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Monday, September 19, 2011

Delmarva's oldies WAMS (1590) moves to a full-power FM signal

change The WAMS call letters once belonged to a Top 40 station in Wilmington, Delaware (WAMS/1380). More recently, the calls were on the 1590 AM in Ocean City, Maryland. Now they belong to Epcot Broadcasting's 101.1 FM in Snow Hill, MD, the former WQMR. It's changing from a variety hits format carrying "The 80s Channel Network", and will have a lineup including The Hit Man & Company in mornings, John "The Nearly Famous Guy" in middays, Dave Bartley in afternoons and Jason Allen from 6pm to midnight. Meanwhile, the WQMR calls move to 1590, which becomes "Hot Talk", with a lineup that includes Dennis Miller and Laura Ingraham. 1590 is also simulcasting on Edgewater Broadcasting's FM translator at 104.3 in Ocean Pines, W282AW. Jason Allen says the regional "80s Channel Network" "can now be heard from Middletown, Delaware to Essex, Virginia. The Maryland Discussion Board of Radio-Info.com is talking about WAMS past and present, here,

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