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| City | Mechanicville, New York |
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| Broadcast area | Capital District, Adirondacks |
| Branding | ESPN Radio 104.5 The Team |
| Slogan | Albany's Sports Talk Station |
| Frequency | 104.5 MHz |
| First air date | 1993 |
| Format | Sports radio |
| ERP | 5,000 watts |
| HAAT | 107 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 22004 |
| Callsign meaning | W TeaM M |
| Former callsigns | WVYD (1991-1992) WXLE (1992-1999) WABT (1999-2006) |
| Affiliations |
ESPN Radio New York Yankees Radio Network |
| Owner |
Townsquare Media (Townsquare Media of Albany, Inc.) |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 1045theteam.com |
WTMM-FM (ESPN Radio 104.5 The Team) is a sports radio station licensed to Mechanicville, New York and serving New York's Capital Region and Saratoga County. The station is owned by Townsquare Media, and broadcasts at 6 kilowatts ERP from a tower in Clifton Park, New York which is shared with WKKF and WDCD-FM. The station airs play-by-play from the New York Yankees as well as all of ESPN's programming.
WTMM-FM assumed the Team format from its former home on 1300 kHz (now WGDJ under new ownership) on December 18, 2006 with the two stations simulcasting until January 2, 2007.
The station signed on the air as WXLE in January 1993. It initially aired a Rock/AC format, known as "Rock without the Racket" but evolved to an Adult Album Alternative format by late 1993, with live DJs. The station was known as XL-104.5 in those days, and eventually as 104.5 The Zone. As a "Triple A" station, XL-104.5 was the first station helmed by noted Triple A programmer Zeb Norris. In mid-1996 much of its programming became satellite-fed.
In 1998, WXLE, was sold to AMFM Inc. and with it came two format changes, first to adult contemporary as Magic 104.5 in October as a smokescreen, then on December 26, to the then-popular "Jammin' Oldies" format (which AMFM owned the rights to). With the latter switch came the branding of 104.5 The Beat and the calls of WABT.
Like other "Jammin' Oldies" stations, WABT had a short-term uptick in ratings; however, the format did not mesh well with the Albany market and ratings fell to levels of that of the prior formats. When AMFM merged with Clear Channel Communications in 2000, WABT was one of several stations which was divested due to market concentration concerns. After being sold to Regent Communications (now Townsquare Media), WABT's format changed to All-80's Hits as "The Buzz" on December 8, 2000. The "Buzz" format was later expanded to include music from the 1990s in September 2002, and evolved to Adult Top 40 in July 2003.
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