WGMS (Washington, D.C.)

WGMS
Broadcast areaWashington metropolitan area
Frequencies
  • 570 kHz (1946–1992)
  • 103.5 MHz (1948–2006)
  • 103.9 MHz/104.1 MHz (2006–2007)
Programming
FormatClassical music
Ownership
OwnerBonneville International
History
First air date
December 29, 1946 (1946-12-29)
Last air date
January 22, 2006 (2006-01-22)
Call sign meaning
"Washington's Good Music Station"
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Links
Public license information

WGMS was a radio station in Washington, D.C. that maintained a classical music format from 1946 to 2007. Last owned by Bonneville International, it was known on air for many years as Classical 103.5. It last broadcast on 104.1 FM from a transmitter in Waldorf, Maryland, with a repeater signal broadcast from Braddock Heights, Maryland, on 103.9 FM under the call sign of WGYS.

The WGMS call letters are today in use by public radio station WETA-FM's repeater in Hagerstown, Maryland, having been donated by Bonneville as part of an agreement between both stations made public the same day WGMS signed off.