WAMT

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WAMT
Broadcast area Greater Orlando
Frequency 1190 kHz
BrandingFamily Radio
Programming
Format Christian radio
Affiliations Family Radio
Ownership
Owner
History
First air date
January 28, 1977;47 years ago (1977-01-28)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 15877
Class B
Power 4,700 watts days
230 watts nights
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website www.familyradio.org

WAMT (1190 kHz) is a non-commercial AM radio station airing a Christian radio format. Licensed to Pine CastleSky Lake, Florida, it serves the Greater Orlando radio market. The station is an owned and operated by Tennessee-based Family Radio and airs its network programming, featuring Christian music and music and Calvinist teaching.

Contents

By day, WAMT is powered at 4,700 watts non-directional. But 1190 AM is a clear channel frequency. So WAMT reduces power to 230 watts at night to minimize interference and uses a directional antenna with a two-tower array. The transmitter is on Dumont Avenue near East Lancaster Road in Pine Castle. [2]

History

The station signed on the air in January 28, 1977;47 years ago. [3] The call sign was WHHL and it aired an oldies format. It was powered at 1,000 watts and was a daytimer, required to go off the air at night. The studios were on Orange Blossom Trail in Orlando.

It later switched to a talk radio format. It featured programming from the CBS Radio Network, Fox News Radio, and Westwood One.

WAMT flipped to Spanish-language sports radio at the beginning of 2010.

At January 21, 2010, at 11:37 pm local time, its website address redirected all visitors to the website of then-sister station WHOO 1080 AM, which carried a sports radio format. In December 2011, ESPN Deportes Radio signed off from the station, and the station stunted for about a month, playing canned music and replays of old speeches.

Genesis Communications announced that it would sell WAMT and WHOO to Relevant Radio, a Catholic radio network based in Wisconsin. The sale was completed August 14, 2018. In late 2018-early 2019, both WAMT and WHOO switched from their former formats to Catholic talk, branded as “Relevant Radio”.

In 2021, Relevant Radio swapped WAMT to Family Radio's parent company, Family Stations, in exchange for WBMD in Baltimore, Maryland. The swap, which left WHOO as Relevant Radio's only Orlando station, allowed that network to enter Baltimore (where Family Radio also owned WFSI). At the same time, Family Radio was able to enter the Orlando market. [4]

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References

  1. "Facility Technical Data for WAMT". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. Radio-Locator.com/WAMT
  3. Broadcasting Yearbook 1980 page C-49, Broadcasting & Cable
  4. Venta, Lance (October 22, 2021). "Station Sales Week Of 10/22: Family Stations & Relevant Radio Swap In Baltimore And Orlando". RadioInsight. Retrieved December 1, 2022.