- WAMM
Infobox Radio station
name = WAMM
city =Woodstock, Virginia
area =Woodstock, Virginia Shenandoah County, Virginia
branding = "Radio Latino 1230 AM"
slogan = "La Voz Del Valle"
"The Voice Of The Valley"
airdate =August 3 ,1981
frequency = 1230 kHz
format = Spanish
power = 1,000Watt s daytime
250Watt s nighttime
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haat =
class = C
facility_id =
coordinates = coord|38|51|11.0|N|78|31|30.0|W|type:landmark
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former_callsigns =
owner = Jason M. Rodriguez
licensee =
sister_stations =
webcast =
website = [http://www.latino1230.com/ WAMM Online]
affiliations =WAMM is a Spanish formatted broadcast
radio station licensed toWoodstock, Virginia , serving Woodstock andShenandoah County, Virginia . WAMM is owned and operated by Jason M. Rodriguez.History
WAMM was signed on by Dean O'Connell, Inc in 1981. WAMM played an "Adult Rock" format from its launch until 1991 when it switched to Country.
During most of the 1990s, the format switched from Country to 1970s Rock to Hot
Adult Contemporary .During the late 1990s, WAMM was sold to Grass Roots Broadcasting. Offices were moved from Woodstock to
Edinburg, Virginia , while the studios remained in Woodstock.In October 2002, when former Shenandoah County radio station
WAZR was sold toClear Channel and moved toHarrisonburg, Virginia , most of the former staff ofWAZR and WAZR's old standards/big band format moved to WAMM.In September 2003, Grass Roots Broadcasting sold WAMM to Hometown Broadcasting.
In November 2004, WAMM bought
Mount Jackson, Virginia stationWSVG for $85,000 and moved WSVG's operations to WAMM's studios in DowntownWoodstock, Virginia .In May 2005, WAMM went silent due to severe money problems, and WSVG was sold to spinoff company Hometown Broadcasting of Mount Jackson.
In March 2006, WAMM returned to the air with a Spanish format, but quickly went silent again after only six months.
In Mid-August 2007, WAMM returned to the airwaves, again with the Spanish format.
External links
* [http://www.latino1230.com/ Radio Latino 1230 AM Online]
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