WMML (1230 AM) is a

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broadcasting a classic country format. Licensed to

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, United States, the station serves the Glens Falls area. Established in 1959 as WSET, the station is owned by

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, through licensee 6 Johnson Road Licenses, Inc.

History

What is now WMML began operations in 1959 as WSET, programming a middle of the road format; for a time, the station studios were located in the Queensbury Hotel in Glens Falls. In 1965, WSET changed its call sign to WBZA; the new call sign arose from the station owner's respect for WBZ in Boston. At the time, the station broadcast at 1410 AM with a " daytime only" license from the

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(FCC). At sunset each day, the station would leave the air until the next day at 6 a.m. In 1971, the format was changed to

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. During the later 1970s, WBZA evolved to more of an

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format, and it eventually changed frequencies to 1230 in late 1982. WBZA flipped formats in 1986 to nostalgia, calling itself "Real Music". The WBZA call sign was transferred

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(which had returned to the air in 1988 under a new license as WSTL) in 1998; at that time, the station changed its call sign to WMML and took on a sports format. WMML logo

The station signed off the air in early 2012 to build a new antenna and returned to the air in March. It was announced, when the station signed back on March 15, that WMML would be joining the

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Radio Network, covering all 162 games, replacing WOFX, who decided to switch to the Boston Red Sox Radio Network for the 2012 season. On March 9, 2023, WMML/W250CC flipped to classic country, assuming the format and branding of WKBE, as "Big Country 97.9"; this was intended to make room for a new format to debut on WKBE. After weeks of broadcasting on both 107.1 and 97.9,

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began simulcasting on WKBE as "100.9/107.1 The Cat" on March 21, 2023. On September 18, 2023, WMML/W250CC began a simulcast on

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104.9 Altamont, rebranding as "Big Country 104.9 & 97.9".ALT 104.9 ALBANY FLIPS TO CLASSIC COUNTRY
Radioinsight - September 19, 2023

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