WAMZ

WAMZ
Broadcast areaLouisville metropolitan area
Frequency97.5 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding97.5 WAMZ
Programming
FormatCountry music
SubchannelsHD2: "Halloween Radio"
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
WTFX-FM, WQMF, WNRW, WSDF, WKRD, WHAS, WKJK
History
First air date
September 7, 1966; 58 years ago (1966-09-07) (as WHAS-FM)
Former call signs
  • WHAS-FM (1966–1975)
  • WNNS (1975–1977)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID11921
ClassC1
ERP100,000 watts
HAAT205 meters (673 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
38°3′49″N 85°43′52″W / 38.06361°N 85.73111°W / 38.06361; -85.73111
Links
Public license information
WebcastWAMZ Listen Live
HD2: Halloween Radio Listen Live
Websitewamz.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.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WAMZ". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WAMZ
  3. ^ HD Radio Guide for Louisville, Kentucky Archived October 29, 2016, at the Wayback Machine