| WAMV | |
| City: | Amherst, Virginia |
| Area: | Amherst County, Virginia |
| Branding: | WAMV 1420 |
| Format: | Southern gospel |
| Class: | D |
| Facility Id: | 12919 |
| Coordinates: | (day) (night) |
| Callsign Meaning: | Amherst, Virginia |
| Owner: | Community First Broadcasters, Inc. |
| Webcast: | WAMV Webstream |
| Website: | WAMV Online |
| Licensing Authority: | FCC |
WAMV (1420 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Amherst, Virginia, serving Amherst County and the suburbs of Lynchburg. WAMV is owned and operated by Community First Broadcasters, Inc. It broadcasts a southern gospel and Christian talk and teaching radio format. The studios and offices are on School Road in Amherst.
By day, WAMV is powered at 2,200 watts non-directional. To protect other stations on 1420 AM from interference, at night it reduces power to only 47 watts. The AM transmitter is on Higginbotham Creek Road in Sweet Briar.[1] Programming is also heard on 250-watt FM translator W276DN at 103.1 MHz in Amherst.[2]