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Pamal Broadcasting

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Pamal Broadcasting, Ltd.
Company typePrivately held
IndustryRadio broadcasting
Founded1987 (as Albany Broadcasting)
HeadquartersLatham, New York
Key people
James J. Morrell, Chairman & CEO
ProductsRadio
Websitewww.pamal.com

Pamal Broadcasting, Ltd. is a family-owned radio group with twenty-three stations in medium-to-small markets in the Northeast. Based in the Albany suburb of Latham, New York, Pamal Broadcasting was founded in 1987 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, New York–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 its 2005 high-water mark. Pamal completed its exit from Florida in 2013.

Stations

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AM Stations FM Stations
Market Station Owned Since Current Format
AlbanySchenectadyTroy, NY
(Albany Broadcasting)
WYJB 95.5 1993 Adult contemporary
WKLI-FM 100.9 2001 New country
WFLY 92.3 1987 Contemporary hit radio
WINU 104.9 1999 Adult album alternative
WAJZ 96.3 1996 Rhythmic contemporary
WROW 590 1993 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 hits
WGHQ 920 2006 Oldies
WLNA 1420 1997 Classic hits
Saratoga SpringsGlens Falls, NY
(Adirondack Broadcasting)
WNYQ 101.7 2004 Classic hits
WKBE 107.1 2004 New country
WFFG-FM 100.3 2001 Mainstream country
WENU 1410 2004 Oldies
WMML 1230 2004 Classic country
Rutland, VT
(Catamount Radio)
WJJR 98.1 1999 Adult contemporary
WDVT 94.5 1999 Classic rock
WZRT 97.1 2007 Contemporary hit radio
WJEN 105.3 2001 Mainstream country
WSYB 1380 2007 Classic hits

Former Pamal stations

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Two stations were to be acquired by Pamal, though never purchased.

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