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WSML

Graham, North Carolina United States
Broadcast area	Piedmont Triad
Frequency	1200 kHz
Branding	Maverick 95.1★94.3
Programming
Format	Country music
Affiliations	Compass Media Networks
Ownership
Owner	Charles and Rebecca Marsh (Alamance Media Partners, Inc.)
History
First air date	December 2, 1967 (57 years ago) (1967-12-02)
Former call signs	WSML (1967–1981) WWOK (1981–1982)
Former frequencies	1190 kHz (1967–1991)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	740
Class	B
Power	10,000 watts (day) 1,000 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates	36°8′1.49″N 79°28′13.08″W / 36.1337472°N 79.4703000°W / 36.1337472; -79.4703000
Translator(s)	94.3 W232DT (Mebane) 95.1 W236BO (Burlington)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	maverickradionc.com

WSML (1200 AM) is a radio station located in Graham, North Carolina. The station airs a country music format branded as Maverick 95.1-94.3.

History

WSML signed on December 2, 1967, as a daytimer operating at 1190 AM, owned by Smiles of Graham, Inc. In its early years, the station had a top 40 format, but by 1970 it had become a country music station. This gave way to a rock music format by 1973, and a blend of country and rock soon thereafter. By 1975, WSML had integrated beautiful music into the format and cut back its country music programming; however, after a sale of the station to Acme Communications (no relation to the current television station owner) in 1976, it reverted to a full-time country music format.

In 1981, the station was sold to Graycasting, Inc. and became WWOK; a year later, Evans Communications Corporation took over the station and reinstated the WSML call sign. By this time, the station had added religious programming to its country music format; religion had become its full-time format by 1987, after having been acquired by Gray Broadcasting Company (unrelated to Gray Television) two years earlier. WSML moved to 1200 AM in 1991, allowing the station to begin 24-hour operation. By the 1990s, programming consisted of gospel music.

What had become Graycasting Media sold WSML to Clear Channel Communications in 1998. Clear Channel converted the station to a news/talk format, largely simulcasting sister station WSJS from Winston-Salem; this filled in a gap in WSJS' coverage of Greensboro and the eastern part of the Piedmont Triad (especially at night). There was some separate programming — predominantly NC State Wolfpack sports 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 to Infinity Broadcasting Corporation, which also purchased WMFR from AMFM. CBS Radio (which Infinity became in 2005), in turn, sold the three stations to Curtis Media Group in 2007. Curtis dropped the WSJS simulcast from WSML on July 15, 2010, replacing it with sports radio programming.

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

Translators

References

1. "Facility Technical Data for WSML". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
2. Broadcasting/Cable Yearbook 1989 (PDF). 1989. p. B-214. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 9, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
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9. Broadcasting Yearbook 1979 (PDF). 1979. p. C-159. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 9, 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
10. "Application Search Details (1)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
11. ^ "Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
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19. "Spun cities". Broadcasting & Cable. April 16, 2000. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
20. "Curtis completes deal to buy three Triad radio stations". The Business Journal. February 16, 2007. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
21. "Curtis Forms Triad Sports Network". Radio Ink. July 14, 2010. Archived from the original on February 27, 2012. Retrieved July 19, 2010.

External links

• Official website
• Facility details for Facility ID 740 (WSML) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WSML in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
• Facility details for Facility ID 740 (WSML) in the REC Networks database

• Facility details for Facility ID 203181 (W232DT) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• W232DT at FCCdata.org
• Facility details for Facility ID 141747 (W236BO) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• W236BO at FCCdata.org

• Radio stations in North Carolina
• Radio stations established in 1967
• Country radio stations in the United States
• 1967 establishments in North Carolina
• Alamance County, North Carolina