WAMZ
Radio station in Louisville, Kentucky / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WAMZ (97.5 FM) is a commercial radio station in Louisville, Kentucky. It airs a country music format and is owned by iHeartMedia The studios are in the central part of Watterson Park. WAMZ carries two nationally syndicated radio programs: The Bobby Bones Show in morning drive time and After Midnite with Granger Smith overnights.
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Broadcast area | Louisville metropolitan area |
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Frequency | 97.5 MHz (HD Radio) |
Branding | 97.5 WAMZ |
Programming | |
Format | Country music |
Subchannels | HD2: "Halloween Radio" |
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WTFX-FM, WQMF, WNRW, WSDF, WKRD, WHAS, WKJK | |
History | |
First air date | September 7, 1966; 57 years ago (1966-09-07) (as WHAS-FM) |
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Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 11921 |
Class | C1 |
ERP | 100,000 watts |
HAAT | 205 meters (673 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 38°3′49″N 85°43′52″W |
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Public license information | |
Webcast | WAMZ Listen Live HD2: Halloween Radio Listen Live |
Website | wamz.iheart.com |
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WAMZ is a Class C station with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts. (Most Louisville FM stations are Class B or A, with only a fraction of that power.) The transmitter site is on Brooks Hill Road in Brooks, Kentucky.[2] WAMZ broadcasts using HD Radio technology.[3] Its HD2 digital subchannel carries a format known as "Halloween Radio."