WAAM
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| City | Ann Arbor, Michigan |
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| Branding | WAAM Talk 1600, WAAM Radio |
| Frequency | 1600 kHz |
| First air date | October 1948 |
| Format | News-Talk |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 72276 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 42°11′32″N 83°41′9″W / 42.19222°N 83.68583°W |
| Callsign meaning | Ann Arbor Michigan |
| Former callsigns | WHRV (1948–1963) |
| Owner | Coolarity A2, LLC |
| Webcast | WAAM Webstream |
| Website | WAAM Online |
WAAM is a radio station in Ann Arbor, Michigan that broadcasts on AM 1600, known as "WAAM TALK 1600" and "WAAM RADIO". The station is owned by Coolarity A2, LLC.
WAAM's current schedule features nationally syndicated conservative talk show hosts Steve Gruber, Glenn Beck, Laura Ingraham, Joe Pags and Alex Jones as well as Coast-to-Coast AM overnights. In addition, the weekday lineup features local host Thayrone's On the Edge with Thayrone afternoon drive.
Local hosts include Trigger Talk with Dick Cupka, The Abolitionist Roundtable, The American Dream, The Drift with Gary Wellings, Operation Freedom with Dr. Dave Janda and the Clarkcast with Matt Clark. The Saturday night music lineup features two hour program segments by show hosts covering blues, rhythm and blues, rock, doo wop, country, oldies, rockabilly and the British invasion. The British Invasion show is called London Calling, and airs at 10pm Saturday, featuring a wide variety of music from the U.K. Thayrone's nationally syndicated program The Bone Conduction Music Show is featured on WAAM Sunday evenings.
Whitehall Broadcasting sold WAAM to Big D Broadcasting in August 2003. WAAM was purchased by Coolarity A2, LLC. in May 2011. WAAM also streams all local and national show content worldwide off its website.
The station signed on as WHRV in October 1947, and originally served as the Ann Arbor market's ABC Radio affiliate. WHRV was a typical full-service radio station of its day, with a wide variety of music ranging from pop vocals to rock and roll to Southern gospel, and a heavy commitment to local news and sports play-by-play. Ollie McLaughlin, a black DJ on WHRV, is credited for helping to discover early 1960s rocker and Michigan native Del Shannon, and, after he left the station in 1961, helped launch the careers of several other Michigan artists, including Barbara Lewis, The Capitols, and Deon Jackson.
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