Allegheny Mountain Radio

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name = Allegheny Mountain Radio


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branding = "Allegheny Mountain Radio"
slogan = "The Small Station with the Big Sound"
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format = Full Service
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owner = Pocahontas Communications Cooperative Corporation
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website = [http://www.alleghenymountainradio.org/ Allegheny Mountain Radio Online]
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Allegheny Mountain Radio or AMR is a network of Full Service formatted broadcast radio station stations.

The stations broadcast from and to Pocahontas and Pendleton Counties in West Virginia and Bath and Highland Counties in Virginia.

This network of stations is unique as it is the only radio stations that are broadcast from and can be heard in these counties. This is because the area is within the United States National Radio Quiet Zone, which surrounds the Green Bank Radio Telescope in Green Bank, West Virginia.cite web
url = http://www.americanprofile.com/spotlights/article/1887.html
title = Frost, WV - It's a radio time warp
accessdate = 2008-08-11
last = Hevener
first = Sandy
work = American Profile
language = English] Maryanne Reed and Ralph E. Hanson, P.I. Reed School of Journalism, West Virginia University. [http://www.leaonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10955040701313297 Back to the Future: Allegheny Mountain Radio and Localism in West Virginia Community Radio] (PDF) ( [http://list.msu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0602a&L=aejmc&P=920 HTML version] in AEJMC archives). "Journal of Radio Studies," November 2006, V. 13, No. 2, pp. 214-231.]

All stations in the network are owned and operated by Pocahontas Communications Cooperative Corporation.

History

Pocahontas Communications Cooperative Corporation was formed in April of 1979 as a non-profit organization to operate the community radio stations for educational and charitable purposes. Financial support for AMR comes from individual donations, underwriting from businesses and grants.

Radio operations began from a small building half-buried in a mountainside, in June of 1981.cite web
url = http://www.well.com/user/dmsml/wvmr.html
title = WVMR, Frost West Virginia
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publisher = Pocahontas Communications Cooperative Corporation
language = English] WVMR-AM 1370 is the only radio station operating within the inner core of the Radio Quiet Zone. WVMR is also the only AM station in the network.

In the span of 3 years, AMR's other stations would come online. In May of 1995, Monterey based WVLS-FM launched, followed by WCHG-FM from Hot Springs in June of 1995 and translator W278AL from Durbin in July of 1998.

During a "filing window" for applications for non-commercial educational FM stations in 2007 and 2008, owner P.C.C.C. applied for construction permits for stations in Marlinton, Hillsboro and Franklin, all in West Virginia. As of August 11, 2008, these stations are not yet on the air.

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Programming

AMR has no set format, like other stations, as they let their DJs decide what to play.

Music heard on AMR varies from Country to Rock and from Pop to Adult Standards. County-specific news is updated throughout the day from a team of AMR reporters. During high-school football season, local games are broadcast as well. AMR also airs informational programming like the local "Book Talk", which is broadcast from the McClintic Public Library in Marlinton.

Air shifts

Most shifts are between 2 and 3 hours, with the exception of the Morning and Afternoon shows which run between 4 and 5 hours.

The 2 to 3 hour shifts are hosted by volunteers who are on the air only on certain days, while some DJs broadcast Monday through Friday.

References

External links

* [http://www.alleghenymountainradio.org/ Allegheny Mountain Radio Online]
* [http://www.pocahontaslibrary.org/mc/booktalk.htm Book Talk on AMR]