WAMC

WAMC-FM

Albany, New York United States
Broadcast area	Capital District
Frequency	90.3 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	WAMC, Northeast Public Radio
Programming
Format	Public radio
Subchannels	HD2: Public radio
Affiliations	APM BBC World Service NPR PRX
Ownership
Owner	WAMC
History
First air date	October 1958 (65 years ago) (1958-10)
Call sign meaning	Albany Medical College (original owner)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	70849
Class	B
ERP	10,000 watts
HAAT	600 meters (2,000 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	42°38′14.3″N 73°10′5.4″W / 42.637306°N 73.168167°W / 42.637306; -73.168167 (WAMC-FM)
Translator(s)	See § Translators
Repeater(s)	See § Repeaters
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	www.wamc.org

WAMC-FM (90.3 FM) is a non-commercial educational radio station licensed to Albany, New York, United States, featuring a public radio format. Owned by "WAMC Northeast Public Radio" with a legal name of "WAMC", WAMC-FM's primary signal encompasses the Capital District, along with parts of eastern New York, southern Vermont, Western Massachusetts and the Litchfield Hills region as the regional affiliate for National Public Radio (NPR), American Public Media, Public Radio Exchange and the BBC World Service. The station's reach is extended into west-central Connecticut, northeastern Pennsylvania and the Monadnock Region, Champlain Valley, Skylands Region and North Country areas, along with portions of Quebec, via a network of twelve full-power repeaters and sixteen low-power translators.^[2][3] One of these satellite stations operates on the AM band, WAMC (1400 AM) in Albany.^[4]

Unlike many NPR stations around the U.S. which use mostly outside programming, much of WAMC's schedule is produced in-house. WAMC is a charitable, educational, non-commercial broadcaster meeting the requirements of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. §501(c)(3))^[5] It had total annual revenues for the fiscal year 2010 of $6.36 million. The station operates The Linda, WAMC's Performing Arts Studio, near its Central Avenue studios in Albany. WAMC-FM's corporate officers include Dottie Reyonolds, chair of the board of trustees, and Alan S. Chartock, past president and chief executive officer.