WAAL is the oldest FM radio station continuously broadcasting in the Binghamton metropolitan area.

[2] The transmitter is off Ingraham Hill Road, also in Binghamton, amid other towers for local TV and FM stations.

In the 1960s, WKOP-FM received Federal Communications Commission (FCC) permission to move to 99.1 MHz, with an increase in power to 33,000 watts.

It moved to an album-oriented rock (AOR) format, playing the top tracks from the biggest selling albums.

Townsquare acquired all of Cumulus Media's Binghamton radio stations, including WAAL.