WAMM (AM)
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| Broadcast area | Woodstock, Virginia Shenandoah County, Virginia |
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| Frequency | 790 kHz |
| Branding | "Americana Music Project" |
| Programming | |
| Format | Americana |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Shenandoah Valley Group, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | 1954 |
Former call signs | WSIG (1954–1988) WSVG (1988–2019) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 60106 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 1,000 watts (daytime) 40 watts (nighttime) |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°46′15.0″N 78°37′17.0″W / 38.770833°N 78.621389°W |
| Translator(s) | W250CR (97.9 MHz, Mount Jackson) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | https://wamm.online/ |
WAMM is a country and Americana formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Mount Jackson, Virginia, serving Woodstock and Shenandoah County, Virginia. WAMM is owned and operated by Shenandoah Valley Group, Inc.[2]
History
[edit]In January 2004, the then-WSVG applied to move to Grottoes, Virginia, in the larger Harrisonburg-Staunton-Waynesboro market. A sale to Shenandoah Valley Television, then the owner of WBOP (106.3 FM) and WSIG (96.9 FM) in that market, fell through later in the year; then-owners Hometown Radio of Mount Jackson allowed the application to expire afterwards.[3]
On July 6, 2009, Shenandoah Valley Group, Inc. bought WSVG for $175,000.[4][5][6]
WSVG flipped to an Americana music format, consisting largely of country music with rock mixed in, during October 2016.[7] Previously, it had run a local news/talk format with sports coverage. On January 26, 2018, WSVG was granted a construction permit for FM translator W250CR on 97.9 in Mount Jackson, pursuant to the Federal Communications Commission's AM revitalization program; the translator signed on in January 2021.[8][9] On September 30, the station's call sign was changed to WAMM.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WAMM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WAMM Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "Application BMJP-20040126AKO".
- ^ Scroll to July 7, 2009 for information.
- ^ Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License
- ^ About Us - WSVG 790AM
- ^ "WAMM 97.9 FM on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-04-30.[user-generated source]
- ^ "W250CR Facility Data". FCCData.
- ^ FCC Document [dead link]
- ^ Call Sign History, fcc.gov. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
External links
[edit]- 790 AM WAMM Online
- Facility details for Facility ID 60106 (WAMM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WAMM in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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