WAMH

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WAMH
City Amherst, Massachusetts
Slogan "Amherst College Radio, the modern sounds of modern Massachusetts"
Frequency 89.3 MHz
First air date 1955 (1955)[1]
Format NEPR News Network/Alternative rock
ERP 130 watts
HAAT 233 meters
Class A
Facility ID 68222
Transmitter coordinates 42°21′49.00″N 72°25′24.00″W / 42.3636111°N 72.4233333°W / 42.3636111; -72.4233333 (WAMH)
Callsign meaning AMHerst
Owner Amherst College
(Trustees of Amherst College)
Webcast Listen Live
Website wamh.amherst.edu

WAMH (89.3 FM) is a radio station occasionally broadcasting an Alternative rock format. Licensed to Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. The station is currently owned by Amherst College.[2] Programming has included independent artists, news, college sports, and live local music. Since September 2015, the station splits broadcast time between student programming from 4:00 PM to 2:00 AM and a relay of NEPR News Network broadcasting at other hours.

WAMH broadcasts from an antenna on the WFCR tower on Mt. Lincoln in Pelham, Massachusetts.

References

  1. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-207. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
  2. ↑ "WAMH Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.


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