Allegheny Mountain Radio

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Allegheny Mountain Radio
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BrandingAllegheny Mountain Radio
Programming
Format Full Service/Freeform [1]
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerPocahontas Communications Cooperative Corporation
Links
Webcast Allegheny Mountain Radio Webstream
Website Allegheny Mountain Radio Online

Allegheny Mountain Radio or AMR is a network of full service, freeform-formatted community radio stations broadcasting to portions of West Virginia and Virginia in the United States. [1] The stations serve Pocahontas County, West Virginia as well as Bath County, Virginia and Highland County, Virginia.

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This network is unique in that these are the only radio stations broadcasting from the three counties. The area sits within the National Radio Quiet Zone (NRQZ), which surrounds the Green Bank Radio Telescope in Green Bank, West Virginia. [2] [3] Due to the NRQZ and surrounding mountainous terrain, few out-of-area radio signals penetrate these counties.

All stations in the network are owned and operated by Pocahontas Communications Cooperative Corporation.

History

Pocahontas Communications Cooperative Corporation was formed in April 1979 as a non-profit organization to operate the community radio stations for educational and charitable purposes. Financial support for AMR comes from individual donations, underwriting from businesses and grants.

Radio transmission operations began in June 1981. [4] WVMR 1370 is the only radio station operating within the inner core of the Radio Quiet Zone. WVMR is also the only AM station in the Pocahontas Communications Cooperative Corporation network.

In a span of three years, AMR's other stations went on the air. In May 1995, the Monterey, Virginia-based WVLS launched, followed by WCHG from Hot Springs, Virginia in June 1995, and the translator FM station W278AL from Durbin, West Virginia in July 1998.

During a "filing window" for applications for non-commercial educational FM stations, in 2007 and 2008, the Pocahontas Communications Cooperative Corporation applied for construction permits for stations in Marlinton, Hillsboro, and Franklin, West Virginia. WVMR-FM was constructed and began test transmissions on October 6, 2010, with full operation beginning on October 26, 2010. WNMP was constructed and began test transmissions on September 27, 2011, with full operation beginning on September 30, 2011. Due to a lack of funding, and a lack of interest on the part of public that was to be served, WVPC was not constructed. Its construction permit was allowed to expire on December 18, 2010.

Stations

Stations
Call SignCity of LicenseFrequency Wattage HAAT Coverage AreaFoundedAdditional Information
WVMR Frost, West Virginia 1370 AM kHz 5,000 watts; day onlyN/A Pocahontas County August 17, 1981 [5] : D-588 
WVLS Monterey, Virginia 89.7 FM MHz 360 watts445 meters (1,460 ft) Highland County September 1995 [5] : D-567 
WCHG Hot Springs, Virginia 107.1 FM MHz 160 watts429 meters (1,407 ft) Bath County September 1995 [5] : D-566 
WVMR-FM Hillsboro, West Virginia 91.9 FM MHz 550 watts−10.7 meters (−35 ft) Hillsboro October 2010
WNMP Marlinton, West Virginia 88.5 FM MHz 1,000 watts−65.9 meters (−216 ft) Marlinton/Huntersville September 2011
WDMT Marlinton, West Virginia 106.3 FM MHz 60 watts334 meters (1,096 ft) Marlinton/Hillsboro September 2016
W278AL Durbin, West Virginia 103.5 FM MHz 50 watts−128 meters (−420 ft) Durbin/Bartow July 1998

Music programming

Allegheny Mountain Radio (AMR) has no set format, unlike most other radio stations in the United States.

Music heard on the Allegheny Mountain Radio (AMR) stations varies from country music to rock music, and from contemporary hit radio to adult standards. News broadcasts are updated throughout the day from a team of AMR reporters. During the high-school football season, local football games are broadcast as well. Allegheny Mountain Radio also broadcasts informational programming such as the local "Book Talk", which comes from the McClintic Public Library in Marlinton, West Virginia.

In the late night hours, WVMR-FM, WCHG, WVLS, WNMP, WDMT, and W278AL simulcast classical music-formatted radio station WCPE.

Air shifts

Most shifts are from one to two hours long, with the exception of the weekday morning and afternoon shows (Morning Drive and Traffic Jam) which run for, respectively, four and three hours.

The one- and two-hour shifts are hosted by volunteers who are on the air only on certain days, while some DJs broadcast Monday through Friday.

Public service education projects

Pocahontas County Communications serves the public and uses the radio station as an expression of the public's needs. A recent project returned G.D. McNeil's "The Last Forest: Tales of the Allegheny Woods" back into print and created radio plays from several short stories within the collection. Currently, Allegheny Mountain Radio offers a free multi-disciplinary curriculum The Last Forest for students 6–10, but it is seeing use in college-level applications. [6]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". arbitron.com. Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings . Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  2. ↑ Hevener, Sandy (January 13, 2002). "Little Radio Station in Frost, W.Va., Fills Big Gap". American Profile . Retrieved January 29, 2016.
  3. ↑ Reed, Maryanne; Hanson, Ralph E. (November 2006). "Back to the Future: Allegheny Mountain Radio and Localism in West Virginia Community Radio". Journal of Radio Studies . 13 (2). P.I. Reed School of Journalism, West Virginia University: 214–231. doi:10.1080/10955040701313297. (HTML version in AEJMC archives)
  4. ↑ "WVMR, Frost West Virginia". Pocahontas Communications Cooperative Corporation. Archived from the original on August 1, 2008. Retrieved August 11, 2008– via The WELL.
  5. 1 2 3 Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Welcome to The Last Forest". lastforest.org.
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