Atlantic Coast Radio, LLC is a
radio company located in the state of
Maine, owned by longtime broadcaster
J. J. Jeffrey
J.J. Jeffrey (born Joseph Noyes Jeffrey, Jr. on 29 May 1940 in Portland, Maine.) is an American radio executive and a former prominent Top 40 disc jockey. His work aired on United States' rock-and-roll stations during the 1960s and 1970s.
Jeffre ...
. It was incorporated in 1982 and has a staff count of approximately twenty. Prior to the current radio group, Jeffrey was a partner in Fuller-Jeffrey Broadcasting with Bob Fuller. Fuller-Jeffery's portfolio included
WBLM and
WOKQ but the company was dissolved in 1997 when
Citadel Broadcasting bought the group. Its studios are located at 779 Warren Ave. in
Portland, Maine.
2008 changes
In August 2008 the company announced some big changes with its stations that would take place in late August 2008 and September 1. The changes were that
Rhythmic Top 40 WRED 95.9, ''Red Hot 95.9'', would be eliminated, turning into a
WEEI multicast station under the calls
WPEI. The Big Jab's FM simulcast on 95.5 FM would turn into a WEEI multicast station as well, under the call letters of
WGEI.
WLOB newsradio's FM simulcast on 96.3 FM would turn into the new FM simulcast of The Big Jab, and
WLOB would go strictly AM on 1310 AM. So that
WLOB didn't have to be heard in AM sound only,
WLOB starting streaming online in September 2008, as Atlantic Coast Radio's first station to stream online. The Big Jab now brands itself under its FM simulcast as "96.3 The Big Jab". The Big Jab started streaming online in the spring of 2009.
In April 2009
WGEI 95.5
FM, flipped from a WEEI multicast station to a simulcast of
AM sister station
WLOB. The station has since changed call letters to
WPPI. WLOB is no longer AM only, which it was from September 2008 to March 2009.
Current stations
*
WLOB 1310 AM and
WPPI 95.5 FM
News/Talk
*
WJJB 96.3 FM,
WRED (AM) 1440
AM, translator W223BH 92.5 FM,
Sports.
*
WPEI 95.9 FM,
WEEI-FM multicast station.
Former stations (as Fuller-Jeffrey Broadcasting)
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Seacoast
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market:
WOKQ 97.5,
WPKQ 103.7,
WXBB 105.3,
WXBP
WXBP (90.3 FM) is a Catholic talk radio station licensed to serve Corinth, Maine, United States. The station is an affiliate of Relevant Radio and is owned by Relevant Radio, Inc. The station signed on during the winter of 2011 as a simulcast of ...
102.1.
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Portland
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market:
WCYI 93.9,
WCYY 94.3,
WHOM 94.9,
WJBQ 97.9,
WCLZ 98.9,
WBLM 102.9.
References
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Radio broadcasting companies of the United States
Companies based in Maine