WANM-FM 90.5 is a non-commercial radio station licensed to the Florida A&M University Board of Trustees. As an educational broadcast facility, our mission is to create opportunities and serve as a resource for students to learn and experience broadcast journalism in general, and radio in particular. Our goal is to provide our listeners with high quality programming, news, information and entertainment, while providing real world radio experiences for our student staff. Through our programming efforts we desire to make our community a better, healthier, more pleasant place to be.
Who We Are
WANM-FM 90.5 The Flava Station is the student-run campus radio station at Florida A&M University (FAMU) in Tallahassee, Florida. Housed in the School of Journalism & Graphic Communication, the station operates 24-hours a day, 365 days per year broadcasting at 1600 watts with local range of __ miles while also streaming worldwide on the web. WANM is staffed by student-volunteers majoring in journalism, public relations and graphic design and opened to all FAMU full-time and part-time degree seekers. Our format includes Gospel, Jazz, Soul and R&B, Hip-Hop, Reggae, Blues, Afrobeat and Talk.
History
WANM began broadcasting on January 23, 1976 as WAMF. Its original programming was Jazz until 1998. The change in format included the adoption of “The Flava Station” as its tag line. The station currently has over 50 student workers and volunteers who program, operate and manage day to day operations.
In 2004, The Princeton Review, which ranks the nation’s colleges and universities, ranked WANM (FM) 90.5 among the nation’s best and rated the station second nationally as a Great College Radio Station. WANM has won many awards including the Hearst Award in Broadcast Journalism, Florida Associated Press College Awards and Society of Professional Journalism awards.
Intercollegiate Broadcast System College Media Awards
- Best College/University Station (Under 10,000 Students) Winner
- Best On-Air Personality – Jaedah Davis (Finalist)
- Best Station Contest
- Best Spot News
- Best Sports Update
Society for Professional Journalism Sunshine State Awards
- News Photo Winner
- Podcast – The Playmakers & The Streetlights (Finalist)
Intercollegiate Broadcast System College Media Awards
- Best Program Director
- Best Sports Interview (Finalist)
- Best Spot News (Finalist)
- Best Live Broadcast Promotional Event (Finalist)
- Best Station Promotional Poster (Finalist)
- Best Sports Report (Finalist)
- Best Promotions Director (Finalist)
- Best Social Media Director, Radio (Finalist)
- Best News Director, Radio (Finalist)
Intercollegiate Broadcast System College Media Awards
- Best Sports Update
- Best Political News Coverage – Finalist
- Best Specialty Music Show – Finalist
Intercollegiate Broadcast System College Media Awards
- Best Use of Instagram
- Best Spot News Coverage
- Most Innovative/Creative Program – Finalist
- Best News Interview – Finalist
Florida Associated Press Broadcasters
- Best Newscast Up to 15 Minutes
Southeast Journalism Conference Best of South
- Radio News Feature Reporter – Third Place
- Radio Journalist – Third Place
Florida Associated Press Broadcasters
- Best Radio Newscast Up to 15 Minutes – First Place
- Best Sports Feature for Radio – First Place
- Long Light Radio News Feature – Second Place
- Radio Newscast – First Place
- Short Light Radio Feature – First Place
- Long Hard Radio News Feature – First Place
Southeast Journalism Conference
- Best College Radio Station – First Place
- Best Radio Journalist – Third Place
Florida Associated Press Broadcasters
- Best Long Light Feature – First Place
- Best Newscast 15 Mins. – First Place
- Best Sports – First Place
- Best Short Light Feature – First Place
- Best Sports News – First Place
- Best Newscast 5 Mins. – First Place
Florida Associated Press Broadcasters
- Best Radio Feature – First Place
- Best Long Hard Radio News Feature – First Place