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.

WANC
Satellite of WAMC-FM, Albany
Broadcast areaGlens Falls, Plattsburgh, Burlington
Frequency103.9 MHz
BrandingWAMC, Northeast Public Radio
Programming
FormatPublic radio
AffiliationsNational Public Radio
Ownership
OwnerWAMC, Inc.
History
First air date
September 6, 1982 (42 years ago) (1982-09-06)
Former call signs
WXTY (1982–1990)
Call sign meaning
Adirondack North Country (variation of WAMC)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID70842
ClassA
ERP1,550 watts
HAAT116 meters (381 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
43°49′55.2″N 73°24′26.4″W / 43.832000°N 73.407333°W / 43.832000; -73.407333
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.wamc.org

History

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WANC originally signed on September 6, 1982,[2] as WXTY with a Top 40 radio format; it was a sister station to WIPS. 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.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WANC". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010 (PDF). 2010. p. D-393. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
  3. ^ "FM Translators and Boosters". December 10, 2015.
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