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WAMM (AM)

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WAMM
Broadcast area
Frequency790 kHz
BrandingAmericana Music Project
Programming
FormatAmericana
Ownership
OwnerShenandoah Valley Group, Inc.
History
First air date
1954 (1954)
Former call signs
  • WSIG (1954–1988)
  • WSVG (1988–2019)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID60106
ClassD
Power
  • 1,000 watts (daytime)
  • 40 watts (nighttime)
Transmitter coordinates
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Translator97.9 W250CR (Mount Jackson)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitewamm.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

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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

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  4. ^ Scroll to July 7, 2009 for information.
  5. ^ Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License
  6. ^ About Us - WSVG 790AM
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  9. ^ FCC Document [dead link]
  10. ^ Call Sign History, fcc.gov. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
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