WIAM (900
kHz
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) is a non-commercial
AM radio station
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broadcasting a
classic country format
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.
Licensed
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to
Williamston, North Carolina
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, it serves the
Greenville radio market
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. The station is owned by Lifeline Ministries and airs a
classic country and a
Christian radio
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format
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, including religious instruction programs and
Southern Gospel music.
WIAM is heard on
FM translator
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W221ES at 92.1
MHz
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.
History
In March 1951, WIAM first
signed on
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the air.
Broadcasting Yearbook 1961-62 page B-123
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Translators
References
External links
Southern Gospel radio stations in the United States
IAM
IAM or Iam may refer to:
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* IAM (band), a French hip hop group from Marseille that formed in 1989
* I Am (American band), often styled I AM, an American rock band
* ''Intellectual Asset Management'', an intellectual-property magazine ...
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