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WMMM
WMMM
City of license Verona, Wisconsin
Broadcast area Madison, Wisconsin
Branding 105-5 Triple M
Slogan "World Class Rock"
First air date 1991
Frequency 105.5 FM MHz
Also on HD Radio
Format 105.5: Adult Album Alternative
105.5-2 HD: Blues music
ERP 2.0 kW
Class A
Owner Entercom Communications
Sister stations WCHY, WOLX
Website 1055triplem.com

WMMM (105.5 FM MHz) is a radio station serving the Madison, Wisconsin area. The station is owned by Entercom Communications and runs an adult album alternative format as "105-5 Triple M." In the United States (and potentially elswhere), each radio station or TV station is assigned a city of license by the Federal Communications Commission that they must serve. While this has become far less meaningful over the decades, stations are still required to post their public file somewhere within the... Verona is a city in Dane County, Wisconsin, in the United States. ... Nickname: Location of Madison in Dane County, Wisconsin Coordinates: , Municipality City Incorporated 1848 Government  - Mayor Dave Cieslewicz Area  - City 219. ... Look up slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... FreQuency is a music video game developed by Harmonix and published by SCEI. It was released in November 2001. ... The abbreviations FM, Fm, and fm may refer to: Electrical engineering Frequency modulation (FM) and its most common applications: FM broadcasting, used primarily to broadcast music and speech at VHF frequencies FM synthesis, a sound-generation technique popularized by early digital synthesizers Science Femtometre (fm), an SI measure of length... MegaHertz (MHz) is the name given to one million (106) Hertz, a measure of frequency. ... HD Radio is an in-band on-channel (IBOC) digital radio system created by iBiquity for broadcasting via existing FM and AM radio stations. ... A radio format or programming format describes the overall content broadcast on a radio station. ... Adult Album Alternative (also Triple-A, AAA, or adult alternative) is a radio format broadcast mostly on FM. A spin off of the Album-oriented rock format, its roots may have been established sometime during the 60s from what was called underground music and later progressive. ... Blues is a vocal and instrumental musical form which evolved from African American spirituals, shouts, work songs and chants and has its earliest stylistic roots in West Africa. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The kilowatt (symbol: kW) is a unit for measuring power, equal to one thousand watts. ... This is the list of broadcast station classes. ... Entercom (NYSE: ETM) Communications is the 4th largest radio broadcasting company in the United States. ... In broadcasting, sister stations are broadcast stations owned by the same company. ... WCHY-FM (known on air as Charlie FM) is a radio station located in Madison, WI and broadcasting on 105. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible... MegaHertz (MHz) is the name given to one million (106) Hertz, a measure of frequency. ... Nickname: Location of Madison in Dane County, Wisconsin Coordinates: , Municipality City Incorporated 1848 Government  - Mayor Dave Cieslewicz Area  - City 219. ... Entercom (NYSE: ETM) Communications is the 4th largest radio broadcasting company in the United States. ... Adult Album Alternative (also Triple-A, AAA, or adult alternative) is a radio format broadcast mostly on FM. A spin off of the Album-oriented rock format, its roots may have been established sometime during the 60s from what was called underground music and later progressive. ...


WMMM also airs a 24-hour blues music format on its HD Radio subchannel, billed as "Triple M's The Delta at 105.5-2." Blues is a vocal and instrumental musical form which evolved from African American spirituals, shouts, work songs and chants and has its earliest stylistic roots in West Africa. ... HD Radio is an in-band on-channel (IBOC) digital radio system created by iBiquity for broadcasting via existing FM and AM radio stations. ...

Contents

Regular Station Features

On-Air Staff

  • Jonathan Suttin
  • Kitty Dunn
  • Pat Gallagher
  • Gabby Parsons
  • Joe Lambert

Local Programming

  • Jonathan and Kitty in the Morning (5:30am-10:00am weekdays) - morning show hosted by Jonathan Suttin and Kitty Dunn, featuring visits by columnist Doug Moe and entertainment reporter/critic Rob Thomas (both from the Capital Times), along with occasional in-studio musical performances ("Talent Round-Up Day").
  • Gabby Parsons M.D. (approximately 8:35am Thursdays) - station musical director Gabby Parsons features recently released music.
  • The Dream CD (9:00am weekdays) - four listener-requested songs.
  • The Radio Deli (12:00pm-1:00pm weekdays) - hosted by Pat Gallagher, featuring songs related to a certain theme, such as a historic event or artist's birthday.
  • After Hours (7:00pm-12:00am weeknights) - music pertaining a different artist, person, place, or thing is featured throughout the evening.
  • Live from Studio M (regular show at 9:00am and 5:00 pm Sundays and archived features at approximately 12:30pm and 6:30pm weekdays) - live performances and interviews with local and national artists.

The Capital Times is a newspaper based in Madison, Wisconsin. ...

National Programming

  • Little Steven's Underground Garage (8:00pm - 10:00pm Saturdays, with a 10:00pm-12:00am encore of the previous week's program)
  • Acoustic Cafe (7:00am - 9:00am Sundays)
  • e-Town (9:00pm - 10:00pm Sundays)
  • House of Blues Radio Hour (10:00pm - 11:00pm Sundays) and House of Blues Break (5:00am and 10:00pm weekdays)
  • The Grateful Dead Hour (11:00pm - 12:00am Sundays)

Station Logo Gallery

External Links

  • Query the FCC's FM station database for WMMM
  • WMMM "Triple M" website


 
 

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