WMWA

WMWA
Broadcast area
Frequency96.5 MHz
Programming
FormatChristian worship
NetworkAir1
AffiliationsAir1
Ownership
OwnerEducational Media Foundation
History
First air date
May 1, 1993 (1993-05-01)
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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