WHAM-AM (Rochester, NY)

WHAM-AM (Rochester, NY)

WHAM (1180 kHz) is a prominent AM radio station situated in Rochester, New York. Owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., it features a News/Talk programming format. With a powerful 50,000-watt transmitter in Chili, New York, WHAM operates at the highest power level permitted for commercial AM stations in the United States. This allows its broadcast to reach listeners across much of the Eastern U.S. and parts of Canada, especially during nighttime. The station's studios are based at One HSBC Plaza in downtown Rochester, and it is affiliated with the Fox News Radio Network.

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  • 4 days ago | wham1180.iheart.com | Bob Lonsberry

    Sister Grace is dying.                She was in the hospital and she was at the Mother House and now she is back on the street, on Carter Street, in a hospice bed in a living room where visitors crowd amidst the medical supplies and the sound of traffic passing by outside.

  • 3 weeks ago | wham1180.iheart.com | Jason Hall

    Photo: Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump received a dramatic fighter jet escort before landing in Saudi Arabia Tuesday (May 13) morning, with six Saudi F-15s flying "in close proximity" to Air Force One during the final half-hour of its flight. Trump's deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino shared a video clip of the jets flying closely to Air Force One on his X account. "Good morning from Air Force One, Saudi Arabia! Thank you for the escort, and having President Trump’s back—We all appreciate it.

  • 1 month ago | wham1180.iheart.com | Bob Lonsberry

    Trump is wrong about Veterans Day. Completely, offensively, disappointingly wrong. In the dark of the night, governing via social media, he decided to do away with the day Congress and the American people have set aside to honor and thank those who have honorably worn the uniform of the United States. No more Veterans Day. This from a guy who holds power because veterans came out in droves for him on Election Day.

  • 2 months ago | wham1180.iheart.com | Bob Lonsberry

    The city of Rochester is FUBARed.                Today, stuttering behind a lectern, the mayor condemned a handful of city cops for backing up law enforcement officers who called for help.                It was Malik at his worst, it was progressivism at its most disgusting. In a city where the murder of a legal immigrant hasn’t elicited a response from City Hall or the Sixth Floor, the mayor and the chief have taken some 10 cops off the street because of the handcuffing of two illegal immigrants.

  • Feb 12, 2025 | wham1180.iheart.com | Bob Lonsberry

    Last night, in a self-righteous fit, the Penfield school board stormed out.                The room was packed, parents were pissed, and the board was having none of it.                And so, after snottily informing the audience that this was the board’s meeting and that the public’s presence was disruptive, the president called for a motion to adjourn and after a few mumbled words of parliamentary procedure the board en masse stood up and walked out.