WAMD () is a commercial AM radio station based in
Aberdeen, Maryland
Aberdeen is a city located in Harford County, Maryland, United States, northeast of Baltimore. The population was 16,254 at the 2020 United States census. Aberdeen is the largest municipality in Harford County.
Aberdeen is part of the Baltimo ...
. The station is owned by Bill Parris. Reception for WAMD is northern
Harford County. The station's format is predominantly
top 40
In the music industry, the Top 40 is a list of the 40 currently most popular songs in a particular genre. It is the best-selling or most frequently broadcast popular music. Record charts have traditionally consisted of a total of 40 songs. "To ...
. WAMD is part of the KHZ Network, which includes sister stations
WKHZ in Easton.
Sale of the station from
Salem Broadcasting
Salem Media Group, Inc. (formerly Salem Communications Corporation) is an American radio broadcaster, internet content provider, and magazine and book publisher based in Irving, Texas, targeting audiences interested in Christian values and what ...
to Parris was announced on December 15, 2010. During its ownership of the station, Salem Broadcasting reduced WAMD's daytime power from 500 watts to 300 watts and reduced its broadcast coverage to enable then-co-owned
WNYM
WNYM (970 AM) – branded "AM 970 The Answer" – is a commercial radio station licensed to Hackensack, New Jersey, and serving the New York metropolitan area. The station is owned by Salem Media Group and programs a conservative talk radio f ...
in the New York City area to increase its daytime power from 5 kW to 50 kW.
WNYM also broadcasts on 970 AM. WAMD's nighttime power remains at 500 watts.
WAMD returned to the airways on April 23, 2011, under the management of Bill Parris. WAMD is broadcasting the KHZ network in simulcast with
WYRE and
WKHZ. Considered a multimedia platform with an internet TV channel playing videos and the audio on the networked radio stations, personalities such as
Tracy Hart work as VJs.
References
External links
FCC History Cards for WAMD
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1957 establishments in Maryland
Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States
Aberdeen, Maryland
Radio stations established in 1957