WANC

WANC is a public radio station officially licensed to Ticonderoga, New York and owned by WAMC, Inc. The station broadcasts at 103.9 MHz at 1,550 watts effective radiated power, and is a repeater of WAMC-FM serving the southern Champlain Valley.

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WANC
CityTiconderoga, New York
Broadcast areaGlens Falls/Plattsburgh/Burlington
BrandingWAMC, Northeast Public Radio
Frequency103.9 MHz
First air date1982
FormatPublic Radio
ERP1,550 watts
HAAT116 meters (381 ft)
ClassA
Facility ID70842
Transmitter coordinates43°49′55.00″N 73°24′28.00″W
Call sign meaningW Adirondack North Country (variation of WAMC)
Former call signsWXTY (1982-1990)
AffiliationsNational Public Radio
OwnerWAMC, Inc.
Websitehttp://www.wamc.org/

History

WANC originally signed on in 1982 as WXTY as a sister to WIPS, with a Top 40 radio format. However, the station was only a rimshot into major nearby cities. It was never significant in either Burlington, Vermont or Plattsburgh, New York due to the presence of several other top 40 stations at the time, including WGFB "B100", WQCR "Q99" and upstart WXXX "95 Triple X".

In August 1990, Alan Chartock purchased WXTY from the then-owners of WIPS for $400,000. It became a repeater of WAMC-FM under the WANC calls for the southern Champlain Valley and Glens Falls/Lake George area. Despite it being a repeater station for WAMC, it is one a very small handful of noncommercial radio stations whose frequency is outside the standard frequency range for noncommercial FM radio stations (88-92 mHz) in the United States.[1]

See also

References
  1. https://www.fcc.gov/media/radio/fm-translators-and-boosters


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