WAMM is a

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and

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formatted

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licensed to

Mount Jackson, Virginia Mount Jackson is a town in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,994 at the 2010 census. For highway travelers passing by, Mount Jackson is easily identified from I-81 exit 273 by the water tower painted as a basket of ...

, serving

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and

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. WAMM is owned and operated by Shenandoah Valley Group, Inc.

History

In January 2004, the then-WSVG applied to move to

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, in the larger Harrisonburg- Staunton- Waynesboro market. A sale to Shenandoah Valley Television, then the owner of

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(106.3 FM) and

WSIG WSIG is a Classic Country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Mount Jackson, Virginia, serving the Central and Northern Shenandoah Valley The Shenandoah Valley () is a geographic valley and cultural region of western Virginia a ...

(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. On July 6, 2009, Shenandoah Valley Group, Inc. bought WSVG for $175,000. WSVG flipped to an

music format, consisting largely of

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with

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mixed in, during October 2016. Previously, it had run a local news/

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format with sports coverage. On January 26, 2018, WSVG was granted a

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for FM

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W250CR on 97.9 in Mount Jackson, pursuant to the

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's AM revitalization program; the translator signed on in January 2021.https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=W250CR On September 30, the station's call sign was changed to WAMM.Call Sign History
fcc.gov. Retrieved October 3, 2019. From 1981-1982 Ray Satterfield hosted a morning talk show: ''"Ray Thomas-WAMM in the Morning"'', Frank Wilt Program Director. https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-wilt-b0466741/ special features and characters: "WAMM Traffic Copter" recurring bit, "Forgery Coffee" ad spoofs, "Granny Grits" recurring bit

References

External links

790 AM WAMM Online
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