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WMYM
Kendall, Florida;
Broadcast area	Miami metropolitan area
Frequency	990 kHz
Branding	Unanimo Deportes
Programming
Format	Sports radio
Affiliations	Unanimo Deportes
Ownership
Owner	Enrique Nicolas Cusco; (Actualidad 990AM Licensee, LLC);
Sister stations	WLVJ, WURN, WURN-FM
History
First air date	1997
Former call signs	WFBA (1997–1999)
Call sign meaning	MickeY Mouse; (official mascot of The Walt Disney Company, former owner); or MYaMi
Technical information
Facility ID	12833
Class	B
Power	7,500 watts daytime, 5,000 watts nighttime
Transmitter coordinates	25°37′35.00″N 80°31′16.00″W / 25.6263889°N 80.5211111°W
Links
Website	https://unanimosports.com/

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WMYM is a radio station licensed to Kendall, Florida, serving the Miami metropolitan area. WMYM is broadcast on 990 kHz.

History

Final Radio Disney logo for WMYM.

WFAB "La Fabulosa" broadcast a Spanish-language format on 990 from 1962 to 1977; the station, however, lost its license due to fraudulent billing practices. The demise of WFAB led to a multi-year fight for the license, ultimately won by Community Broadcasting Company. The unbuilt construction permit was sold to W.R.A. Broadcasting in 1996^[1] and went on air in 1997 was WFBA. (The WFAB call letters had been assigned in the intervening 20 years to a station in Puerto Rico.) While WFAB's tower site used a six-tower inline array, WMYM uses a six-tower parallelogram; the pattern had to be tightened because of an upgrade to WHSR, a Pompano Beach station on 980.

In 1999, Disney acquired WFAB for its Radio Disney children's network. On August 13, 2014, Disney put WMYM and twenty-two other Radio Disney stations up for sale, in order to focus more on digital distribution of the Radio Disney network.^[2]^[3]

On February 12, 2015, Enrique Cusco's Actualidad Radio Group (owner of the Spanish news/talk trimulcast WLVJ, WURN and WURN-FM) announced that it would acquire WMYM, for a price of $2,100,000.^[4]^[5]^[6] The sale was completed on May 29, 2015^[7]

The station discontinued its Radio Disney affiliation and went silent on June 11, 2015. WMYM returned to the air, and switched to sports programming from ESPN Deportes Radio, which effectively continued Disney's programming of the station. WMYM served as the flagship station for ESPN Deportes Radio's programming.^[8]

After ESPN Deportes Radio was discontinued September 8, 2019, WMYM became the flagship station of the newly launched Unanimo Deportes Radio network.^[9]^[10]

References

^ "CP for WFBA(AM) Miami" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. June 10, 1996. p. 34. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
^ Lafayette, Jon (August 13, 2014). "Exclusive: Radio Disney Moving Off Air to Digital". Retrieved August 13, 2014.
^ "Radio Disney to Sell the Majority of Its Stations". Billboard. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
^ "Asset Purchase and Sale Agreement", fcc.gov, February 2, 2015. Accessed August 14, 2015
^ Actualidad Buying WMYM 990-AM/Miami - Radio Ink Magazine
^ Station Sales Week Of 2/13 - Radio Insight
^ Consum→mation Notice - FCC
^ https://www.fybush.com/nerw-20190617/
^ Jacobson, Adam. "For Spanish-language Sports, It's 'Unanimo'", Radio & Television Business Report. September 3, 2019. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
^ "Adios Deportes, Hola UNANIMO", Radio Ink. September 9, 2019. Retrieved September 10, 2019.

External links

Unanimo Deportes' website
Facility details for Facility ID WMYM ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
{{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

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[1] "CP for WFBA(AM) Miami" (PDF). Broadcasting & Cable. June 10, 1996. p. 34. Retrieved December 4, 2019.

[b&c-radiodisneysell2014-2] Lafayette, Jon (August 13, 2014). "Exclusive: Radio Disney Moving Off Air to Digital". Retrieved August 13, 2014.

[billboard-selling-3] "Radio Disney to Sell the Majority of Its Stations". Billboard. Retrieved 13 August 2014.

[4] "Asset Purchase and Sale Agreement", fcc.gov, February 2, 2015. Accessed August 14, 2015

[5] Actualidad Buying WMYM 990-AM/Miami - Radio Ink Magazine

[6] Station Sales Week Of 2/13 - Radio Insight

[7] Consum→mation Notice - FCC

[8] ttps://www.fybush.com/nerw-20190617/

[9] Jacobson, Adam. "For Spanish-language Sports, It's 'Unanimo'", Radio & Television Business Report. September 3, 2019. Retrieved September 10, 2019.

[10] "Adios Deportes, Hola UNANIMO", Radio Ink. September 9, 2019. Retrieved September 10, 2019.

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-WFAB "La Fabulosa" broadcast a Spanish-language format on 990 from 1962 to 1977; the station, however, lost its license due to fraudulent billing practices. The demise of WFAB led to a multi-year fight for the license, ultimately won by Community Broadcasting Company. The unbuilt construction permit was sold to W.R.A. Broadcasting in 1994 and went on air in 1997 was '''WFBA'''. (The [[WFAB]] call letters had been assigned in the intervening 20 years to a station in Puerto Rico.) While WFAB's tower site used a six-tower inline array, WMYM uses a six-tower parallelogram; the pattern had to be tightened because of an upgrade to [[WHSR]], a [[Pompano Beach]] station on 980.
+WFAB "La Fabulosa" broadcast a Spanish-language format on 990 from 1962 to 1977; the station, however, lost its license due to fraudulent billing practices. The demise of WFAB led to a multi-year fight for the license, ultimately won by Community Broadcasting Company. The unbuilt construction permit was sold to W.R.A. Broadcasting in 1996<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1996/BC-1996-06-10.pdf|date=June 10, 1996|work=Broadcasting & Cable|page=34|title=CP for WFBA(AM) Miami|accessdate=December 4, 2019}}</ref> and went on air in 1997 was '''WFBA'''. (The [[WFAB]] call letters had been assigned in the intervening 20 years to a station in Puerto Rico.) While WFAB's tower site used a six-tower inline array, WMYM uses a six-tower parallelogram; the pattern had to be tightened because of an upgrade to [[WHSR]], a [[Pompano Beach]] station on 980.
+In 1999, Disney acquired WFAB for its [[Radio Disney]] children's network. On August 13, 2014, Disney put WMYM and twenty-two other Radio Disney stations up for sale, in order to focus more on digital distribution of the Radio Disney network.<ref name=b&c-radiodisneysell2014>{{cite news|last1=Lafayette|first1=Jon|title=Exclusive: Radio Disney Moving Off Air to Digital|url=http://broadcastingcable.com/news/currency/exclusive-radio-disney-moving-air-digital/133166|accessdate=August 13, 2014|date=August 13, 2014}}</ref><ref name=billboard-selling>{{cite web|title=Radio Disney to Sell the Majority of Its Stations|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/6214509/radio-disney-to-sell-the-majority-of-its-stations|website=Billboard|accessdate=13 August 2014|ref=13 August 2014}}</ref>
-In 1999, Disney acquired WFAB for its [[Radio Disney]] children's network. On August 13, 2014, Disney put WMYM and twenty-two other Radio Disney stations up for sale, in order to focus more on digital distribution of the Radio Disney network.<ref name=b&c-radiodisneysell2014>{{cite news|last1=Lafayette|first1=Jon|title=Exclusive: Radio Disney Moving Off Air to Digital|url=http://broadcastingcable.com/news/currency/exclusive-radio-disney-moving-air-digital/133166|accessdate=August 13, 2014|date=August 13, 2014}}</ref><ref name=billboard-selling>{{cite web|title=Radio Disney to Sell the Majority of Its Stations|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/6214509/radio-disney-to-sell-the-majority-of-its-stations|website=Billboard|accessdate=13 August 2014|ref=13 August 2014}}</ref>→
 On February 12, 2015, Enrique Cusco's Actualidad Radio Group (owner of the Spanish news/talk trimulcast [[WLVJ (AM)|WLVJ]], [[WURN (AM)|WURN]] and [[WURN-FM]]) announced that it would acquire WMYM, for a price of $2,100,000.<ref>"[https://licensing.fcc.gov/cdbs/CDBS_Attachment/getattachment.jsp?appn=101670204&qnum=5040&copynum=1&exhcnum=1 Asset Purchase and Sale Agreement]", fcc.gov, February 2, 2015. Accessed August 14, 2015</ref><ref>[http://www.radioink.com/article.asp?id=2894076&spid=24698 Actualidad Buying WMYM 990-AM/Miami - Radio Ink Magazine]</ref><ref>[http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/91996/station-sales-week-of-213/ Station Sales Week Of 2/13 - Radio Insight]</ref> The sale was completed on May 29, 2015<ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1679344&Service=AM&Form_id=905&Facility_id=12833 Consum→mation Notice - FCC]</ref>