Overview
WAMU is a public radio station on 88.5 FM, licensed to Washington, District of Columbia. It began broadcasting in 1961.
At a glance
- Call sign
- WAMU
- Frequency
- 88.5 FM
- Format
- Public News–Talk
- City of license
- Washington, DC
- Market
- Washington, DC (Hagerstown, MD)
- Licensee
- Board of Trustees of American University
- Power
- 47,000 watts
- Station class
- B
- First on air
- 1961
- FCC facility ID
- 65399
- Website
- wamu.org
- FCC public file
- publicfiles.fcc.gov
- Wikipedia
- Read the article
Its programming is listed as public news–talk. Its schedule includes programs from NPR. Board of Trustees of American University holds the station’s FCC license. It has used the WAMU call letters since February 1981.
Online, it is at wamu.org. Washington is in the Washington, DC (Hagerstown, MD) market.
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WAMU at a glance
- Frequency
- 88.5 FM
- Format
- Public News–Talk
- Licensed to
- Washington, DC
- Market
- Washington, DC (Hagerstown, MD)
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