WAMM is a

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and Americana formatted

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licensed to Mount Jackson, Virginia, 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 Grottoes, Virginia, 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 (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 Americana music format, consisting largely of

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with rock mixed in, during October 2016. Previously, it had run a local

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/ talk 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.FCC Document
On September 30, the station's call sign was changed to WAMM.Call Sign History
fcc.gov. Retrieved October 3, 2019.

References

External links

790 AM WAMM Online
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