industry radio broadcasting founded 1986 as albany broadcasting headquarters latham new york key people james j. morrell chairman & ceo products radio website www.pamal.com pamal broadcasting ltd. is a family owned radio ownership with stations in medium to small markets in the northeast and florida . based in the albany suburb of latham new york pamal broadcasting was founded in 1986 as albany broadcasting company when business man james j. morrell entered broadcast ownership with the purchase of wfly and wptr from five states tower company a poughkeepsie ny based broadcasting company that also owned radio stations wpdh and weok in the mid hudson valley . the pamal name a portmanteau of the names of morrell s children was adopted in 1996 though each cluster uses a unique name such as albany broadcasting for the albany cluster ; the pamal name is rarely used on air except in the hudson valley . in 2005 pamal broadcasting was the 27th largest owner of radio stations in the united states . by mid 2011 the company has divested itself of 40 % of its radio station licenses from that 2005 high water mark . and with the pending 6.5 m sale of its pensacola stations to cumulus media pamal will have completed its exit from florida . stations edit am stations fm stations market station owned since current format albany schenectady troy ny albany broadcasting wyjb 95.5 1994 adult contemporary wkli fm 100.9 2001 mainstream country wfly 92.3 1986 contemporary hit radio winu 104.9 1999 cbs sports radio wajz 96.3 1996 rhythmic contemporary wrow 590 1994 adult standards oldies hudson valley ny pamal broadcasting wxpk 107.1 2003 adult album alternative whud 100.7 1997 adult contemporary wbpm 92.9 2006 classic hits wspk 104.7 1998 contemporary hit radio wbnr 1260 1998 classic country wghq 920 2006 classic country wlna 1420 1997 classic country saratoga springs glens falls ny adirondack broadcasting wnyq 101.7 2004 classic hits wffg fm 107.1 2004 adult album alternative wkbe 100.3 2001 mainstream country wenu 1410 2004 classic country wmml 1230 2004 sports rutland vt catamount radio wjjr 98.1 1999 adult contemporary wdvt 94.5 1999 classic hits wzrt 97.1 2006 contemporary hit radio wjen 105.3 1999 mainstream country wsyb 1380 2006 talk former pamal stations edit wdcd albany new york owned under its original wptr calls until 1995 when sold to crawford broadcasting wrnx amherst massachusetts owned 2003 06 sold to clear channel communications in 2007 wvtq formerly wjan sunderland vermont sold to vermont public radio in 2007 wrgo cedar key florida sold to wrgo radio llc in 2007 wyny am cross city florida sold to wrgo radio llc in 2007 wizr johnstown new york sold to wizr am radio llc in 2010 wpyr baton rouge louisiana sold to michael glitner in 2008 wdvh gainesville florida sold to marc radio gainesville llc july 2011 wdvh fm trenton florida sold to marc radio gainesville llc july 2011 whhz newberry florida sold to marc radio gainesville llc july 2011 wkzy cross city florida sold to marc radio gainesville llc july 2011 wrzn hernando florida sold to marc radio gainesville llc july 2011 wtmg williston florida sold to marc radio gainesville llc july 2011 wtmn gainesville florida sold to marc radio gainesville llc july 2011 wpni amherst massachusetts owned 2003 14 ; shut down november 30 2013 and license returned to the federal communications commission on may 27 2014 wmez pensacola florida sold to cumulus broadcasting in january 2013 wxbm pensacola florida sold to cumulus broadcasting in january 2013 two stations were to be acquired by pamal but did not get acquired wnyq queensbury new york controlled by pamal 2004 06 prior to move into the albany market and purchase by regent communications who now operates it as wqsh wbec fm pittsfield massachusetts pamal had an agreement in principle to move the station to the springfield market but later sold it to entercom communications which now operates it as wwei . external links edit company homepage v t e pamal broadcasting am radio stations wbnr wenu wghq wlna wmml wrow wsyb fm radio stations wajz wbpm wdvt wffg fm wfly whud winu wjen wjjr wkbe wkli fm wnyq wspk wxpk wyjb wzrt retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pamal broadcasting & oldid 731652915 categories radio broadcasting companies of the united statescompanies based in new yorkpamal broadcasting navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 july 2016 at 18 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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