WKAL

[4] Copper City Broadcasting was itself owned by Myron Kallet, who also controlled a chain of theaters that included the Capitol Theatre in Rome,[5] where WKAL placed its studios.

[5] In 1958, Kallet sold WKAL and WKTV to a group led by Paul Harron and Gordon Gray, who had previously owned WIBG AM-FM in Philadelphia and WPFH in Wilmington, Delaware.

[6] The group, Mid-New York Broadcasting, changed the station's affiliation to ABC Radio by 1959;[7] it then sold WKAL to Jackson Maurer, former owner of WHKK in Akron, Ohio, in 1961.

In 1962, WKAL reaffiliated with Mutual;[9] by 1964, the ABC affiliation had ceased,[10] and by 1967, the station's studios had left the Capitol Theatre for its transmitter location on South Jay Street.

[15] By 1983, WKAL had an adult contemporary format;[16] two years later, the station, along with what had become WTCO, were acquired by Howard Green and Donald Simmons, owner of WENY AM-TV and WLEZ in Elmira and WOND and WMGM FM-TV in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

[42] The station's current format provides a mix of lifestyle and regular talk radio (primarily syndicated, along with some drive time local programming), and also provides coverage of Rome Free Academy athletics.

The combined WKAL studio and transmitter facility, South Jay Street, Rome, NY; Spring of 1974. During the previous year, FM Stereo service had been initiated, simulcasting AM programming. The station's building markings were updated to advertise the change. To the left the station's VW Bus can be seen which was utilized during this period for promotional events.
The combined WKAL studio and transmitter facility, South Jay Street, Rome, NY; Spring 1974. FM Stereo service had been recently initiated, simulcasting AM programming. The station's building markings were updated to advertise the change. To the left the station's VW Bus can be seen which was utilized during this period for promotional events. As of 2018 , only the concrete pad remains to mark the location where the building once stood.