WOMT was first licensed on November 8, 1926, to the Mikadow Theater (Francis M. Kadow). Following the establishment of the
Federal Radio Commission (FRC), stations were initially issued a series of temporary authorizations starting on May 3, 1927. In addition, they were notified that if they wanted to continue operating, they needed to file a formal license application by January 15, 1928, as the first step in determining whether they met the new "public interest, convenience, or necessity" standard. On May 25, 1928, the FRC issued
General Order 32, which notified 164 stations, including WOMT, that "From an examination of your application for future license it does not find that public interest, convenience, or necessity would be served by granting it." However, the station successfully convinced the commission that it should remain licensed. On November 11, 1928, the FRC implemented a major reallocation of station transmitting frequencies, as part of a reorganization resulting from its
General Order 40. WOMT was assigned to 1210 kHz. In early 2018, Seehafer Broadcasting filed for an
FM translator station involving WOMT with the FCC as part of the agency's January 2018 AM revitalization translator window; the application was duplicative of one filed for
WCUB, which it then decided to continue pursuing while seeking an alternate application for WOMT. Seehafer then filed a second translator application for WOMT, which was successful and launched in May 2020, at the same time as WCUB's 97.1 translator On January 23, 2026, Seehafer Broadcasting announced WOMT would begin simulcasting on sister station
WEMP on February 1, 2026. WEMP will discontinue programming and change callsigns to WOMT-FM at that time. ==References==