WMLL (96.5 FM; "96.5 The Mill") is an American

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licensed to

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, with studios located on Commercial Street in

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. WMLL is owned by Saga Communications, via subsidiary Saga Communications of New England LLC.

History

The 96.5 FM frequency first signed on in May 1996 with test broadcasts under the call letters WAEF. Regular broadcasting began on June 27, with a rock format branded "96.5 The Fox;" the call letters were soon changed to WOXF. The station was originally owned by Donna MacNeil. On July 1, 1997, Saga Communications announced that it had signed a time brokerage agreement to take over WOXF's operations; on July 29, Saga relaunched the station as "Cool 96.5," an

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station. The call letters were changed to WQLL on August 15, 1997; that month, Saga bought the station outright in a $3.3 million deal that was concluded on November 21, 1997. The station switched to

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, branded as "96.5 The Mill", in March 2005; on March 17, the call letters became WMLL. In August 2011, WMLL shifted to a

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format. In October 2016, WMLL returned to classic rock, branded as "Iconic Rock".

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