frequency 860 khz first air date 1970 format sports power 1 000 watts day 500 watts night class b facility id 6337 transmitter coordinates 40 33 12.00 n 85 38 45.00 w 40.5533333 n 85.6458333 w 40.5533333 ; 85.6458333 coordinates 40 33 12.00 n 85 38 45.00 w 40.5533333 n 85.6458333 w 40.5533333 ; 85.6458333 affiliations fox news radio salem communications owner hoosier am fm llc webcast listen live website official website wmri 860 am is a radio station broadcasting a sports format . 1 licensed to marion indiana usa the station serves the muncie marion area . the station is currently owned by hoosier am fm llc and features programing from espn radio . 2 history edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message the wmri call letters were previously used on its fm station at 106.9 mhz the present day wxxc . prior to adopting the current callsign the station was known as wgom for giant of music inspired by locally born james dean s final movie giant with a top 40 format before automating in the late 1970s . rich coolman stan weil and dave gross the mad doctor now at wlde in ft. wayne were some of wgom s on air personalities . the wmri calls were used originally at 860 am in the 1950s and 60s before the call letter and format switch to wgom in 1970 . at the time of the call letter switch the station s program director was ken roberts on air talent included ed shannon steve brimmer craig weston robert skaff chuck anthony doug fredlund and mel ballinger as news director . the station s call letter change was accompanied by a new id jingle package from the renowned pams agency in dallas texas . the station was emulating the sound of wls chicago and other top 40 era stations . having transformed the am station roberts departed for ontario california in late 1971 with jonathan morgan jim arnold arriving from tucson arizona khut as the new program director . in this period wmri fm continued its automated music service with pre programmed tapes . the following year arnold with brimmer and ballinger all departed for tucson arizona albeit different stations ; arnold & ballinger to kcub and brimmer to kikx . wgom s top 40 format competed with muncie s werk then at 990 am and the former whut now wgnr 1470 am in anderson throughout the 1970s . subsequent formats since the wgom days have included adult standards and southern gospel prior to the current espn radio sports format . references edit station information profile . arbitron . summer 2009 . archived from the original on september 23 2009 . wmri facility record . united states federal communications commission audio division . external links edit query the fcc s am station database for wmri radio locator information on wmri query nielsen audio s am station database for wmri v t e radio stations in the muncie marion indiana market by fm frequency 88.3 90.7 91.3 92.1 93.5 96.1 96.7 97.9 98.7 99.1 99.3 101.7 102.5 104.1 104.9 106.9 by am frequency 700 860 990 1070 1190 1240 1340 1400 1450 1470 by callsign wbat wbkq wbst wcjc wfni wgnr wgnr fm whbu wjpb lp werk wikl wkmv wkpw wlbc fm wlw wlyv wmdh fm wmdh wmri wmxq wowo wqlk wqme wrfm wwhi wxfn wxxc defunct wwds 90.5 fm nearby radio markets dayton ft. wayne indianapolis lafayette lima south bend see also list of radio stations in indiana this article about a radio station in indiana is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wmri & oldid 738638497 categories adult standards radio stations in the united statesradio stations in marion indianaradio stations established in 19701970 establishments in indianaindiana radio station stubshidden categories coordinates on wikidataarticles needing additional references from august 2008all articles needing additional referencesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 september 2016 at 05 39 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view