WHAM (radio station)
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| Program type | News & Talk |
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analog medium wave 1190 kHz 50 kW clear-channel web radio |
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Rochester , New York United States
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| Start of transmission | July 11, 1922 |
| Broadcaster | iHeartMedia |
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WHAM is an old and powerful radio station from Rochester , New York. The station, founded in 1922, broadcasts a "News / Talk" format and belongs to the industry leader iHeartMedia .
The 50 kW transmitter is in Chili , south of Rochester, and transmits the WHAM signal via an omnidirectional antenna . The WHAM signal can be received throughout the eastern United States and parts of Canada at night . WHAM is one of the few remaining transmitters that uses the C-QUAM method and thus transmits a stereo signal via medium wave.
program
Its own program content is produced in the station's studios in the Five Star Bank Plaza in downtown Rochester.
WHAM is an affiliate of the Fox News Radio Network . From Premiere Networks, WHAM is taking over the Rush Limbaugh Show , the Sean Hannity Show , Clyde Lewis and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory . In addition, the " Savage Nation " ( Westwood One Network ) is taken over.
Like WLS Chicago , WABC New York, WJR Detroit , KEX Portland , KFI Los Angeles, KOA Denver and others, WHAM Rochester is one of the influential clear channel stations with enormous reach, all of which broadcast a conservative talk program. These stations, which are usually very traditional, are mostly owned by iHeartMedia and get their talk programs from its Premiere Networks .
history
WHAM is the oldest radio station in Rochester. In March 1922 newspaper went Rochester Times-Union of Frank Gannett with the radio station WHQ on the air. However, the station's success was only moderate and short-lived due to technical problems. The transmission equipment was sold and under the new callsign the station came back on July 11, 1922 as WHAM.
WHAM quickly established itself in Rochester and became an affiliate of NBC Red soon after that network was founded in 1926. The frequency was changed and the power increased to 50 kW.
Rochester's first VHF station came from WHAM: in 1939 as W8XVB , later as W51R and finally as WHFM on 45.1 MHz and then on 98.9 MHz. The WHAM-owned station pioneered this then-new technology in western New York.
Rochester's first television station went on air in 1949 with WHAM-TV 6. WHAM, WHAM-TV and WHFM eventually moved together to Humboldt Street. During this time, the WHAM medium wave transmitter moved to its current location in Chili, which is closer to the city.
The group American Radio Systems in 1996 bought the Lincoln Group , to the WHAM now belonged. As a condition to avoid cartels, the group had to sell WHAM and other stations. Jacor bought the transmitter and its sister station WHTK .
See also
- iHeart Media , owner of WHAM
- Radio broadcasting in the United States
- List of radio broadcasters in the United States
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ WHAM-AM 1180 kHz Radio Station Information. Retrieved October 20, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c http://www.bostonradio.org/stations/37545 bostonradio.org, accessed on October 19, 2017
- ^ Bill Mann: Here's Why the Right Wing Dominates Talk Radio Today. In: Huffington Post. June 21, 2009. Retrieved July 17, 2017 (American English).