WAAL

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WAAL
WAAL logo.png
Broadcast area Binghamton metropolitan area - Southern Tier
Frequency 99.1 MHz
Branding99.1 The Whale
Programming
Format Classic rock
Affiliations New York Giants Radio Network
Compass Media Networks
United Stations Radio Networks
Ownership
Owner
WHWK, WNBF, WWYL, WYOS
History
First air date
March 1954 (as 95.3 WKOP-FM)
Former call signs
WKOP (1954-1975)
Call sign meaning
Play on the word "Whale"
Technical information
Facility ID 7920
Class B
ERP 8,700 watts
HAAT 291 meters (955 ft)
Links
Webcast Listen Live
Website 991thewhale.com

WAAL (99.1 FM "The Whale") is a commercial radio station licensed to Binghamton, New York. It airs a classic rock radio format and is owned by Townsquare Media. WAAL is the oldest FM radio station in the Binghamton metropolitan area. It is an affiliate of the New York Giants Radio Network.

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The studios and offices are on Court Street in Binghamton. [1] The transmitter is off Ingraham Hill Road, also in Binghamton, amid other towers for local TV and FM stations. [2]

History

WKOP-FM

In March 1954, the station signed on as WKOP-FM at 95.3 MHz. [3] It was the FM counterpart of AM 1360 WKOP (now WYOS). The two stations simulcast and were network affiliates of the Mutual Broadcasting System. They were owned by Binghamton Broadcasters, Inc. At first, WKOP-FM broadcast at only 420 watts, a fraction of the station's current power.

In the 1960s, WKOP-FM received Federal Communications Commission (FCC) permission to move to 99.1 MHz, with an increase in power to 33,000 watts. [4] By 1970, it ended its simulcast with WKOP 1360 and began playing a progressive rock format.

WAAL

In 1974, the station was sold to Butternut Broadcasting, which switched the call sign to WAAL, running an AOR format. [5] The station was known as "WAAL (pronounced like whale) Stereo FM 99." The station dropped its AOR format in October 1985 for Top 40/CHR after the drop of CHR station WWWT-FM for adult contemporary due to the station's complaint on its listeners. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, it was known as "The Hot FM" and was affiliated with the ABC FM Network.

1996 brought an ownership change to Wicks Broadcasting, which changed WAAL's format to classic rock.

Citadel Ownership, then Townsquare

WAAL was acquired by Citadel Broadcasting in 1998 from Wicks Broadcast Group in a $77 million deal that included a total of 16 radio stations. [6] Citadel merged with Cumulus Media on September 16, 2011. [7]

In 2013, in a $281 million, multi-station deal involving Cumulus, Townsquare Media and Peak Broadcasting, 99.1 WAAL and AM 1360, now known as WYOS, were acquired by Townsquare. [8] The classic rock format has remained in place on WAAL.

On-air lineup

R On Air Alumni - The Oz, Pete Bucky, Big Wally, Barry Shapiro, Pete Kinney, Chris Gordon, "The Admiral" Keith Nelson, Glenn Corneliess, Roy Dackekrman, Dick Bascom, Rob Cain, Gerry Martire, Gregg Neavin, Roberta Haber, Thunder Reynolds, Rick Kelly, Doug Cortright, Steve Becker, Bill Davis, Ron Clay, Scott Michaels, Dave Freeman, Tony Russell, Bob Lindquist, Mr. Mandyke, Steve Willet, Dave Elias, Fred Horton, Julie Evans, The Wildman, The Banana Queen, John Carter, Doug Mosher, Captain, Doc Wells, Jim Free

Shows

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References

  1. ↑ 991TheWhale.com/help
  2. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/WAAL
  3. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1955 page 210
  4. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1970 page B-134
  5. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1978 page C-144
  6. ↑ Citadel Communications Acquires 16 Radio Stations From Wicks Broadcast Group for $77 Million
  7. ↑ "Cumulus now owns Citadel Broadcasting". Atlanta Business Journal. September 16, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
  8. ↑ TownsquareMedia.com/press/"Townsquare Acquiring Assets from Cumulus and Peak"

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