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WPNO
WPNO (1450 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve South Paris, Maine. The station is owned by Bennett Radio Group. WPNO airs a conservative talk format simulcast with WEZR (780 AM) and W252DS (98.3 FM) in Rumford. WPNO also operates translator station W245CQ (96.9 FM) in South Paris. WPNO went on the air in 1955 as WKTQ, and was assigned its present call letters on September 26, 2019. History WPNO signed on October 28, 1955 as WKTQ under the ownership of Oxford Broadcasting Corporation. In its early years, WKTQ's programming included news, music, and sports. The station affiliated with the Mutual Broadcasting System in June 1965, and switched to ABC Radio's Entertainment network in 1972. By this point, WKTQ had a variety format that included 42 hours a week of country music. The call letters were changed to WKTP in 1973. Richard Gleason, owner of WOXO (92.7 FM) in Norway, bought WKTP for $130,000 in 1976 and changed its call letters to WXIV. The station had a country mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WEZR (AM)
WEZR (780 Hertz, kHz) is an AM radio, AM radio station in Rumford, Maine. The station is owned by Stan Bennett, through licensee Bennett Radio Group. The station airs a conservative talk radio format. As a sports station, it was the home of the Portland Pirates American Hockey League, American League hockey, and Portland Sea Dogs Eastern League (1938–2020), Eastern League baseball. On weekday mornings and middays, some Christian talk and teaching programs were also heard. The station was assigned the WTME call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on July 11, 2001. WTME's programming was previously simulcast with WCNM (1240 AM) in Lewiston, Maine, Lewiston and WKTQ (1450 AM) in South Paris, Maine, South Paris. WCNM switched to HLN (TV channel), CNN Headline News in July 2001 and is now hot adult contemporary station WIGY (AM), WIGY, while WKTQ became country music station WOXO in August 2016 and is now WPNO, a simulcast of WEZR. On March 8, 2017, WTME changed its for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WIGY (AM)
WIGY (1240 AM broadcasting, AM) is a radio station owned by Bennett Radio Group that is licensed to serve Lewiston, Maine. WIGY airs a classic hits radio format. Its programming is also heard on translator stations W239ET (95.7 FM broadcasting, FM) and W288CW (105.5 FM broadcasting, FM). In addition to music, WIGY broadcast Lewiston–Auburn area high school sports. History The station was assigned the WEZR call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on January 18, 2007. On March 31, 2014, WEZR began simulcasting on 105.5 FM, via translator W288CW, and rebranded as Z105.5. On August 1, 2016, the station began simulcasting on WEZR-FM (92.7, formerly WOXO-FM, whose country music format was transferred to 1450 AM and 96.9 FM), expanding the format's reach to the Oxford Hills area; as a result, the station rebranded to "Maine's Big Z". In April 2019, WEZR rebranded as "Z105.5 & 96.9", reflecting the move of its Oxford Hills simulcast from WEZR-FM to WOXO (now WPNO). WEZR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WIGY-FM
WIGY-FM (100.7 FM broadcasting, FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Mexico, Maine. The station is owned by Stan Bennett, through licensee Bennett Radio Group, LLC. Established in 1988 as WTBM, WIGY-FM broadcasts a country music format, which it simulcasts with WOXO-FM (92.7). History WIGY-FM signed on September 15, 1988 as WTBM, owned by Tanist Broadcasting Corporation and programming country music, album-oriented rock, and adult contemporary music. Mountain Valley Broadcasting bought WTBM in 1990 and converted it to a simulcast of WOXO-FM (92.7). The station took on the WOXO-FM call letters on August 1, 2016; the call sign became available to 100.7 after the 92.7 FM facility became hot adult contemporary station WEZR-FM, with WOXO's country music programming airing on 100.7 FM and on WPNO, WOXO (1450 AM and 96.9 FM). In April 2019, the country format moved from WOXO back to WEZR-FM, retaining the simulcast on WOXO-FM. On September 27, 2019, the WEZR-FM call sign moved to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WOXO-FM
WOXO-FM (92.7 FM broadcasting, FM, "WOXO Country 92.7 & 100.7") is a radio station licensed to serve Norway, Maine, United States. Established in 1970 as WNWY-FM, the station is owned by Bennett Radio Group. WOXO-FM broadcasts a country music format, and simulcasts on Mexico, Maine, Mexico sister station WIGY-FM (100.7). History WOXO-FM signed on December 12, 1970 as WNWY-FM under the ownership of Oxford Hills Radio Communications. The station originally operated on 105.5 FM with a middle of the road (music), middle of the road format. By 1974, WNWY had moved to 92.7 FM, a change made to accommodate the move of Skowhegan, Maine, Skowhegan station WTOS-FM from 107.1 to 105.1, and was programming contemporary music, country music, pop, and gold. Richard Gleason, the general manager of WSKW and WTOS in Skowhegan, bought WNWY-FM for $120,000 in 1975; the following year, the call letters were changed to WOXO to reflect the station's service to Oxford County, Maine, Oxford County a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |