WAMO (AM)

WAMO
City	Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania
Broadcast area	Pittsburgh metropolitan area
Branding	WAMO 100
Slogan	"We Are WAMO 100", "Pittsburgh's Home For Hip-Hop And Hottest Hits"
Frequency	660 kHz
Translator(s)	100.1 W261AX (Pittsburgh)
Format	Mainstream Urban
Power	FM: 99 watts AM:1,400 watts (day)
Class	D
Facility ID	25732
Callsign meaning	Allegheny Monongahela Ohio (Three rivers that meet in Pittsburgh)
Former callsigns	WZGO (1980-1993) WHYM (1993-1994) WZGO (1994-1997) WFJY (1997-2004) WCIX (2004) WPYT (2004-2011) WAMO(2011-
Owner	Martz Communications Group (Langer Broadcasting)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.wamo100.com

WAMO is a radio station serving the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania market. The station, which is purchased by Martz Communications Group (through its Radio Power subsidiary) from Langer Broadcasting in December 2010, broadcasts on 660 kHz on the AM dial with a power of 1,400 watts, daytime only (to protect the nighttime signal of WFAN in New York City on the same frequency), and is licensed to Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania. Its studios and AM transmitter are located in Braddock east of Pittsburgh. It operates a translator, W261AX on 100.1 FM, from the Hays neighborhood in Pittsburgh.

Station history

The station was originally on 1470 kHz, and licensed to Portage, Pennsylvania, halfway between Johnstown and Altoona.

This station began as WRML, and had operated as a daytime-only station for much of its history since signing on back in the early 1960s. Through the years and format and callsign changes, (usually between country and oldies) it finally received nighttime power authorization in the early '90s, allowing it to operate at night with a limited power of 88 watts. Though successful financially in its earlier years, the station and its FM sister, then known as WZGO, experienced a sharp decline in the mid 80's, as did the local economy, in part due to the collapse of the region's rich steel-producing and coal-mining industries.

Under FCC rules which permit a station owner to move a daytime-only station and change its frequency, the station was relocated to the Pittsburgh area with a new frequency and city of around 2004. On 660, the station first signed on with the call letters WCIX. On 1470, it had previously been known as WRML, WWML, WHYM, WZGO, and WFJY (its final calls before the move).

The station had operated Langer's "National Radio Network" programming lineup, but that network ceased operations in March 2010 and its format thereafter was unknown. Martz planned to put a Urban/Urban AC format on the station, returning this programming to the Pittsburgh market for the first time since WAMO and WAMO-FM were sold to Catholic broadcasters in 2009. On May 21, 2011, WPYT and translator W261AX (100.1 FM) signed on with the promised mainstream urban format, but they have always had a shift towards Rhythmic Contemporary. At the end of 2011, they changed their slogan to "Pittsburgh's home for Hip-hop and Hottest Hits" and became an official Rhythmic Contemporary station.^[1] On June 3, 2011, the station changed its call sign to WAMO.

In January 2013, WAMO was added to BDS' Rhythmic Airplay panel as an indicator reporter, but is not considered a monitored reporter because it is not rated in Nielsen Audio (as Martz is a non-subscriber) and in part due to being an AM daytimer with a FM translator, this despite having a primary emphasis on R&B/Hip-Hop material.

On-air staff

WEEKDAYS:

6-10 am: Steve Harvey Morning Show
11 am – 3 pm: DJ Boogie
3–7 pm: Mike Jax
7 pm – 12 am: Mike Dean

Saturdays: 6-10 am Steve Harvey Saturdays: 7–10 pm-The Baka Boyz Hip-Hop Master Mix

Sundays: 7-11 am- Morning Inspiration with Brother Marlon

References

↑ "Urban To Return To Pittsburgh". RadioInsight. 2011-02-20. Retrieved 2011-02-21.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WAMO

Radio-Locator Information on WAMO

Radio stations in the Pittsburgh market

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NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.550

Digital Radio	89.3-1 89.3-2 90.5-1 90.5-2 90.5-3 91.3-1 92.9-1 92.9-2 92.9-3 92.9-4 93.7-1 93.7-2 94.5-1 94.5-2 96.1-1 96.1-2 96.9-1 96.9-2 96.9-3 96.9-4 99.7-1 100.7-1 100.7-2 100.7-3 102.5-1 102.5-2 104.7-1 104.7-2 105.9-1 105.9-2 107.9-1 107.9-2

By callsign	KDKA¹ KDKA-FM KFX300 KIH35 KQV W261AX WAMO WANB WAOB WAOB-FM WAVL WBGG WBJV WBUT WBVP WBZZ WCAL WCNS WCYJ WDIG WDSY-FM WDVE WEDO WEGW WESA WFSJ-LP WFGI WGBN WGLZ WHJB WISR WIUP WJAS WJPA WJPA-FM WJST WKBN WKFB WKGO WKHB WKPL WKST WKST-FM WKVE WLCY WLER WLSW WLTJ WMBA WMBS WMNY WHOT WMUG-LP WNJR WOGG WOGH WOGI WOHI WORD WPGB WPGP WPGR WPHP WPIT WPKL WPKV WPTS-FM WQED WQMU WQTW WRCT WRRK WSHH WSRU WTYM WUKL WVKF WVNP WWCS WWNL WWSW WWVA WXDX WYEP WYFU WYZR WZUM

Defunct	WKZV 1110 AM WASP 1130 AM WBGI 1340 AM WSTV 1340 AM WZUM 1590 AM

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Rhythmic Contemporary radio stations in the state of Pennsylvania

By frequency	660 93.5 96.5 100.1

By callsign	W261AX WAMO WWKL WZMP

By city	Palmyra Phliadelphia Wilkinsburg

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Pennsylvania See also Contemporary Hit Radio Rhythmic KISS-FM MOVin Radio Disney

Martz Communications Group

Radio stations	WICY WAMO WSNN WVNV WYUL

Daytime-Only radio stations in Pennsylvania

Stations	WAMO - Wilkinsburg WANB - Waynesburg WCHE - West Chester WECZ - Punxsutawney WEDO - McKeesport WFKJ - Cashtown WFYL - King of Prussia WGPA - Bethlehem WHYF - Shiremanstown WIEZ - Lewistown WIOO - Carlisle WJSM - Martinsburg WKFB - Jeannette WKQW - Oil City WLSH - Lansford WMCE - North East WNAP - Norristown WNWR - Philadelphia WPHE - Phoenixville WQOR - Olyphant WQTW - Latrobe WVPO - Stroudsburg WWDB - Philadelphia WWNL - Pittsburgh WWSM - Annville-Cleona WZSK - Everett

Defunct	WASP - Brownsville WKZV - Washington

Coordinates: 40°22′59″N 78°39′31″W / 40.38306°N 78.65861°W / 40.38306; -78.65861

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