WGMN is a

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licensed to and serving

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. WGMN is owned and operated by Three Daughters Media. The station went on the air in 1946 as WROV and broadcast a

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format in the 1970s. WROV had a Golden Oldies format from 1989 to 1998, then became an

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affiliate and changed call letters to WGMN. The station switched to a news-talk format in June 2019.

References

External links

Virginia Talk Radio Network Online

WROV History (unofficial WROV Tribute Site)
1946 establishments in Virginia News and talk radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1946 GMN {{Virginia-radio-station-stub