WXME (780 AM) is a radio station located in Monticello, Maine, United States serving the Northern Maine market and broadcasts a news/talk and rock music format. The station is owned and operated by Allan Weiner, who also owns the shortwave station WBCQ. WXME's broadcast facilities are co-located with WBCQ shortwave and WBCQ-FM 94.7.

History

WXME was formerly known as WCXH 780, WREM 710, and WOZW 710. WREM broadcast a variety of formats ranging from classic rock and alternative rock to talk radio and religious programming. For a number of years, WREM simulcasted talk radio from

WEGP WEGP (1390 AM) is a radio station in Presque Isle, Maine. The station airs a Catholic talk format as an affiliate of Relevant Radio, and is owned by Relevant Radio, Inc. WEGP's transmitter is off Chapman Road in Presque Isle. It is the most po ...

. In the summer of 2007, the station moved to 780

kHz The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI), equivalent to one event (or cycle) per second. The hertz is an SI derived unit whose expression in terms of SI base units is s−1, meaning that on ...

, increased power to 5,000 watts daytime non-directional and 60 watts nighttime non-directional, and changed its call sign to WCXH, simulcasting

Channel X Radio Channel X Radio is a network of adult contemporary/ oldies/ full-service formatted American radio stations in Aroostook County, Maine. With studios in Caribou the stations are heard through various transmitters throughout Aroostook County. ...

from Caribou, Maine. By 2008, WCXH had dropped the Channel X Radio simulcast; on September 10, 2008, the station changed its call letters to WXME. In 2009 the station carried a talk radio format largely from

Fox News Radio Fox News Radio is an American radio network owned by Fox News. It is syndicated to over 500 AM and FM radio stations across the United States. It also supplies programming for three channels on Sirius XM Satellite Radio. History In 2003, ...

. From March 2010 to July 2010 the station simulcasted Central Maine-based WSKW's oldies format before reverting to the previous News/Talk format. In February 2011 the station returned to a simulcast of

. In the summer of 2014 WXME changed to an oldies/ classic hits format before reverting to a News/Talk format in early 2015. In 2018, WXME obtained a license for an FM translator on

98.3 FM The following radio stations broadcast on FM frequency 98.3 MHz: Argentina * Radio La Red (Rosario) in Rosario, Santa Fe * Radio María in San Carlos Minas, Córdoba * Radio María in Merlo, San Luis Australia * 1XXR in Canberra, Australian C ...

. Since then, the station has broadcast a news/talk format during the daylight hours and rock music at night.

References

External links

XME Mass media in Aroostook County, Maine News and talk radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1981 {{Maine-radio-station-stub