| Broadcast area | Greater Orlando |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 1190kHz |
| Branding | Family Radio |
| Programming | |
| Format | Christian radio |
| Affiliations | Family Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
First air date | January 28, 1977; 48 years ago (1977-01-28) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 15877 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 4,700watts days 230 watts nights |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WAMT (1190kHz) is anon-commercialAMradio station airing aChristian radioformat.Licensed toPine Castle–Sky Lake, Florida, it serves theGreater Orlandoradio market. The station is an owned and operated byTennessee-basedFamily Radio and airs its network programming, featuringChristian music and music andCalvinist teaching.
By day, WAMT is powered at 4,700wattsnon-directional. But1190 AM is aclear channel frequency. So WAMT reduces power to 230 watts at night to minimize interference and uses adirectional antenna with a two-tower array. Thetransmitter is on Dumont Avenue near East Lancaster Road in Pine Castle.[2]
The stationsigned on the air in January 28, 1977; 48 years ago (1977-01-28).[3] Thecall sign was WHHL and it aired anoldies format. It was powered at 1,000 watts and was adaytimer, required to go off the air at night. The studios were on Orange Blossom Trail in Orlando.
It later switched to atalk radio format. It featured programming from theCBS Radio Network,Fox News Radio, andWestwood One.
WAMT flipped toSpanish-languagesports radio at the beginning of 2010.
At January 21, 2010, at 11:37 pm local time, its website address redirected all visitors to the website of then-sister stationWHOO1080 AM, which carried asports radio format. In December 2011,ESPN Deportes Radio signed off from the station, and the stationstunted for about a month, playing canned music and replays of old speeches.
Genesis Communications announced that it would sell WAMT and WHOO toRelevant Radio, aCatholicradio network based inWisconsin. The sale was completed August 14, 2018. In late 2018-early 2019, both WAMT and WHOO switched from their former formats to Catholic talk, branded as “Relevant Radio”.
In 2021, Relevant Radio swapped WAMT to Family Radio's parent company, Family Stations, in exchange forWBMD inBaltimore, Maryland. The swap, which left WHOO as Relevant Radio's only Orlando station, allowed that network to enter Baltimore (where Family Radio also ownedWFSI). At the same time, Family Radio was able to enter the Orlando market.[4]
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