WAML (1340 AM) is an American

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that is licensed to serve the community of

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. WAML operates with a licensed power limit of 1,000 Watts. WAML aired a sports talk format until going silent on March 4, 2010 and is owned by Charles Tillman, through licensee Tillman Broadcasting Network, Inc.

History

WAML went on the air on August 15, 1927 as KGGH in Cedar Grove (Shreveport), Louisiana, broadcasting at 1410 kHz. Some years later, the calls went to 1340 kHz in Laurel, Mississippi. It was Laurel's first radio station. WAML was a

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and

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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

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. In addition, they broadcast Laurel High School football games. They were also an NBC radio affiliate at one time. WAML has had numerous owners and format changes since. On March 4, 2010, WAML went silent.

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