WMWA

WMWA
Broadcast area
Frequency96.5 MHz
BrandingAir1
Programming
FormatChristian worship
AffiliationsAir1
Ownership
OwnerEducational Media Foundation
History
First air date
May 1, 1993 (as WVNV)
Former call signs
WVNV (1993–2021)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID36121
ClassC3
ERP23,500 watts
HAAT122 meters (400 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
44°46′56″N 74°13′9″W / 44.78222°N 74.21917°W / 44.78222; -74.21917
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websiteair1.com

WMWA (96.5 FM) is an American radio station broadcasting a Christian worship music radio format. Licensed to Malone, New York, United States, the station is currently owned by the Educational Media Foundation.

History

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On June 28, 2021, Martz Communications Group announced that it was selling 94.7 WYUL Chateaugay and WVNV (which was broadcasting a country music format under the branding Wild Country 96-5) to the Educational Media Foundation (EMF), which runs K-Love and Air1, two Christian radio music formats. That would give EMF its first entry into the Greater Montreal, Canada's second-largest radio market, albeit on an American radio signal.[2][3] The two stations also are heard in a section of Eastern Ontario, including the city of Cornwall. The sale, at a price of $2.5 million, was consummated on September 30, 2021. The station changed its call letters to WMWA on October 5, 2021.

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WMWA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "EMF Makes Cross Border Play At Montréal". RadioInsight. June 28, 2021.
  3. ^ "Martz Communications sells 94.7 Hits FM, Wild Country 96.5 to religious educational broadcaster". Fagstein. June 29, 2021.
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