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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = WNML-FM
| logo             =
| logo_size        = 200px
| city             = [[Friendsville, Tennessee]]
| area             = [[Knoxville metropolitan area]]
| branding         = 99.1 The Sports Animal
| frequency        = 99.1 [[Megahertz|MHz]]
| airdate          = {{start date and age|1989|1|5}}
| format           = [[Sports radio|Sports]]
| erp              = 6,000 [[watt]]s
| haat             = {{convert|93|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class            = A
| facility_id      = 7998
| coordinates      = {{coord|35|47|10.00|N|84|17|24.00|W}}
| callsign_meaning = "Animal"
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WLOD-FM (1988–1991)|WNOX (1991–1997)|WNOX-FM (1997–2005)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=7998&Callsign=WNML|title=Call Sign History (WNML-FM)|access-date=2010-06-29}}</ref>}}
| affiliations     = [[Infinity Sports Network]]<br>[[Tennessee Smokies|Tennessee Smokies Radio Network]]<br>[[Knoxville Ice Bears]]<br>[[University of Tennessee]] [[Vol Network]]
| owner            = [[Cumulus Media]]
| licensee         = Radio License Holding CBC, LLC
| sister_stations  = [[WIVK]], [[WOKI]], [[WNML (AM)|WNML]]
| webcast          = {{listen live|https://player.listenlive.co/24251}}
| website          = [https://www.991thesportsanimal.com 991thesportsanimal.com]
| licensing_authority= [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
}}

'''WNML-FM''' (99.1 [[Hertz|MHz]]; "99.1 The Sports Animal") is a [[commercial radio|commercial]] [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Friendsville, Tennessee]], and serving the [[Knoxville metropolitan area]].  It [[simulcast]]s a [[sports radio]] [[radio format|format]] with [[sister station]] [[WNML (AM)|WNML]] [[990 AM]] and is owned by [[Cumulus Media]].  The studios and offices are on Old Kingston Pike in the [[Sequoyah Hills, Tennessee|Sequoyah Hills]] section of West Knoxville. 

WNML-FM has an [[effective radiated power]] (ERP) of 6,000 [[watt]]s.  The [[transmitter]] is on Nicole Court, off [[U.S. Route 411]], in [[Maryville, Tennessee|Maryville]].<ref>[https://radio-locator.com/info/WNML-FM Radio-Locator.com/WNML-FM]</ref>

==Programming==
Most programming comes from [[Infinity Sports Network]].  WNML-AM-FM are the [[flagship (broadcasting)|flagship]] radio stations for both the [[Tennessee Smokies]] [[Southern League (1964–present)|Southern League Baseball]] radio network and the [[University of Tennessee]] [[Vol Network]].  The stations also carry [[Knoxville Ice Bears]] games in the [[Southern Professional Hockey League]].

==History==
The station [[sign-on|signed on]] the air on {{start date and age|1989|1|5}}.<ref>[https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2000/D-Radio-All-BC-YB-2000-2.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 2000] page D-417, [[Broadcasting & Cable]]</ref>  Its original [[call sign]] was WLOD-FM, and its [[city of license]] was [[Loudon, Tennessee]].  It was owned by Dick Broadcasting, with Allen Dick serving as the [[chief executive officer]].  In 1991, WNOX-AM-FM and [[WIVK-FM]] were acquired by [[Citadel Broadcasting]], which later merged with current owner Cumulus Media.  WLOD-FM changed its call letters to WNOX-FM. 

Over the years, formats included [[smooth jazz]] ("Double 99", simulcast with WNDD) and [[urban adult contemporary]] (X-99). Later, WNOX-FM started [[simulcast]]ing [[talk radio]] station [[WNOX]] [[990 AM]].<ref name=radiowas>{{cite web|url=http://radiowas.com/market/knoxville.htm|title=Radio Was/Knoxville|access-date=2010-06-29}}</ref><ref name="knoxnews">{{cite web |title=Radio Stations |url=http://web.knoxnews.com/entertainment/tvradio/radiostations.shtml |access-date=21 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020418215131/http://web.knoxnews.com/entertainment/tvradio/radiostations.shtml |archive-date=April 18, 2002 |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:WNML.png|thumb|right|Logo from 2015-2020]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.sportsanimal99.com The Sports Animal's official website]
*{{FM station data|7998|WNML-FM}}

{{Knoxville Radio}}
{{Sports Radio Stations in Tennessee}}
{{Cumulus Media}}

[[Category:Radio stations in Knoxville, Tennessee|NML-FM]]
[[Category:Sports radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Cumulus Media radio stations]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1990]]
[[Category:1990 establishments in Tennessee]]
[[Category:CBS Sports Radio stations]]


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