For the Washington, North Carolina

Washington, North Carolina

Washington is a city in Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 9,744 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Beaufort County. The closest major city is Greenville, approximately 20 miles to the west....

 radio station

Radio station

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, see WLGT

WLGT

WLGT is an American radio station licensed to Washington, North Carolina, USA. It serves the Greenville-New Bern-Kinston area. The station is currently owned by New Lite Media. After several months off the air, WLGT returned to the air on April 1, 2011...

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WMUM-FM (89.7 FM

FM broadcasting

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) (formerly WDCO-FM) is the Georgia Public Broadcasting

Georgia Public Broadcasting

Georgia Public Broadcasting is the public broadcasting radio and television state network in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is operated by the Georgia Public Telecommunications Commission....

 (GPB) Public radio station serving Macon

Macon, Georgia

Macon is a city located in central Georgia, US. Founded at the fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is part of the Macon metropolitan area, and the county seat of Bibb County. A small portion of the city extends into Jones County. Macon is the biggest city in central Georgia...

 and central Georgia

Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...

. The station shares a tower

Tower

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 with its sister GPB Public Broadcasting Service

Public Broadcasting Service

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 (PBS) member television station, WMUM-TV

WMUM-TV

WMUM-TV digital channel 7 , part of the GPB network is the tenth and last Public Broadcasting Service member Public television station established in the state of Georgia. WMUM serves the geographical center of the state of Georgia, including the city of Macon from its transmitter in Cochran, its...

, in Cochran

Cochran, Georgia

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, its city of license

City of license

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The station is a partnership, established in 2006, between Mercer University

Mercer University

Mercer University is an independent, private, coeducational university with a Baptist heritage located in the U.S. state of Georgia. Mercer is the only university of its size in the United States that offers programs in eleven diversified fields of study: liberal arts, business, education, music,...

 and GPB. The station provides local content to central Georgia public radio listeners from its broadcast studio on Mercer's Macon campus. The studio, constructed in 2006, offers various media-related educational opportunities for Mercer students. The station's call letters were changed to WMUM-FM (Mercer University Macon) to identify the current partnership with Mercer.

The station, under its former call letters, WDCO-FM, was one of the first GPB radio stations, signing on in 1984. As WDCO-FM, the station only simulcasts the GPB radio network, with no local origination

Local origination

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. The new broadcast studio airs local programming.

Translators

In addition to the main station, WMUM-FM is relayed by an additional 8 translators to widen its broadcast area.

External links

• Georgia Public Broadcasting