owned by John Fuller's Red Wolf Broadcasting. WBMW broadcasts with an ERP of 12.5 kW.

History

The station was assigned the call letters WVNL on August 9, 1991. On November 1, 1991, the station changed its call sign to the current WBMW; under this call sign, it signed on December 24, 1992. WBMW changed its city of license from

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, to Pawcatuck on August 22, 2013.

Prior WBMW

Two other unrelated stations have held the call sign WBMW.

WJFK-FM WJFK-FM (106.7 MHz "106.7 The Fan") is a commercial radio station licensed to serve Manassas, Virginia, and serving the Washington metropolitan area. WJFK-FM airs a sports radio format and is owned and operated by Audacy, Inc. WJFK-FM's studi ...

held this call sign from 1985 to 1988, with a new age format, and

WLKK WLKK (107.7 FM) is an American radio station located in Wethersfield, New York. The station is owned by Audacy, Inc. It operates from studios at Audacy's Buffalo offices in Amherst, New York, with a transmitter located southwest of Warsaw. ( ...

held this call sign from 1988 to 1991, and had a smooth jazz format.online FCC reference for the call sign history of WLKK, which had the call WBMW from 1988 to 1991
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