WAMC

WAMC-FM
Broadcast areaCapital District
Frequency90.3 MHz (HD Radio)
BrandingWAMC, Northeast Public Radio
Programming
FormatPublic radio
SubchannelsHD2: Public radio
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerWAMC
History
First air date
October 1958 (1958-10)
Call sign meaning
Albany Medical College (original owner)
Technical information
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID70849
ClassB
ERP10,000 watts
HAAT600 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
WebcastListen live
Websitewww.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. One of these satellite stations operates on the AM band, WAMC (1400 AM) in Albany.

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)) 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.

Dottie Reyonolds serves as chair of WAMC's board of trustees, while Sarah Gilbert is the station's CEO and President. Gilbert succeeded Alan Chartock, who retired in 2023 after leading the station for more than 40 years.