WAMV

WAMV

WAMV

Radio station in Amherst, Virginia

For the station in Illinois, see WAMV (Illinois).

WAMV (1420 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Amherst, Virginia, serving Amherst County and the suburbs of Lynchburg.[1] WAMV is owned and operated by Community First Broadcasters, Inc.[4] It broadcasts a southern gospel and Christian talk and teaching radio format. The studios and offices are on School Road in Amherst.

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By day, WAMV is powered at 2,200 watts non-directional. To protect other stations on 1420 AM from interference, at night it reduces power to only 47 watts. The AM transmitter is on Higginbotham Creek Road in Sweet Briar.[5] Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator W276DN at 103.1 MHz in Amherst.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  2. [2]
    Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-559. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  3. [3]
    "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  4. [4]
    "WAMV Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  5. [5]
    Radio-Locator.com/WAMV
  6. [6]
    Radio-Locator.com/W276DN


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