WANC
Satellite of WAMC-FM, Albany | |
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City | Ticonderoga, New York |
Broadcast area | Glens Falls, Plattsburgh, Burlington |
Frequency | 103.9 MHz |
Branding | WAMC, Northeast Public Radio |
Programming | |
Format | Public Radio |
Affiliations | National Public Radio |
Ownership | |
Owner | WAMC, Inc. |
History | |
First air date | 1982 |
Former call signs | WXTY (1982-1990) |
Call sign meaning | W Adirondack North Country (variation of WAMC) |
Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 70842 |
Class | A |
ERP | 1,550 watts |
HAAT | 116 meters (381 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°49′55.00″N 73°24′28.00″W / 43.8319444°N 73.4077778°W |
Links | |
Public license information | Profile LMS |
Website | www |
WANC is a public radio station officially licensed to Ticonderoga, New York and owned by WAMC, Inc. The station broadcasts at 103.9 MHz at 1,550 watts effective radiated power, and is a repeater of WAMC-FM serving the southern Champlain Valley.
History[]
WANC originally signed on in 1982 as WXTY as a sister to WIPS, with a Top 40 radio format. However, the station was only a rimshot into major nearby cities. It was never significant in either Burlington, Vermont or Plattsburgh, New York due to the presence of several other top 40 stations at the time, including WGFB "B100", WQCR "Q99" and upstart WXXX "95 Triple X".
In August 1990, Alan Chartock purchased WXTY from the then-owners of WIPS for $400,000. It became a repeater of WAMC-FM under the WANC calls for the southern Champlain Valley and Glens Falls/Lake George area. Despite it being a repeater station for WAMC, it is one a very small handful of noncommercial radio stations whose frequency is outside the standard frequency range for noncommercial FM radio stations (88-92 mHz) in the United States.[1]
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External links[]
- WANC in the FCC FM station database
- WANC on Radio-Locator
- WANC in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- Radio stations in Saratoga Springs, New York
- Radio stations established in 1982
- NPR member stations
- 1982 establishments in New York (state)
- New York (state) radio station stubs