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Coordinates:36°8′1.49″N79°28′13.08″W/ 36.1337472°N 79.4703000°W/36.1337472; -79.4703000
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WSML
Broadcast areaPiedmont Triad
Frequency1200kHz
BrandingMaverick 95.1★94.3
Programming
FormatCountry music
AffiliationsCompass Media Networks
Ownership
Owner
  • Charles and Rebecca Marsh
  • (Alamance Media Partners, Inc.)
History
First air date
December 2, 1967
(56 years ago)(1967-12-02)
Former call signs
  • WSML (1967–1981)
  • WWOK (1981–1982)
Former frequencies
1190 kHz (1967–1991)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID740
ClassB
Power
  • 10,000watts(day)
  • 1,000 watts(night)
Transmitter coordinates
36°8′1.49″N79°28′13.08″W/ 36.1337472°N 79.4703000°W/36.1337472; -79.4703000
Translator(s)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websitemaverickradionc.com

WSML(1200AM) is aradio stationlocated inGraham, North Carolina.The station airs acountry musicformat branded asMaverick 95.1-94.3.

History

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WSML signed on December 2, 1967,[2]as adaytimeroperating at 1190 AM, owned by Smiles of Graham, Inc.[3]In its early years, the station had atop 40format, but by 1970 it had become acountry musicstation.[3]This gave way to arock musicformat by 1973,[4]and a blend of country and rock soon thereafter.[5]By 1975, WSML had integratedbeautiful musicinto the format and cut back its country music programming;[6]however, after a sale of the station to Acme Communications (no relation tothe current television station owner) in 1976, it reverted to a full-time country music format.[7][8][9]

In 1981, the station was sold to Graycasting, Inc.[10]and became WWOK;[11]a year later, Evans Communications Corporation took over the station[12]and reinstated the WSML call sign.[11]By this time, the station had addedreligious programmingto its country music format;[12]religion had become its full-time format by 1987, after having been acquired by Gray Broadcasting Company (unrelated toGray Television) two years earlier.[13]WSML moved to 1200 AM in 1991, allowing the station to begin 24-hour operation.[14][15][16][17]By the 1990s, programming consisted ofgospel music.

What had become Graycasting Media sold WSML toClear Channel Communicationsin 1998.[18]Clear Channel converted the station to anews/talkformat, largely simulcasting sister stationWSJSfromWinston-Salem;this filled in a gap in WSJS' coverage of Greensboro and the eastern part of thePiedmont Triad(especially at night). There was some separate programming — predominantlyNC State Wolfpacksports and Sunday morning programming.

After Clear Channel was forced to divest some of its stations in order to merge with AMFM Broadcasting, WSML and WSJS were sold in 2000 toInfinity Broadcasting Corporation,which also purchased WMFR from AMFM.[19]CBS Radio(which Infinity became in 2005), in turn, sold the three stations to Curtis Media Group in 2007.[20]Curtis dropped the WSJS simulcast from WSML on July 15, 2010, replacing it with sports radio programming.[21]

Effective February 11, 2019, Curtis Media Group sold WSML and translators W232DT and W236BQ to Alamance Media Partners, Inc. for $397,500.

Translators

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Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP(W) Class Transmitter coordinates FCC info
W232DT 94.3 FM Mebane, North Carolina 203181 100 D 36°3′56.5″N79°13′45.1″W/ 36.065694°N 79.229194°W/36.065694; -79.229194(W232DT) LMS
W236BO 95.1 FM Burlington, North Carolina 141747 250 D 36°5′51.5″N79°29′10.1″W/ 36.097639°N 79.486139°W/36.097639; -79.486139(W236BO) LMS

References

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  1. ^"Facility Technical Data for WSML".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^Broadcasting/Cable Yearbook 1989(PDF).1989. p. B-214. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on April 9, 2011.RetrievedJuly 19,2010.
  3. ^abBroadcasting Yearbook 1971(PDF).1971. p. B-130. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on October 8, 2010.RetrievedJuly 19,2010.
  4. ^Broadcasting Yearbook 1974(PDF).1974. p. B-151. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on October 8, 2010.RetrievedJuly 19,2010.
  5. ^Broadcasting Yearbook 1975(PDF).1975. p. C-136. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on October 8, 2010.RetrievedJuly 19,2010.
  6. ^Broadcasting Yearbook 1976(PDF).1976. p. C-143. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on October 8, 2010.RetrievedJuly 19,2010.
  7. ^Broadcasting Yearbook 1977(PDF).1977. p. C-151. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on October 8, 2010.RetrievedJuly 19,2010.
  8. ^Broadcasting Yearbook 1978(PDF).1978. p. C-157. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on March 9, 2012.RetrievedJuly 19,2010.
  9. ^Broadcasting Yearbook 1979(PDF).1979. p. C-159. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on April 9, 2011.RetrievedJuly 19,2010.
  10. ^"Application Search Details (1)".CDBS Public Access.Federal Communications Commission.RetrievedJuly 19,2010.
  11. ^ab"Call Sign History".CDBS Public Access.Federal Communications Commission.RetrievedJuly 19,2010.
  12. ^abBroadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1983(PDF).1983. p. B-178. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on September 28, 2010.RetrievedJuly 19,2010.
  13. ^Broadcasting/Cablecasting Yearbook 1988(PDF).1988. p. B-203.RetrievedJuly 19,2010.[permanent dead link]
  14. ^"Application Search Details (2)".CDBS Public Access.Federal Communications Commission.RetrievedJuly 19,2010.
  15. ^"Application Search Details (3)".CDBS Public Access.Federal Communications Commission.RetrievedJuly 19,2010.
  16. ^"Application Search Details (4)".CDBS Public Access.Federal Communications Commission.RetrievedJuly 19,2010.
  17. ^"Application Search Details (5)".CDBS Public Access.Federal Communications Commission.RetrievedJuly 19,2010.
  18. ^Brown, Saa (June 1, 1998)."RADIO: AM.(radio station transactions)".Broadcasting & Cable.Archived fromthe originalon November 4, 2012.RetrievedJuly 19,2010.
  19. ^"Spun cities".Broadcasting & Cable.April 16, 2000.RetrievedJuly 19,2010.
  20. ^"Curtis completes deal to buy three Triad radio stations".The Business Journal.February 16, 2007.RetrievedJuly 19,2010.
  21. ^"Curtis Forms Triad Sports Network".Radio Ink.July 14, 2010. Archived fromthe originalon February 27, 2012.RetrievedJuly 19,2010.
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