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| Broadcast area | Manitowoc–Two Rivers, Wisconsin |
| Frequency | 1240kHz |
| Branding | AM 1240 FM 98.9 WOMT |
| Programming | |
| Format | Adult contemporary;full service |
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| Ownership | |
| Owner | Seehafer Broadcasting Corp |
| WCUB,WLKN,WLTU,WQTC | |
| History | |
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Call sign meaning | "World's Only Mikadow Theater" (station began on second floor of that facility, itself named for station founder and theater's owner, Francis M. Kadow) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 59610 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 992 watts unlimited |
Transmitter coordinates | 44°7′31.00″N87°37′41.00″W / 44.1252778°N 87.6280556°W /44.1252778; -87.6280556 |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WOMT (1240AM) is a radio station inManitowoc, Wisconsin owned by locally based Seehafer Broadcasting. The station airs a mix of news, sports andadult contemporary music under afull service format featuring local staff. Evening and weekend hours are provided byWestwood One's "Adult Contemporary" network. The station serves the twin cities of Manitowoc andTwo Rivers, along withSheboygan,Algoma andKewaunee.
WOMT airs news and features fromCBS Radio and bottom of the hour sports updates fromNBC Sports Radio, along with the locally basedMoney Talks financial program and several other local programs such asBe My Guest and theAir Exchange, and the Monday nightSports Talk program with Brewers Radio Network engineer Kent Sommerfeld as a regular guest. The station is the Lakeshore area's home ofBrewers,Bucks,Marquette Golden Eagles,Wisconsin Badgers andPackers play-by-play, and also airs theNFL on Westwood One Sports. The station also shares coverage ofManitowoc Lincoln, Two Rivers, and Manitowoc Roncalli High School sports with its other sister stations, along with other schools throughout Manitowoc, Brown and Sheboygan counties.
WOMT was first licensed on November 8, 1926, to the Mikadow Theater (Francis M. Kadow).[2]
Following the establishment of theFederal Radio Commission (FRC), stations were initially issued a series of temporary authorizations starting on May 3, 1927.[3] In addition, they were notified that if they wanted to continue operating, they needed to file a formal license application by January 15, 1928, as the first step in determining whether they met the new "public interest, convenience, or necessity" standard.[4] On May 25, 1928, the FRC issuedGeneral Order 32, which notified 164 stations, including WOMT, that "From an examination of your application for future license it does not find that public interest, convenience, or necessity would be served by granting it."[5] However, the station successfully convinced the commission that it should remain licensed.
On November 11, 1928, the FRC implemented a major reallocation of station transmitting frequencies, as part of a reorganization resulting from itsGeneral Order 40. WOMT was assigned to 1210 kHz.[6]
In early 2018, Seehafer Broadcasting filed for anFM translator station involving WOMT with the FCC as part of the agency's January 2018 AM revitalization translator window;[7] the application was duplicative of one filed forWCUB, which it then decided to continue pursuing while seeking an alternate application for WOMT.[8] Seehafer then filed a second translator application for WOMT, which was successful and launched in May 2020, at the same time as WCUB's 97.1 translator
On January 23, 2026, Seehafer Broadcasting announced WOMT would begin simulcasting on sister stationWEMP on February 1, 2026.[9] WEMP will discontinue programming and change callsigns to WOMT-FM at that time.[10]