WAML (AM)

For other uses, see WAML (disambiguation).

WAML
City	Laurel, Mississippi
Broadcast area	Laurel/Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Frequency	1340 kHz
First air date	August 15, 1927
Format	Silent
Power	1,000 watts
Class	C
Facility ID	52617
Callsign meaning	W AM (radio) Laurel
Owner	Walking by Faith Ministries, Inc.
Sister stations	WMLC, WQFX

WAML (1340 AM) is an American radio station that is licensed to serve the community of Laurel, Mississippi. WAML operates with a licensed power limit of 1,000 Watts. WAML is the first radio station licensed to Laurel and the oldest station still in operation in Mississippi - the station went on the air August 15, 1927. WAML aired a sports talk format until going silent on March 4, 2010^[1] and is owned by Walking by Faith Ministries Inc., which is co-owned by Reverend James L. Black and his wife Bobbie^[2]

History

WAML began in 1927 broadcasting at 1340 kHz. It has been a country music, Top 40, easy listening, big band, oldies and gospel music station over its lifetime. In the early 1980s, the station's management elected to fully automate WAML along with a sister FM station, WEEZ which played easy listening and soft rock until WEEZ was sold in the 1990s. WAML was an affiliate of the Ole Miss Radio Network, broadcasting football and basketball games of the University of Mississippi. They were also an NBC radio affiliate at one time. WAML has had numerous owners and format changes.

On March 4, 2010 WAML went silent.^[1]

References

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WAML

Radio-Locator Information on WAML

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WAML

Radio stations in the Laurel–Hattiesburg, Mississippi market

By AM frequency	810 890 950 1340 1400 1580

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 89.3 89.7 90.3 90.7 90.9 91.1 91.7 92.1 93.1 94.3 95.3 95.9 96.5 97.3 98.1 99.3 100.3 102.5 103.7 104.5 105.3 106.3 107.1 107.9

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.475

By callsign	KIH47 W216BA WAII WAML WAOY WATP WBBN WFFX WFMM WFOR WGDQ WHJA WHSY WJKX WJMG WKZW WLAU WLVZ WLXW WMAH-FM WMAW-FM WMXI WNSL WORV WQID-LP WSJC WUSM-FM WXHB WXRR WZKX WZLD WZNF

Defunct	WZHL (101.7 FM)

Nearby radio markets Biloxi-Gulfport-Pascagoula Jackson McComb-Brookhaven Meridian Mobile See also List of radio stations in Mississippi

Coordinates: 31°38′04″N 89°34′23″W / 31.63444°N 89.57306°W / 31.63444; -89.57306

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