- Station name Station name
- WHAM 1180
- Description Description
- The studios and offices are at Five Star Bank Plaza in downtown Rochester. Its 50,000-watt non-directional transmitter, located in Chili, New York, operates the maximum power for commercial AM stations in the United States and Canada.
- Launch date Launch date
- 11 July 1922
- Owner Owner
- iHeartMedia
- Contact Contact
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WHAM 1180
United States
Format
24kbps • AAC
WHAM (1180 kHz) is a commercial clear channel AM radio station in Rochester, New York, United States. It is owned by iHeartMedia and airs a news/talk radio format.
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Station overview Station overview
| Country Country |
United States
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|---|---|
| Language Language | English |
| Stream status Stream status | Ok |
| Homepage Homepage | wham1180.iheart.com |
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Primary frequency
1180.0 kHz
Service type
AM
Transmitter coordinates
43.0819444, -77.725
Coverage area
Rochester metropolitan area
Owner / network
iHeartMedia
First air date
11 July 1922
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| Station ID | 18252 |
|---|---|
| Region | United States, New York |
| Branding | NewsRadio WHAM 1180 |
| Owner | iHeartMedia |
| Broadcast area | Rochester metropolitan area |
| Launched | 11 July 1922 |
| Website | wham1180.iheart.com |
| Contact phone | 1-844-844-iHeart |
| Primary frequency | 1.18 MHz |
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| Last check | 1 hour ago |
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| Stream host | stream.revma.ihrhls.com |
| Final host | n37b-e2.revma.ihrhls.com |
| HTTP status | 200 |
| Content type | application/vnd.apple.mpegurl; charset=UTF-8 |
| Latency | 225 ms |
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| Current stream format | AAC |
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WHAM (1180 kHz) is a commercial clear channel AM radio station in Rochester, New York, United States. It is owned by iHeartMedia and airs a news/talk radio format.
The studios and offices are at Five Star Bank Plaza in downtown Rochester. Its 50,000-watt non-directional transmitter, located in Chili, New York, operates the maximum power for commercial AM stations in the United States and Canada. During the day, it provides at least secondary coverage to all of Western New York, including Buffalo. It can also be heard in much of Southern Ontario, including Toronto, Peterborough, and Kingston. At night, WHAM can be received across much of the Eastern United States and Eastern Canada with a good radio. It is the Emergency Alert System's primary entry point station for Western New York.
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