Editing WHAM (AM) (section)

===Stromberg-Carlson===
In 1927, WHAM was acquired by [[Stromberg-Carlson]],<ref name=facility>{{cite news|title=WHAM-WHFM Million Dollar Home Opens|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1948/1948-02-16-BC.pdf|access-date=September 5, 2024|agency=Broadcasting|date=February 16, 1948}}</ref> a maker of radio and telecommunications equipment then based in Rochester. The company expanded the station's operations and boosted its signal to 5,000 watts shortly after the acquisition.

It was relocated from 1080 to 1150&nbsp;[[kHz]] in the overall national reorganization of the AM radio band by the [[Federal Radio Commission]] in 1928. In 1933, WHAM was allowed to increase power to 25,000 watts. A ceremony marking the event included a three-hour broadcast from the [[Eastman Theatre]] with "a galaxy of stars" participating.<ref>{{cite news|title=WHAM ad|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1933/1933-04-01-BC.pdf|access-date=October 9, 2014|agency=Broadcasting|date=April 1, 1933}}</ref> It later got a boost to its current 50,000 watt level.

In the [[North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement]] (NARBA), the AM band was shuffled in March 1941. WHAM changed frequency once more to its current 1180&nbsp;kHz.