WAMZ

WAMZ
Louisville, Kentucky;
Broadcast area	Louisville metropolitan area
Frequency	97.5 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	97.5 WAMZ
Programming
Format	Country music
Subchannels	HD2: "Halloween Radio"
Affiliations	Compass Media Networks; Premiere Networks;
Ownership
Owner	iHeartMedia; (iHM Licenses, LLC);
Sister stations	WTFX-FM, WQMF, WNRW, WSDF, WKRD, WHAS, WKJK
History
First air date	September 7, 1966; 58 years ago (as WHAS-FM)
Former call signs	WHAS-FM (1966–1975); WNNS (1975–1977);
Technical information
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 / 38.06361°N 85.73111°W
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	WAMZ Listen Live; HD2: Halloween Radio Listen Live
Website	wamz.iheart.com

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.

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."

WAMZ has always been a sister station to Louisville's most powerful AM station, WHAS 840 AM.