WOLM "Radio Maria" (for: Our Loving Mother) is a non-commercial FM broadcasting station at 88.1 mHz licensed to

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and serving the D'Iberville and

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areas. Its founder "Friends of Radio Maria" (which in addition airs Italian language programming on the FM subcarrier of New York City station

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) was the group that acquired the construction permit and start-up of WOLM in addition to sister stations

WHJM WHJM, "Radio Maria" (for "Hearts of Jesus and Mary") is a non-commercial FM station operating at 88.7 MHz licensed to Anna, Ohio. It is a repeater station of KJMJ (AM) 580 in Alexandria, Louisiana (where its local Catholic diocese is also he ...

which is licensed in

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and

WRMW WRMW "Radio Maria" (for: Radio Maria-Wisconsin) is a non-commercial FM broadcasting station at 91.3 MHz licensed to Peshtigo, Wisconsin serving the Sturgeon Bay area with Catholic programming. WRMW's signal and tower height also has the pote ...

91.1 FM licensed in

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. All these stations are now owned by (and licensed to) Radio Maria Inc. WOLM began as a construction permit issued by the FCC in May 2007. It launched on the air May 27, 2010 just three days before the

construction permit Planning permission or developmental approval refers to the approval needed for construction or expansion (including significant renovation), and sometimes for demolition, in some jurisdictions. It is usually given in the form of a building perm ...

deadline date. It is now licensed. 88.1 FM is also the frequency of Radio Maria-owned

WHHN WHHN 88.1 FM, "Radio Maria" (for His Holy Name) is a non-commercial radio station licensed to serve the community of Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. It is part of national Catholic network Radio Maria USA based at KJMJ in Alexandria, Louisiana. Br ...

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serving the Altoona area. Upon its initial sign-on, WOLM initially was airing sample archived programming from Radio Maria until the network connection with originator KJMJ was established. This took place on Tuesday June 1, 2010 making WOLM a full-time repeater of originating station

KJMJ KJMJ (580 AM), also known as Radio Maria USA, is a Catholic American radio station broadcasting from Alexandria, Louisiana. It is the originating station of The World Family of Radio Maria's US operations, airing Catholic programming including ...

580 kHz in

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. Also launched within the same time frame is

91.3 mHz in

serving the

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- Door County region. Radio Maria USA also streams from its website for listeners outside the WOLM signal area in addition to iPhone,

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and Android mobile phone devices through an app which can be downloaded from the same website. A hip-hop collective based out of Washington DC, New York, New Jersey, and Germany. WOLM (World Of Light Media). Formed in 2008 by Shamir and Nyce.

External links

Official Radio Maria USA site (with streaming audio.)
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Internet radios, iPhone and iPod services availableListing of Radio Maria stations in the U.S.broadcasting in English,Spanish and ItalianWorld Family of Radio Maria
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Harrison County, Mississippi Radio stations established in 2010 1986 establishments in Mississippi

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