albany capital district of new york ; parts of eastern new york ; southern vermont western massachusetts upper northwest connecticut secondary west central connecticut southwestern new hampshire northwestern new jersey northeast pennsylvania a small portion of quebec . 1 branding wamc northeast public radio frequency see table below translator s see tables below first air date 1958 1958 format public radio audience share 4.7 winter 2012 rrc 2 callsign meaning albany medical college center owner wamc webcast listen live website www.wamc.org wamc is a public radio network headquartered in albany new york . the network has 12 broadcast radio stations transmitters and 16 broadcast relay stations translators repeaters . 3 one of the stations is an am station wamc am 1400 in albany . 4 the organization s legal name is wamc and it is also known as wamc public radio or wamc northeast public radio network . in addition the station operates the linda wamc performing arts studio a performance venue in albany located near its central avenue studios . a member of npr and affiliate of public radio international and american public media 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 . its corporate officers include anne erickson chair of the board of trustees and alan s. chartock president and chief executive officer since 1981 . contents 1 history 2 criticism and views 2.1 accusations of bias 2.2 network expansion 3 miscellaneous 3.1 first amendment fund 4 original programming 4.1 former programs 5 national productions 6 podcasts 7 stations 7.1 translators 8 see also 9 references 10 external links 10.1 other station data history edit wamc started in 1958 as a radio station for the local hospital and medical school albany medical center and albany medical college . albany medical center is a large tertiary care hospital serving the upper hudson valley and the medical school with which it is affiliated is one of the country s acgme accredited medical schools . the affiliation with albany medical center was the source of the call letters wamc . the station s 24 7 non commercial classical music format served a large listener base and was popular among music aficionados . the earliest years also included broadcasts of health information and lectures from visiting professors . early on part of wamc s regular programming was the broadcast of live concerts by the boston symphony orchestra from tanglewood and boston . when the npr network was founded in 1970 wamc signed on as one of npr s original 90 charter members . around 1980 financial pressures caused the hospital and medical school to divest the station . in 1981 the federal communications commission fcc license on 90.3 fm was transferred to a 501c3 tax exempt entity wamc inc. which had been set up by a group of five corporators amongst them the current ceo and president alan s. chartock affiliated with the state university of new york and new york state government . in the years since the transfer the station has cut back on most classical music programming live bso concerts are still broadcast while becoming a producer of information based non music programming providing a variety of interview format programs to radio stations across the country via the station s in house subsidiary national productions . wmht fm in nearby schenectady new york and its network of repeater stations continues to program classical music in the region . community and corporate contributions often obtained during regular fund drives have helped the original single station grow over the years into a network of 22 facilities with large primary service contours covering new york s capital district western massachusetts southern vermont and parts of new hampshire connecticut and new jersey . wamc fm s main transmitter and antenna are atop mount greylock in adams massachusetts the highest mountain in the state giving the flagship 90.3 mhz signal a large radius for a transmitter of its size . it has been a custom on wamc to play two songs to mark the end of every fund drive kate smith s god bless america and ray charles rendition of america the beautiful . criticism and views edit accusations of bias edit npr s official news policy says its affiliate stations should be fair unbiased accurate honest and respectful of the people that are covered . 6 a washington based npr news producer who requested anonymity stated that chartock the station s president and a frequently heard voice on the station presents politically biased commentary . 7 chartock responded that wamc s editorial neutrality is maintained by including as many conservative commentators on the air as liberal ones . 7 network expansion edit wamc has grown into a network of eleven stations and eleven translators serving portions of seven new england and middle atlantic states bringing news information and cultural programming . the station s fund drive in march 2011 raised over 1 000 000 in nine days . miscellaneous edit first amendment fund edit in 2005 wamc s board of trustees established a first amendment fund to promote and preserve the first amendment and the right of free speech by providing a source of funding to support wamc if special situations or needs should arise . the contributions in this unrestricted board designated fund reported on wamc s 2006 irs form was 482 577 . 8 original programming edit wamc produces many programs of its own . these include 51 % the academic minute the best of our knowledge the book show the capitol connection dancing on the air monthly presentation of live at the linda hudson river sampler the legislative gazette live at the linda the media project midday magazine northeast report performance place the power of words the roundtable tim coakley jazz vox pop wamc bluegrass time former programs edit this list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it . the environment show name was dropped format changed and program morphed into in our backyard with nys wildlife expert ward stone . the health show knock on wood with steve charney and harry me and mario music through the night midnight to 5 a.m. rachael s place weekly rundown zucchini brothers show national productions edit wamc also produces programs that are distributed under the name national productions . these include 51 % the academic minute the best of our knowledge the book show the capitol connection the health show former the legislative gazette the media project podcasts edit wamc also podcasts their original programs . stations edit map all coordinates using osm map all coordinates using google map up to 200 coordinates using bing export all coordinates as kml export all coordinates as georss export all coordinates as gpx map all microformatted coordinates place data as rdf call sign frequency city of license facility id erp power w height m ft class transmitter coordinates call sign meaning wamc 1400 am albany ny 4683 1 000 unlimited hours c 42 41 21 n 73 47 37 w 42.68917 n 73.79361 w 42.68917 ; 73.79361 wamc albany medical college wamc fm 90.3 fm hd albany ny 70849 10 000 600 m 2 000 ft b 42 38 14 n 73 10 7 w 42.63722 n 73.16861 w 42.63722 ; 73.16861 wamc fm albany medical college wamk 90.9 fm kingston ny 70502 940 453 m 1 486 ft b1 42 04 35 n 74 06 26 w 42.07639 n 74.10722 w 42.07639 ; 74.10722 wamk kingston wamq 105.1 fm great barrington ma 70847 730 280 m 920 ft a 42 09 36 n 73 28 48 w 42.16000 n 73.48000 w 42.16000 ; 73.48000 wamq variation of wamc wanc 103.9 fm ticonderoga ny 70842 1 550 116 m 381 ft a 43 49 55 n 73 24 28 w 43.83194 n 73.40778 w 43.83194 ; 73.40778 wanc adirondack north country ; also a variation of wamc wanz 90.1 fm stamford ny 176616 230 103 m 338 ft a 42 22 10 n 74 39 54 w 42.36944 n 74.66500 w 42.36944 ; 74.66500 wanz variation of wamc wcan 93.3 fm canajoharie ny 70503 6 000 82 m 269 ft a 42 53 46 n 74 35 45 w 42.89611 n 74.59583 w 42.89611 ; 74.59583 wcan canajoharie wcel 91.9 fm plattsburgh ny 44032 380 260 m 850 ft a 44 46 27 n 73 36 48 w 44.77417 n 73.61333 w 44.77417 ; 73.61333 wcel clinton essex lake champlain wosr 91.7 fm middletown ny 70848 1 800 192 m 630 ft b1 41 36 4 n 74 33 17 w 41.60111 n 74.55472 w 41.60111 ; 74.55472 wosr wrun 90.3 fm remsen ny 87836 1 200 204 m 669 ft b 43 20 47.8 n 75 13 58.8 w 43.346611 n 75.233000 w 43.346611 ; 75.233000 wrun rome utica news former call sign for 1150 am wwes 88.9 fm mount kisco ny 176621 200 35 m 115 ft a 41 14 20 n 73 42 48 w 41.23889 n 73.71333 w 41.23889 ; 73.71333 wwes westchester county wanr 88.5 fm brewster ny 174780 235 44 m 144 ft a 41 23 04 n 73 31 57 w 41.38444 n 73.53250 w 41.38444 ; 73.53250 wanr translators edit broadcast translators of wamc fm call sign frequency mhz city of license erp w height m ft class fcc info w226ac 93.1 rensselaer new york 80 44.3 m 145 ft d fcc w246bj 97.1 hudson new york 200 0 m 0 ft d fcc broadcast translators of wamk call sign frequency mhz city of license erp w height m ft class fcc info w271bf 102.1 highland new york 10 255.4 m 838 ft d fcc w280dj 103.9 beacon new york 10 332.8 m 1 092 ft d fcc w299ag 107.7 newburgh new york 10 115 m 377 ft d fcc w292es 106.3 dover plains new york 39 m 128 ft d fcc broadcast translators of wosr call sign frequency mhz city of license erp w height m ft class fcc info w215bg 90.9 milford pennsylvania 10 71.2 m 234 ft d fcc w296bd 107.1 warwick new york 10 107.8 m 354 ft d fcc w243bz 96.5 ellenville new york 6.5 457.9 m 1 502 ft d fcc broadcast translators of wcan call sign frequency mhz city of license erp w height m ft class fcc info w247bm 97.3 cooperstown new york 10 147.9 m 485 ft d fcc w257bl 99.3 oneonta new york 250 1.5 m 4.9 ft d fcc see also edit alan s. chartock david guistina references edit coverage map wamc . retrieved 6 may 2012 . arbitron winter 2012 top line estimates . winter 2012 . retrieved 6 may 2012 . frequencies . retrieved 2016 09 22 . coverage map wamc . retrieved 2 may 2014 . guidestar exchange reports for wamc . guidestar . retrieved 6 may 2012 . npr ethics handbook how to apply our standards to our journalism . . npr . retrieved 6 may 2012 . a b dechter gadi 13 july 2005 . locally grown baltimore city paper . baltimore city paper . retrieved 7 may 2012 . wamc s irs form 990 for fiscal 2006 page 35 pdf . external links edit wamc homepage query the fcc s fm station database for wamc radio locator information on wamc query nielsen audio s fm station database for wamc wamc northeast pirate network a website critical of wamc and its management other station data edit query the fcc s am station database for wamc radio locator information on wamc query nielsen audio s am station database for wamc query the fcc s fm station database for wamk radio locator information on wamk query nielsen audio s fm station database for wamk query the fcc s fm station database for wamq radio locator information on wamq query