WARX

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WARX
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Broadcast area Lewiston-Auburn–Augusta–Portland, Maine
Frequency 93.9 MHz
BrandingAir1
Programming
Format Contemporary worship music
Affiliations Air1
Ownership
Owner Educational Media Foundation
History
First air date
February 29, 1948;76 years ago (1948-02-29)
Former call signs
  • WCOU-FM (1948–1979)
  • WAYU (1979–1988)
  • WXGL-FM (1988–1994)
  • WCYI (1994–2008)
Call sign meaning
Air1
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 26389
Class B
ERP 27,500 watts
HAAT 193 meters (633 ft)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website air1.com

WARX (93.9 FM) is a non-commercial radio station in Lewiston, Maine that features worship music programming from Air1. It is under ownership of the Educational Media Foundation.

The station (at that time WCYI), along with co-owned WCLZ, was transferred to The Last Bastion Station Trust, LLC, due to parent company Citadel Broadcasting buying out ABC Radio. The station kept the Opie & Anthony Show . In October 2007 Saga Communications bought WCLZ, dropping the simulcast but keeping the Opie & Anthony Show, thus resulting in WCYI programming an automated Blues format in October 2007.

The station has had several previous on-air slogans including Eagle 94 as an oldies formatted station. It also simulcasted WCYY for over 10 years until the transfer to The Last Bastion Station Trust, LLC, when it switched to a simulcast of WCLZ.

On February 21, 2008, it was announced that the Educational Media Foundation bought WCYI for a reported $1 million. [2] In early March 2008 it was report that WCYI would likely become an affiliate of EMF's K-Love contemporary Christian music format. [2] However, later the same month, it was reported that the station would carry Air 1 (sister network to K-Love) according to EMF's vice president of communications. [3] On August 15, 2008, the station changed its call letters to WARX. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WARX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. 1 2 Fybush, Scott (March 3, 2008). "This Week's Bloodbath: Citadel". NorthEast Radio Watch.
  3. ↑ "Blues station WCYI to be sold". mainetoday.com. March 19, 2008. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved March 19, 2008.
  4. ↑ "Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved August 22, 2008.

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