WANC is a
public radio
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station officially licensed to
Ticonderoga, New York
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, and owned by WAMC, Inc. The station broadcasts at 103.9 MHz at 1,550 watts
effective radiated power
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, and is a repeater of
WAMC-FM
WAMC-FM (90.3 FM broadcasting, FM) is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to Albany, New York, United States, featuring a public radio format. Owned by "WAMC Northeast Public Radio" with a legal name of "WAMC", WAMC-FM's primar ...
serving the southern
Champlain Valley
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.
History
WANC originally signed on September 6,
1982
Events
January
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* January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C. ...
,
as WXTY with a
Top 40
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radio format; it was a sister station to
WIPS. However, the station was only a
rimshot
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The sound and var ...
into major nearby cities. It was never significant in either
Burlington, Vermont
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, or
Plattsburgh, New York
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, due to the presence of several other top 40 stations at the time, including
WGFB
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History
Th ...
"B100",
WQCR
WQCR (1500 AM, "La Jefa") is a radio station licensed to serve Alabaster, Alabama, United States. The station is owned by Rivera Communications, LLC.
WQCR broadcasts a Spanish adult hits music format to the Birmingham, Alabama, area. This stat ...
"Q99" and upstart
WXXX
WXXX (95.5 FM, ''95 Triple X'') is a commercial radio station licensed to South Burlington, Vermont, and serving the Champlain Valley. The station is owned by Sison Broadcasting, and airs a top 40–contemporary hit radio format. WXXX's studios ...
"95 Triple X".
In August 1990,
Alan Chartock
Alan Seth Chartock (born July 25, 1941) is a former president and chief executive officer of WAMC/Northeast Public Radio, a National Public Radio affiliate, from 1981 to 2023. He was professor of political science at SUNY New Paltz and is a pr ...
purchased WXTY from the then-owners of WIPS for $400,000. It became a repeater of
WAMC-FM
WAMC-FM (90.3 FM broadcasting, FM) is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to Albany, New York, United States, featuring a public radio format. Owned by "WAMC Northeast Public Radio" with a legal name of "WAMC", WAMC-FM's primar ...
under the WANC calls for the southern Champlain Valley and
Glens Falls
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/
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
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) in the United States.
See also
*
WAMC-FM
WAMC-FM (90.3 FM broadcasting, FM) is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to Albany, New York, United States, featuring a public radio format. Owned by "WAMC Northeast Public Radio" with a legal name of "WAMC", WAMC-FM's primar ...
References
External links
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Radio stations established in 1982
NPR member stations
1982 establishments in New York (state)
Essex County, New York
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