WYAR (88.3

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) is a

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broadcasting an Adult standards

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, United States, with the

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and tower located on nearby

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, the station serves the

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and Lewiston-

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area. The station, established by Gary King in 1998, is licensed to Heritage Radio Society, Inc., a

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non-profit corporation. WYAR has a large collection of more than 10,000

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records, many of which have been enhanced by digital signal processing. The station also airs some early

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programming and community issues and news.

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Community radio stations in the United States Yarmouth, Maine Radio stations established in 1998 {{Maine-radio-station-stub

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