WAMM (AM)
Radio station in Mount Jackson, Virginia, United States
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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]
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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 |
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| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 60106 |
| Class | D |
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Transmitter coordinates | 38°46′15.4″N 78°37′16.1″W |
| Translator | 97.9 W250CR (Mount Jackson) |
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| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | wamm |
History
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]
