WAMM
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| City of license | Woodstock, Virginia |
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| Broadcast area | Shenandoah County, Virginia |
| Branding | "Radio Latino 1230 AM" |
| Slogan | "La Voz Del Valle" "The Voice Of The Valley" |
| Frequency | 1230 kHz |
| First air date | August 3, 1981 |
| Format | Spanish |
| Power | 1,000 Watts (day) 250 Watts (night) |
| Class | C |
| Owner | Jason M. Rodriguez |
| Website | WAMM Online |
WAMM is a broadcast radio station licensed to Woodstock, Virginia.
[edit] History
WAMM was signed on by Dean O'Connell, Inc in 1981. WAMM played an "Adult Rock" format from its launch until 1991 when it switched to Country.
During most of the 1990s, the format switched from Country to 1970s Rock to Hot Adult Contemporary.
During the late 1990s, WAMM was sold to Grass Roots Broadcasting. Offices were moved from Woodstock to Edinburg, Virginia, while the studios remained in Woodstock.
In 2002, when former Shenandoah County radio station WAZR was sold to Clear Channel and moved to Harrisonburg, Virginia, most of the former staff of WAZR and WAZR's old standards/big band format moved to WAMM.
In September of 2003, Grass Roots Broadcasting sold WAMM to Hometown Broadcasting.
In November 2004, WAMM bought Mount Jackson, Virginia station WSVG-AM for $85,000 and moved WSVG's operations to WAMM's studios in Downtown Woodstock, Virginia.
In May of 2005, WAMM went silent due to severe money problems, and WSVG was sold to spinoff company Hometown Broadcasting of Mount Jackson.
In March of 2006, WAMM returned to the air with a Spanish format, but quickly went silent again after only six months.
In Mid-August of 2007, WAMM returned to the airwaves, again with the Spanish format.
[edit] External links
- Radio Latino 1230 AM Online
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WAMM
- Radio Locator Information on WAMM
- Query Arbitron's AM station database for WAMM
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