WMC-FM

WMC-FM (99.7 FM, known as "FM 100") is a hot adult contemporary radio station serving the market of Memphis, Tennessee. The station is notable for being an FM "superpower," with a transmitter that greatly exceeds current Federal Communications Commission restrictions. Of stations in the FCC's Zone II, WMC-FM is the most powerful. The station's license is currently held by Entercom Communications, which purchased it and sister WMC (790 AM) from CBS Radio in 2006. The two radio stations, along with former sister station WMC-TV (channel 5), were originally owned by the E.W. Scripps Company, publisher of The Commercial Appeal, prior to 1993.

Taking beam tilt into account, the station's effective radiated power is rated at 300,000 watts horizontal polarization and 100,000 watts vertical. The station's antenna is 277 meters (909 ft) high and located along Crestview Drive in Northeast Memphis. Current FCC restrictions were passed in 1962 and mandate a 100 kW maximum across most of the country on the FM band (though some of the more densely populated areas are limited to 50 kW). The station is calculated to exceed power restrictions by 4.6 decibels. However, WMC-FM was grandfathered in, since it went on the air before the restrictions. The station's studios are located in Southeast Memphis.

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WMC (AM)

WMC is a radio station in the Memphis, Tennessee market, broadcasting at 790 AM. It is one of the city's oldest radio stations and presently programs a sports format.

The station currently runs a direct satellite feeds of ESPN Radio and CBS Sports Radio. In addition to sports talk shows, WMC-AM features longtime Memphis disc jockey George Klein's weekly tribute program to Elvis Presley. Klein and Presley were close friends and confidantes during the latter's lifetime and the former's long stint on WHBQ-AM.

The station's license is currently held by Entercom Communications, which it purchased from CBS in September 2006; WMC-AM and sister WMC-FM were for many years owned and operated by Scripps Howard Broadcasting, along with then-TV sister WMC-TV, before SHB sold the latter property in 1993. It is one of six radio properties in the Memphis market held by Entercom; the others are WMC-FM, WRVR-FM, WMFS, WLFP, and WMFS-FM.

Entercom purchased WMC-AM, WMC-FM and WMFS in 2006.

WMC-AM maintains studios in the Entercom complex in Southeast Memphis, and has transmitter towers (four-tower array) in Northeast Memphis.

Winter Music Conference

The Winter Music Conference (WMC) is a weeklong electronic music conference, held every March since 1985 in Miami Beach, Florida, United States. The conference brings together professionals such as artists, DJs, record label representatives (A&R), producers, promoters, radio and the media for seminars and panel discussions. Thousands of attendees attend the Winter Music Conference each year.

History and background

It was founded in 1985 by then DJs and record pool directors Louis Possenti and Bill Kelly. Held annually in Miami Beach, Florida, the Winter Music Conference, or "WMC" as followers of electronic dance music call it, hosts around 100,000 people. The first Winter Music Conference took place at the Fort Lauderdale Marriott February 19–21, 1986 with approximately 80 dance music industry insiders in attendance. The event festivities are presented across Miami Beach and Downtown Miami. A major event is the International Dance Music Awards. The event commands a major international draw with around 38% of attendees coming from outside the United States. The conference serves as a platform for many underground and indie artists from over 70 different countries who spend the conference at events and panels; it is also a medium used by several entrepreneurs and consumer electronic companies to present their businesses and technological developments.