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Broadcast area | Amherst County, Virginia |
Frequency | 1420 AM kHz |
Branding | WAMV 1420 |
Programming | |
Format | Southern gospel; Christian talk and teaching [1] |
Ownership | |
Owner | Community First Broadcasters, Inc. |
History | |
First air date | October 1, 1976 [2] |
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Call sign meaning | Amherst, Virginia |
Technical information [4] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 12919 |
Class | D |
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Transmitter coordinates | |
Translator(s) | 103.1 MHz W276DN (Amherst) |
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Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website | www |
WAMV (1420 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Amherst, Virginia, serving Amherst County and the suburbs of Lynchburg. [1] WAMV is owned and operated by Community First Broadcasters, Inc. [5] It broadcasts a southern gospel and Christian talk and teaching radio format. The studios and offices are on School Road in Amherst.
By day, WAMV is powered at 2,200 watts non-directional. To protect other stations on 1420 AM from interference, at night it reduces power to only 47 watts. The AM transmitter is on Higginbotham Creek Road in Sweet Briar. [6] Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator W276DN at 103.1 MHz in Amherst. [7]