WHZP (1400
AM) is a
broadcast
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radio station
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licensed to
Veazie, Maine
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, serving
Bangor,
Brewer
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,
Old Town
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, and
Orono in
Maine
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.
WHZP is owned and operated by MaineInvests, LLC.
On January 9, 2020, the then-WCYR dropped its
classic country
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Repertoire
The radio format specializes in hits from the 1950s through the early 1980s, and focus primarily on innov ...
format and began simulcasting with
WJYE in Gardiner, which itself had begun
stunting with a loop of
Drake
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Animals
* A male duck
People and fictional characters
* Drake (surname), a list of people and fictional characters with the family name
* Drake (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
* ...
's "
Hotline Bling
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", pending the launch of a new format on January 13. On that day, WCYR and WJYE began a trimulcast with sister station
WHTP in
Portland
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, and rebranded as Hot Radio Maine. The stunt came shortly after the sale of WCYR to WJYE's ownership was announced
the sale was consummated on January 31, 2020. The call sign was changed to WHZP on March 1, 2020.
References
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2005 establishments in Maine
Radio stations established in 2005
HZP
HZP
Rhythmic contemporary radio stations in the United States
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