WMLL
Encyclopedia
WMLL is an American
radio station
licensed to Bedford, New Hampshire
and studios located on Commercial Street in Manchester
, New Hampshire
. 96.5 The Mill is operated by Saga Communications of New England LLC, whose parent company is Saga Communications
Inc. of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan
. 96.5 The Mill's President and General Manager is Raymond Garon.
announced that the company had entered into a time brokerage agreement with Merrimack Valley Broadcasting Corporation, which owned WOXF (96.5 MHz) licensed to Bedford, NH. On July 29, the station's format switched from classic rock to oldies as COOL 96.5. Saga Communications of New England managed and programmed the station while Merrimack Valley retained ownership. In August, Saga bought WOXF for $3.3 million and changed the call letters to WQLL; the sale was consummated November 21, 1997. In 2005, Saga changed the call letters from WQLL to WMLL and switched the format to classic rock
, introducing 96.5 The Mill. In August 2011, WMLL shifted to a classic hits
format.
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radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
licensed to Bedford, New Hampshire
Bedford, New Hampshire
-Demographics:As of the Census of 2000, there were 18,274 people, 6,251 households, and 5,125 families residing in the town. The population density was 556.6 people per square mile . There were 6,401 housing units at an average density of 195.0 per square mile...
and studios located on Commercial Street in Manchester
Manchester, New Hampshire
Manchester is the largest city in the U.S. state of New Hampshire, the tenth largest city in New England, and the largest city in northern New England, an area comprising the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. It is in Hillsborough County along the banks of the Merrimack River, which...
, New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian...
. 96.5 The Mill is operated by Saga Communications of New England LLC, whose parent company is Saga Communications
Saga Communications
Saga Communications is a broadcasting company that owns and operates stations in 26 markets in the United States. The company, which is based in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, primarily operates radio stations , but it also operates 9 television stations Saga Communications is a broadcasting...
Inc. of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan
Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan
Grosse Pointe Farms is a suburban city bordering Detroit located in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It ranks as the 76th highest-income city in America. The population was 9,479 at the 2010 census. It is bordered by Grosse Pointe on the west, Detroit on the north, Grosse Pointe Woods...
. 96.5 The Mill's President and General Manager is Raymond Garon.
History
On July 1, 1997 the Saga CommunicationsSaga Communications
Saga Communications is a broadcasting company that owns and operates stations in 26 markets in the United States. The company, which is based in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, primarily operates radio stations , but it also operates 9 television stations Saga Communications is a broadcasting...
announced that the company had entered into a time brokerage agreement with Merrimack Valley Broadcasting Corporation, which owned WOXF (96.5 MHz) licensed to Bedford, NH. On July 29, the station's format switched from classic rock to oldies as COOL 96.5. Saga Communications of New England managed and programmed the station while Merrimack Valley retained ownership. In August, Saga bought WOXF for $3.3 million and changed the call letters to WQLL; the sale was consummated November 21, 1997. In 2005, Saga changed the call letters from WQLL to WMLL and switched the format to classic rock
Classic rock
Classic rock is a radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format features music ranging generally from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, primarily focusing on the hard rock genre that peaked in popularity in the...
, introducing 96.5 The Mill. In August 2011, WMLL shifted to a classic hits
Classic hits
Classic hits is a radio format which generally includes rock and pop music from 1964 to 1989. The term is sometimes erroneously used as a synonym for the adult hits format, but is more accurately characterized as a contemporary style of the oldies format...
format.