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{{Short description|Clear-channel AM radio station in Rochester, New York}}
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{{Infobox radio station
| name            = WHAM
| logo            = Wham1180.png
| city            = [[Rochester, New York]]
| country         = US
| area            = {{ubl|[[Rochester metropolitan area, New York|Rochester metropolitan area]]|[[Western New York]]|[[Southern Ontario]]}}
| branding        = NewsRadio WHAM 1180
| airdate         = {{start date and age|1922|7|11}}
| frequency       = 1180 [[kHz]]
| translator      = {{Radio Relay|96.1|W241DG|Rochester}}
| repeater        = {{Radio Relay|95.1|[[WAIO|WAIO-HD2]]|[[Honeoye Falls]]}}
| format          = [[News/talk]]
| power           = 50,000 watts unlimited
| facility_id     = 37545
| affiliations    = {{ubl|[[CBS News Radio]]|[[Fox News Radio]]|[[NBC News Radio]]|[[Compass Media Networks]]|[[Premiere Networks]]|[[Radio America (United States)|Radio America]]|[[Syracuse Sports Network]]|[[Westwood One]]}}
| class           = A
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| callsign_meaning =
| former_frequencies = {{ubl|1080 kHz (1922–1928)|1150 kHz (1928–1941)}}
| coordinates     = {{ubl|{{coord|43|4|55|N|77|43|30|W|type:landmark_region:US-NY|display=inline,title}}|{{coord|43|5|51|N|77|35|1|W|type:landmark_region:US-NY|name=WHAM (backup)}} (backup)}}
| owner           = [[iHeartMedia]]
| licensee        = iHM Licenses, LLC
| sister_stations = [[WAIO]], [[WDVI]], [[WHTK (AM)|WHTK]], [[WKGS]], [[WNBL (FM)|WNBL]], [[WVOR]]
| webcast         = {{iHeartRadio|news-radio-wham-1180-1505}}
| website         = {{URL|https://wham1180.iheart.com/}}
}}

'''WHAM''' (1180 [[kHz]]) is a commercial [[Clear-channel station|clear channel]] [[AM broadcasting|AM]] radio station in [[Rochester, New York]], United States. It is owned by [[iHeartMedia]] and airs a [[news/talk]] [[radio format]]. The studios and offices are at [[Five Star Bank Plaza]] in downtown Rochester.

Its 50,000-watt [[omnidirectional antenna|non-directional]] [[transmitter]], located in [[Chili, New York]], operates the maximum power for commercial AM stations in the United States and Canada. During the day, it provides at least secondary coverage to all of [[Western New York]], including [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]]. It can also be heard in much of [[Southern Ontario]], including [[Toronto]], [[Peterborough, Ontario|Peterborough]], and [[Kingston, Ontario|Kingston]]. At night, WHAM can be received across much of the Eastern United States and Eastern Canada with a good radio. It is the [[Emergency Alert System]]'s primary entry point station for Western New York.