
WPLM (AM)

WPLM (1390 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States. WPLM broadcasts to the South Shore and Cape Cod areas. The station is owned by Plymouth Rock Broadcasting Co., Inc. WPLM is listed as silent since June 7, 2018; it most recently simulcast the adult contemporary format of sister station WPLM-FM (99.1).
On June 14, 2019, WPLM (AM) was granted the approval to resume operations and is back on the air simulcasting sister station, 99.1 FM WPLM-FM as, Easy 99.1.
History.
WPLM signed on August 8, 1955, with WPLM-FM being added on June 25, 1961. The two stations simulcast all programming from the FM station's launch until 1997, when the station began leasing out some of its broadcast day to simulcast WADN (1120 AM, now WBNW). On January 15, 2015 WPLM returned to a full simulcast with WPLM-FM.
For much of its history, WPLM was branded as "America's Hometown Station;" its current slogan is relatively recent.