Atlantic Coast Radio, LLC is a

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company located in the state of

Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and ...

, owned by longtime broadcaster J. J. Jeffrey. 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 WBLM 102.9 FM is a Classic Rock radio station licensed to Portland, Maine. The station has a studio in One City Center, along with co-owned Townsquare Media stations WJBQ, WCYY, WHOM and WPKQ. The station also serves as the Portland market af ...

and

WOKQ WOKQ (97.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format for the Manchester- Nashua-Concord and Dover-Rochester-Portsmouth, New Hampshire areas. The transmitter is located in Barrington, New Hampshire with the station's city of lic ...

but the company was dissolved in 1997 when

Citadel Broadcasting Citadel Broadcasting Corporation was a Las Vegas, Nevada-based broadcast holding company. Citadel owned 243 radio stations across the United States and was the third-largest radio station owner in the country. Only iHeartMedia and Cumulus Media ...

bought the group. Its studios are located at 779 Warren Ave. in

Portland, Maine Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maine and the seat of Cumberland County. Portland's population was 68,408 in April 2020. The Greater Portland metropolitan area is home to over half a million people, the 104th-largest metropo ...

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 The Rhythmic chart (also called Rhythmic Airplay, and previously named Rhythmic Songs, Rhythmic Top 40 and CHR/Rhythmic) is an airplay chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine. The chart tracks and measures the airplay of songs played on ...

WRED 95.9, ''Red Hot 95.9'', would be eliminated, turning into a WEEI multicast station under the calls

WPEI WPEI (95.9 FM) is a WEEI Sports Radio Network station serving the Portland, Maine area. The station is owned by Atlantic Coast Radio. History On July 18, 1982, WPEI signed on as WPIG with a country format and the slogan "Southern Maine's Coun ...

. 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 WLOB (1310 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Portland, Maine. The station is owned by Atlantic Coast Radio and airs a Talk radio format. The studios and transmitter are on Warren Avenue in Portland. WLOB operates at 5000 wa ...

newsradio's FM simulcast on 96.3 FM would turn into the new FM simulcast of The Big Jab, and

would go strictly AM on 1310 AM. So that

didn't have to be heard in AM sound only,

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

. The station has since changed call letters to

WPPI WPPI (95.5 FM) is a sports radio station in the Portland, Maine area. The current owner is Atlantic Coast Radio. The station mostly carries the same programs as WEEI-FM from Boston. Some local commercials take the place of Boston commercials ...

. WLOB is no longer AM only, which it was from September 2008 to March 2009.

Current stations

1310 AM and

95.5 FM

News/Talk Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues and consisting entirely or almost entirely of original spoken word content rather than outside music. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often featur ...

* WJJB 96.3 FM,

WRED (AM) WRED may refer to: * Weighted random early detection, a queue management algorithm used in computer networking * WRED (AM), a radio station (1440 AM) licensed to Westbrook, Maine, United States * WPEI, a radio station (95.9 FM) licensed to Saco, Ma ...

1440 AM, translator W223BH 92.5 FM,

Sports Sport pertains to any form of competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, ...

. *

95.9 FM,

WEEI-FM WEEI-FM (93.7 MHz) – branded SportsRadio 93.7 WEEI-FM – is a commercial sports radio station licensed to Lawrence, Massachusetts, serving Greater Boston and much of surrounding New England. Owned by Audacy, Inc., WEEI-FM is the Boston aff ...

multicast station.

Former stations (as Fuller-Jeffrey Broadcasting)

* Seacoast market:

97.5,

WPKQ WPKQ (103.7 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to North Conway, New Hampshire. It is owned by Townsquare Media and it simulcasts the alternative rock radio format of its sister station 94.3 WCYY. It is an affiliate of the New E ...

103.7,

WXBB WXBB (94.7 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station in Erie, Pennsylvania. It is branded as "''94.7 Bob FM''" and carries an adult hits format as of January 5, 2007. The station is owned by iHeartMedia. WXBB's studios are located in the Boston ...

105.3, WXBP 102.1. *

Portland Portland most commonly refers to: * Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States * Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...

market: WCYI 93.9,

WCYY WCYY (94.3 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Biddeford, Maine, and serving the Portland metropolitan area. Its target audience are men between 18 and 44. The station airs an active/alternative rock radio format and is owned by Townsq ...

94.3,

WHOM WHOM (94.9 FM, "94.9 HOM") is an American radio station which airs an adult contemporary radio format. WHOM is owned by Townsquare Media and transmits from atop Mount Washington in New Hampshire, its community of license. Mount Washington ...

94.9,

WJBQ WJBQ (97.9 FM; ''Q97 dot 9'') is a radio station in Portland, Maine, United States, which airs a CHR/Top 40 format. It transmits its signal from Gray, Maine, which can be heard throughout Southwestern Maine, and into portions of adjacent New Ham ...

97.9,

WCLZ WCLZ (98.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to North Yarmouth, Maine with studios located in Portland, Maine. Since 2001 WCLZ has been broadcasting an adult alternative format. It is under ownership of Saga Communications. Programming WCLZ o ...

98.9,

102.9.

References

{{reflist Radio broadcasting companies of the United States Companies based in Maine