WAMC Winter Fund Drive

The Great WAMC Fund Drive begins on Monday, February 6, 2012. Help us reach our goal of one millions dollars to keep WAMC On The Air. Call 1-800-323-9262 or Pledge Online. We can't do it without you.

New York Giants hold the Vince Lombardi Trophy after the Giants defeated the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI

Giants edge Patriots to win Super Bowl

The New York Giants battled back to beat the New England Patriots 21-17 and win the Super Bowl with heart-stopping fourth quarter comeback capped by a six-yard touchdown run by Ahmad Bradshaw with 57 seconds left... Read More

A worker clears a tent and the belongings of Occupy DC demonstrators in Washington

Police clear DC Occupy site, protesters look to a new day

U.S. police officers cleared tents from an "Occupy" protest site in downtown Washington on Sunday, but demonstrators said even without the camp they would continue to fight for economic equality and other issues... Read More

Protesters march with Russian flag banners during a demonstration for fair elections in central Moscow

Russians stage rival protests over Putin

Tens of thousands of Russians defied bitter cold in Moscow on Saturday to demand fair elections in a march against Vladimir Putin's 12-year rule, and thousands of others staged a rally supporting the prime minister... Read More

Iranian women walk in front of the pictures of Ayatollah Khomeini and Ayatollah Khamenei during the anniversary ceremony of Iran's Islamic Revolution

Iran warns of retaliation over oil sanctions

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday Iran would retaliate over Western-backed oil sanctions and any threat of attack, after U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was cited as saying he feared a possible Israeli strike as early as April...Read More

A picture of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is seen on a central bank building in Damascus

U.S. and allies exploring prospects for Assad exile

The United States, European governments and Arab states have begun discussing the possibility of exile for Bashar al-Assad despite skepticism the defiant Syrian president is ready to consider such an offer, Western officials said on Wednesday... Read More

U.S Army soldiers survey a village in eastern Afghanistan Kunar province

Plan to scale back U.S. Afghan role worries, surprises

U.S. forces will stop taking a lead role in combat operations in Afghanistan next year but continue to support Afghan combat missions under a plan announced by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta that worried Afghans and surprised allies... Read More

Alan Chartock featured in The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal recently came up to the WAMC Studios in Albany to sit down and talk with Alan Chartock about our current Fall Fund Drive... Read More

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