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WAMO Returns to Pittsburgh Radio as 100.1 FM

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WAMO 106.7 or 100.1 back on the Air in Pittsburgh?

WAMO 106.7 or 100.1 back on the Air in Pittsburgh?

On Saturday, May 21, instead of getting raptured, Pittsburgh got a new radio station using the same letters as WAMO, but on a different frequency. No longer 106.7 FM, the new channel is located at 100.1 FM.

The last time Pittsburgh had a radio station dedicated to playing 24/7 hip-hop and R&B was on September 8, 2009. It was on that day, at 6:07pm, when WAMO went off-air to be replaced by a gospel station. WAMO dominated the radio waves in the Burgh for 50 years! Hard to believe that Wiz Khalifa really blew up exactly at the time when his home town didn’t have a rap station to play his songs. But then again, let’s not forget his DJ hails from 96.1 Kiss FM, so he got plenty of attention there.
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B94 Becomes The Fan, Sports Talk Radio

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B94 to go OFF AIR

As if the radio situation in Pittsburgh wasn’t already bad boring enough, it just got a little bit worse. On February 15, 2010, B94 (93.7 FM) will become a sports network called “SportsRadio 93.7 The Fan”. This is Pittsburgh and we have the most loyal and hardcore fans in American sports, but shouldn’t FM be for music and AM for talk radio?! Besides, The X 105.9 FM already has sports talk during rush hour (and Pens games).
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WAMO Reunion Party @ Matrix 1/10/10

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Sunday January 10th @ MATRIX -- WAMO's Reunion Party w/ Kid Capri

Sunday January 10th @ MATRIX -- WAMO's Reunion Party w/ Kid Capri

DJ Kid Capri is hosting a WAMO reunion party at Club Matrix on January 10, 2010. Pittsburgh has been without the  hip-hop and R&B radio station since WAMO stopped broadcasting in 2009. For those of you that miss 106 Jamz and DJ Boogie, GQ, Nick Nice, Kode Wred, and TJ, this is your chance to party with the WAMO staff!
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WAMO No Longer On Air

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106.7 WAMO Off Air - "That's Just Ludacris" (flcikr photo by mhwolk)

106.7 WAMO Off Air - "That's Just Ludacris" (flcikr photo by mhwolk)

Regardless of your personal music preference, it cannot be denied that WAMO 106 Jamz has been a part of Pittsburgh’s culture for a long long time. Back in 1960, WAMO was launched on 105.9 (hence the name “106 Jamz W.A.M.O.”) and “had the most powerful signal coverage in Western Pennsylvania“.

If you were a WAMO listener, or Howard Stern fan, then you know that 1998 brought big changes to radio in Pittsburgh. At that point, WAMO moved to 106.7 and WXDX took over 105.9 – probably because they wanted the most possible coverage for ratings leader Howard Stern.
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