WAMC Purchases Radio Tower atop Mount Greylock

WAMC Northeast Public Radio’s superpower FM transmitter on a tower atop Mount Greylock is safe for many more years of broadcasting to Western New England and New York state. The tower, which had been owned by WTEN, Channel 10, in Albany, N.Y., was purchased by WAMC in a deal completed on Friday, said WAMC President and CEO Alan Chartock. WTEN recently auctioned its WCDC, Channel 19 relay signal atop the tower to the Federal Communications Commission for $34.5 million, to be used by wireless carriers. Read more about the radio towers new ownership >>