WVMT
WVMT (620 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Burlington, Vermont, and serving the Champlain Valley of Vermont and New York. WVMT is simulcast on FM translator station W242BK at 96.3 MHz. The translator's owner, Vox AM/FM, LLC, operates WVMT under a local marketing agreement (LMA). The radio studios and offices are within Fort Ethan Allen in Colchester, with Vox's other stations.
| Broadcast area | Champlain Valley |
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| Frequency | 620 kHz |
| Branding | News/Talk 620 WVMT |
| Programming | |
| Format | Talk radio |
| Affiliations | ABC News Radio Fox News Radio Compass Media Networks Genesis Communications Network Premiere Networks Westwood One New York Yankees Radio Network Vermont Catamounts |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| Operator | Vox AM/FM, LLC |
| WXXX, WCPV, WEAV, WEZF, WVTK, WXZO | |
| History | |
First air date | October 10, 1924 (experimental 1922-1924) |
Former call signs | WCAX (1922–1963) |
Former frequencies | 360 meters (1922–1925) 1190 kHz (1926–1927) 1180 kHz (1927–1928) 1200 kHz (1928–1941) 1230 kHz (1941–1942) |
Call sign meaning | Vermont |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 29923 |
| Class | B |
| Power | 5,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 44°32′4.00″N 73°13′15.00″W |
| Translator(s) | 96.3 W242BK (Colchester) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WVMT’s transmitter power is 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, principally, WTMJ in Milwaukee. Its daytime signal covers most of Northern Vermont, Northeastern New York and part of Quebec, Canada. At night, the station adjusts its coverage to concentrate the signal around the Burlington and Plattsburgh, New York areas. WVMT's easily identifiable three-tower array is shown on Lake Champlain navigation charts, located in Colchester, near Malletts Bay.