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In August 1908, a white mob attacked Springfield, Illinois’s Black community, destroying homes and businesses and lynching two Black men. National outrage over the violence helped spur the movement that created the NAACP the following year.
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Broadcast area | Saratoga Springs, New York |
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| Frequency | 1230 kHz |
| Branding | Big Country 104.9 & 97.9 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic country |
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| History | |
First air date | May 28, 1959 |
Former call signs |
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Former frequencies | 1410 kHz (1959–1982) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| 49715 | |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°19′45.3″N 73°38′52.4″W / 43.329250°N 73.647889°W |
| Translator | 97.9 W250CC (Glens Falls) |
| Repeater | 104.9 WINU (Altamont) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | bigcountrylegends.com |
WMML (1230 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic country format. Licensed to Glens Falls, New York, United States, the station serves the Glens Falls area. Established in 1959 as WSET, the station is owned by Pamal Broadcasting, through licensee 6 Johnson Road Licenses, Inc.[2]
What is now WMML began operations on May 28, 1959 as WSET,[3] 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 Federal Communications Commission (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 Top 40. During the later 1970s, WBZA evolved to more of an adult contemporary 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 1410 AM (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.
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 New York Mets Radio Network, covering all 162 games, replacing WOFX, who decided to switch to the Boston Red Sox Radio Network for the 2012 season.[4]
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.[5] After weeks of broadcasting on both 107.1 and 97.9, WKLI-FM began simulcasting on WKBE as "100.9/107.1 The Cat" on March 21, 2023.[6]
On September 18, 2023, WMML/W250CC began a simulcast on WINU 104.9 Altamont, rebranding as "Big Country 104.9 & 97.9".[7]
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WMML (1230 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic country format. Licensed to Glens Falls, New York, United States, the station serves the Glens Falls area. Established in 1959 as WSET, the station is owned by Pamal Broadcasting, through licensee 6 Johnson Road Licenses, Inc.
WINU (104.9 FM, "Big Country 104.9 & 97.9") is a commercial radio station licensed to Altamont and serving New York's Capital District. The station is owned by Pamal Broadcasting and airs a classic country radio format. WINU has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 530 watts. The transmitter is on Pinnacle Road in the Helderberg Escarpment tower farm in New Scotland, amid the towers for other Albany-area TV and FM stations. The programming is a simulcast of co-owned WMML 1230 AM in Glens Falls and on its FM translator on 97.9 MHz.
WFFG-FM (100.3 MHz), known as "Froggy 100.3", is a country music radio station licensed to Warrensburg, New York, and is owned by Pamal Broadcasting. The studios and offices are on Everts Avenue in Queensbury, New York. WFFG-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 1,450 watts. Its transmitter is near Black Spruce Mountain in the town of Warrensburg, Warren County, New York, near the Adirondack Northway. The tower is shared with WCKM-FM and WCQL. Thanks to its tall tower, WFFG-FM's signal can be heard as far south as southern Albany and Rensselaer counties, and as far north as Schroon Lake and Elizabethtown.
Glens Falls is a city in Warren County, New York, United States, and is the central city of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 14,830 at the 2020 census. The name was given by Colonel Johannes Glen, the falls referring to a large waterfall in the Hudson River at the southern end of the city. Glens Falls is a city in the southeastern corner of Warren County, surrounded by the town of Queensbury to the north, east, and west, and by the Hudson River and Saratoga County to the south. Glens Falls is known as "Hometown U.S.A.," a title Look magazine gave it in 1944. The city has also referred to itself as the "Empire City."
Before the 1921 destruction of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, Black residents had created a remarkable center of business and community life. The district included stores, professional offices, entertainment venues and homes owned by Black citizens. Understanding Greenwood means learning what was built—not only what was burned.
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