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.[1]
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.[2]
On July 6, 2009, Shenandoah Valley Group, Inc. bought WSVG for $175,000.[3][4][5]
WSVG flipped to an Americana music format, consisting largely of country music with rock mixed in, during October 2016.[6] 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.[7][8] On September 30, the station's call sign was changed to WAMM.[9]
References
- ^ "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
- WAMM in the FCC AM station database
- WAMM in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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