WAMT (1190 AM) is an American

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airing a

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format. Licensed to Pine Castle–

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, United States, it serves the

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area. The station is an owned and operated affiliate of

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. From 2018 to 2022 it was owned and operated by

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and had a Catholic teaching format. WAMT switched to Spanish-language sports at the beginning of 2010. Previously, it featured programming from the

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, and

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. At January 21, 2010, at 11:37 pm local time, its website address redirected all visitors to the website of then-sister station,

WHOO WHOO (1080 AM) is a non-commercial listener-supported Catholic talk radio station licensed to Winter Park, Florida, and serving Greater Orlando. It is an owned and operated network affiliate of Relevant Radio. By day, WHOO is powered at 6, ...

, which carried a sports format. In December 2011,

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signed off from the station, and the station stunted for about a month, playing canned music and replays of old speeches. Genesis Communications announced that it would sell WAMT and WHOO to Relevant Radio. The sale was completed August 14, 2018. In late 2018-early 2019, both WAMT and WHOO switched from their former formats to Catholic talk, branded as “Relevant Radio”. In 2021, Relevant Radio swapped WAMT to Family Radio's parent company, Family Stations, in exchange for

WBMD WBMD (750 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a religious format. Licensed to Baltimore, Maryland, United States, the station is Baltimore's outlet for the Catholic-oriented Relevant Radio network. Because it shares the same frequency as " clea ...

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. The swap, which left WHOO as Relevant Radio's only Orlando station, allowed that network to enter Baltimore (where Family also owned

WFSI WFSI (860 AM), formerly WBGR, is a radio station broadcasting a Religious format. Licensed to Baltimore, Maryland, United States, the station is currently owned by Family Radio. WFSI-AM airs several Christian ministry broadcasts from noted teac ...

) and Family Radio to enter the Orlando market.

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