WAMM (AM)

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]

WAMM
CityMount Jackson, Virginia
Broadcast areaWoodstock, Virginia
Shenandoah County, Virginia
Branding"Americana Music Project"
Frequency790 kHz
Translator(s)97.9 MHz (construction permit)
First air date1954
FormatAmericana
Power1,000 watts (daytime)
40 watts (nighttime)
ClassD
Facility ID60106
Transmitter coordinates38°46′15.0″N 78°37′17.0″W
Former call signsWSIG (1954–1988)
WSVG (1988–2019)
OwnerShenandoah Valley Group, Inc.
WebcastListen Live
Websitehttps://wamm.online/

History
Former logo

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.[7][8] On September 30, the station's call sign was changed to WAMM.[9]

References
  1. "WAMM Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. "Application BMJP-20040126AKO".
  3. Scroll to July 7, 2009 for information.
  4. Application for Consent to Assignment of Broadcast Station Construction Permit or License
  5. About Us - WSVG 790AM
  6. https://www.facebook.com/wsvgradio/photos/a.404301372980798.93697.118915328186072/1155191261225135/?type=3&theater
  7. "W250CR Facility Data". FCCData.
  8. https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=W250CR
  9. Call Sign History, fcc.gov. Retrieved October 3, 2019.


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