Complex sentence: The station signed on the air on March 13,1953 as WROM-TV, Channel 9, originally licensed to Rome, Georgia, and transmitting full analog power 316,000 watts from a tower on Horseleg Mountain west of Rome.
Split into simpler sentences: The station signed on-the-air in 1953 as WROM-TV licensed to Rome, Georgia. It transmuted a full-powered analog signal on VHF channel 9 at 316,000 watts from a tower on Horseleg Mountain west of Rome.