The station has been assigned the WMMW call letters by the Federal Communications Commission since the station was initially licensed. It began broadcasting June 8, 1947, on 1470 kHz with 1 KW power. The station was licensed to Silver City Crystal Company.
On March 5, 2014, Buckley Broadcasting announced that it would sell its Connecticut radio stations, including WMMW, to Connoisseur Media. The sale was completed on July 7, 2014 at a price of $7,922,035.