WAMC is a Public Radio Station and Performing Arts Studio chartered by the NY State Board of Regents to "furnish, prepare and present non-profit and non-commercial educational, instructional and cultural radio programs and also non-profit and non-commercial programs (including without limitation, chamber and folk music programs and forums on public affairs) for live audiences which may also be broadcast." Flowing from this, the purpose of WAMC is to serve the public, providing programs that are important to them, reflecting their diversity in our selections.