City | Burlington, Vermont |
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Broadcast area | Champlain Valley |
Branding | News/Talk 620 WVMT |
Slogan | Burlington's #1 for News & Talk |
Frequency | 620 kHz |
First air date | May 20, 1922 |
Format | News/talk |
Power | 5,000 watts |
Class | B |
Facility ID | 29923 |
Transmitter coordinates | 44°32′4.00″N 73°13′15.00″W / 44.5344444°N 73.2208333°W |
Callsign meaning | Vermont |
Former callsigns | WCAX (1922-1963) |
Affiliations |
ABC News Radio Fox News Radio Westwood One Premiere Radio Networks TheBlaze Network New York Yankees Radio Network |
Owner | Sison Broadcasting |
Sister stations | WXXX |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | www |
WVMT (620 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to Burlington, Vermont, and serving the Champlain Valley of Vermont and New York.
Owned and operated by local businessman Paul S. Goldman, WVMT broadcasts with a power of 5,000 watts as a class B station, using a directional antenna with slightly different daytime and nighttime directional patterns in order to protect other stations on the AM 620 frequency.
The station has a news/talk format. Most of its programming consists of carrying nationally syndicated politically conservative talk shows, and sports broadcasts, including New York Yankees baseball and University of Vermont hockey and basketball. The morning show, hosted by Charlie Papillo, Ernie Farrar and Lisa Nagle, is produced locally. Weekday national shows include Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Mark Levin, Jim Bohannon, America in The Morning and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory.Boston-based Howie Carr is heard on weekday afternoons. WVMT is an affiliate of ABC News Radio.