WAMH

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{{Infobox radio station

| city = Amherst, Massachusetts

| country = US

| above = Semi-satellite of WFCR HD-2,

Amherst, Massachusetts

| name = WAMH

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| area = Pioneer Valley

| frequency = {{Frequency|89.3|MHz}}

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| format = College radio; public radio

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| affiliations = New England Public Media

| owner = Amherst College

| licensee = Trustees of Amherst College

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| airdate = {{Start date and age|1955|p=y}}{{cite book|title=Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999|year=1999|page=D-207|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1999/D-Radio-AL-NE-BC-YB-1999..pdf|access-date=January 14, 2012}}

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| former_callsigns = WAMF (1955–1971)

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| callsign_meaning = Amherst

| licensing_authority = FCC

| facility_id = 68222

| class = A

| power =

| erp = 130 watts

| haat = {{Convert|233|m|ft|sp=us}}

| coordinates = {{coord|42|21|49.3|N|72|25|22.3|W|region:US-MA_type:landmark|name=WAMH|display=inline,title}}

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| webcast = {{listenlive|http://mixlr.com/wamh-radio/chat}}

| website = {{URL|http://wamh.com/|Official Website}}

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WAMH (89.3 FM) is a radio station occasionally broadcasting an alternative rock format. It is licensed to Amherst, Massachusetts, United States, and the station is owned by Amherst College.{{cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WAMH |title=WAMH Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division |access-date=April 13, 2008 |archive-date=February 28, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020228002154/http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?call=WAMH |url-status=live }} Programming has included independent artists, news, college sports, and live local music. Since September 2015, when the college is in session the station splits broadcast time between student programming from 4:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. and a relay of [https://www.nepm.org/where-to-listen NEPM Classical] broadcasting at other hours.

The station is federally licensed (authorized by the FCC) and non-commercial, and is under the supervision of the Amherst College Board of Trustees.

WAMH broadcasts from an antenna adjacent to the WFCR tower on Mount Lincoln in Pelham, Massachusetts. Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems ratings as of January 2018 found that over 3,500 listeners tune in to WAMH during the 10 hours of student programming each day.

File:WAMH 89.3 .jpg

The station originally used the call sign WAMF; it became WAMH on March 22, 1971.{{cite web |title=WAMH history cards |url=https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=70034 |website=CDBS Public Access |publisher=Federal Communications Commission |access-date=April 16, 2024 |format=PDF}}

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