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| Broadcast area | Western Maine |
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| Frequency | 780 kHz |
| Branding | The Patriot |
| Programming | |
| Format | Conservative talk |
| Affiliations | Westwood One |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WIGY, WIGY-FM, WOXO-FM, WPNO | |
| History | |
First air date | August 21, 1953 [1] |
Former call signs | WRUM (1952–1997) WLLB (1997–2001) WTME (2001-2020) WIGY (2020) [2] |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 9209 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 1,000 watts day 18 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 44°30′53″N70°31′01″W / 44.51472°N 70.51694°W Coordinates: 44°30′53″N70°31′01″W / 44.51472°N 70.51694°W |
| Translator(s) | 98.3 W252DS (Rumford) |
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Public license information | |
WEZR (780 kHz) is an AM radio station in Rumford, Maine. The station is owned by Stan Bennett, through licensee Bennett Radio Group. The station airs a conservative talk radio format. As a sports station, it was the home of the Portland Pirates American League hockey, and Portland Sea Dogs Eastern League baseball. [3] On weekday mornings and middays, some Christian talk and teaching programs were also heard.
The station was assigned the WTME call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on July 11, 2001. [2]
WTME's programming was previously simulcast with WCNM (1240 AM) in Lewiston and WKTQ (1450 AM) in South Paris. [4] WCNM switched to CNN Headline News in July 2001 [5] and is now hot adult contemporary station WIGY, while WKTQ became country music station WOXO in August 2016 [6] and is now WPNO, a simulcast of WEZR.
On March 8, 2017, WTME changed its format to sports, with programming from NBC Sports Radio.
WTME, along with its sister stations, went off the air March 29, 2020, citing financial considerations that included expected reduction in advertising revenue attributed to COVID-19. [7] The stations had been up for sale following the death of owner Dick Gleason in February 2019. [8] A sale of the Gleason Media Group stations to Bennett Radio Group was announced in May 2020, [9] and was consummated on August 5, 2020, at a sale price of $500,000.
On August 9, 2020, WTME changed its call letters to WIGY, and returned to the air on August 19, 2020, as Hot AC "WIGY", which it returned to simulcasting WEZR (the former WCNM) and WPNO (the former WKTQ) in the process. [10] It changed its callsign to the current WEZR on September 7, 2020. However, in 2021, the format later shifted to classic hits, as "105.5 & 96.9 WIGY".
On October 26, 2021, WEZR and W252DS, along with WPNO and its translator, split from the simulcast with WIGY and flipped to conservative talk, branded as "The Patriot". [11]
WXKS – branded Talk 1200 – is a commercial news/talk radio station licensed to Newton, Massachusetts, serving the Greater Boston area. Owned by iHeartMedia, WXKS serves as the Boston affiliate for Fox News Radio, The Glenn Beck Program, The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, The Sean Hannity Show and The Mark Levin Show; and the home of syndicated personalities Bill Handel, Ron Wilson, Gary Sullivan and Leo Laporte. The WXKS studios are located in the Boston suburb of Medford, while the station transmitter resides in Newton. Besides its main analog transmission, WXKS streams online via iHeartRadio.
WRKO is a commercial news/talk radio station licensed to Boston, Massachusetts, serving Greater Boston and much of surrounding New England. Owned by iHeartMedia, WRKO is a Class B AM station that provides secondary coverage to portions of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Maine during the day, but is highly directional at night to protect a number of clear-channel stations on adjacent frequencies. WRKO serves as the Boston affiliate for ABC News Radio, Coast to Coast AM and This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal; syndicated personalities Joe Pags, John Batchelor and Bill Cunningham; the flagship station of The Howie Carr Show, and the home of radio personality Jeff Kuhner. The WRKO studios are located in the Boston suburb of Medford, while the station transmitter resides in nearby Burlington. Besides its main analog transmission, WRKO simulcasts over the HD2 subchannel of sister station WZLX, and streams online via iHeartRadio.
WHTP is a commercial radio station licensed to Gardiner, Maine, United States. It serves the Lewiston-Auburn and Augusta metropolitan areas. The station is owned by MaineInvests LLC. It airs a rhythmic contemporary format, branded as Hot Radio Maine, simulcast with WHTP-FM (104.7) in Kennebunkport and WHZP in Veazie.
WKOX is a commercial AM radio station owned by the Delmarva Educational Association. It broadcasts a Spanish Christian format. The station is licensed to Everett, Massachusetts and targets Boston and its suburbs. It broadcasts from radio studios in Medford. The transmitter site is also in Medford at a separate location.
WHTP-FM is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Kennebunkport, Maine, serving York County and southern Cumberland County, Maine. Its signal is broadcast from the same location. Established in 1994, WHTP-FM is owned by Mainestream Media. The station broadcasts a rhythmic top 40 format.
WPKQ is a radio station licensed to and based in North Conway, New Hampshire, and is owned by Townsquare Media. It transmits from atop Mount Washington in New Hampshire, the tallest peak in the Northeast, alongside sister station WHOM. Despite primarily serving northern New Hampshire and western Maine, WPKQ's city-grade signal covers portions of New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, and Quebec. WPKQ broadcasts an alternative rock format as a simulcast of WCYY. The station serves as the northern New Hampshire and Lewiston-Auburn, Maine area affiliate for the New England Patriots Radio Network.
WNNH is a commercial radio station owned by Binnie Media. WNNH is licensed to Henniker, New Hampshire, and serves the Concord-Manchester area. Its transmitter is on Watchtower Road in Hopkinton and its studios and offices are on Church Street in Concord.
WWLK-FM is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Meredith, New Hampshire, and serving the Lakes Region. The station broadcasts a soft adult contemporary radio format and is owned by Dirk Nadon, through licensee Lakes Media, LLC. The studios and offices are on Church Street in Concord, New Hampshire.
WBAK is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Belfast, Maine. It is owned by Blueberry Broadcasting, and broadcasts a classic hits radio format. Its programming is also simulcast on WBKA in Bar Harbor, as well as WABK-FM in Gardiner.
WLAM is a radio station broadcasting an oldies format. Licensed to Lewiston, Maine, United States, the station serves the Lewiston-Auburn area. Established in 1947, the station is owned by Robert Bittner through licensee Blue Jey Broadcasting Co., and simulcasts with WLVP. Its 5,000-watt signal can be heard at day throughout most of Southern Maine and portions of New Hampshire and Massachusetts, and at night throughout most of New England and portions of New York and Canada.
WSKP is a radio station licensed to serve Hope Valley, Rhode Island. The station is owned by John Fuller's Red Wolf Broadcasting Corporation. It airs an oldies format. WSKP operates as part of "Kool Radio", a trimulcast that also includes WNTY in Southington, Connecticut, and WACM in Springfield, Massachusetts. WSKP also simulcasts on the HD3 channel of WBMW in Pawcatuck, Connecticut, as well as translator stations W282CB in Hope Valley and W283BW in New London, Connecticut.
WICU is a radio station broadcasting a contemporary hit radio format. Licensed to Warren, Pennsylvania, United States, the station is a simulcast of Erie-based WICU-FM (92.7); its programming is also heard on translator station W244DY. WICU is owned by Lilly Broadcasting.
WSNO is a radio station licensed to serve Barre, Vermont. Established in 1959, the station is owned by Jeffrey Shapiro's Great Eastern Radio. The station broadcasts an adult hits format, simulcast from Burlington-market WSNO-FM in Au Sable. WSNO's programming is also heard on translator W289CH.
WOXO-FM is a radio station licensed to serve Norway, Maine, United States. Established in 1970 as WNWY-FM, the station is owned by Bennett Radio Group. WOXO-FM broadcasts a country music format, and simulcasts on Mexico sister station WIGY-FM (100.7).
WPNO is a radio station licensed to serve South Paris, Maine. The station is owned by Bennett Radio Group. WPNO airs a conservative talk format simulcast with WEZR and W252DS in Rumford. WPNO also operates translator station W245CQ in South Paris. WPNO went on the air in 1955 as WKTQ, and was assigned its present call letters on September 26, 2019.
WIGY is a radio station owned by Bennett Radio Group that is licensed to serve Lewiston, Maine. The station is. WIGY airs a classic hits radio format. Its programming is also heard on translator stations W239ET and W288CW. In addition to music, WIGY broadcast Lewiston–Auburn area high school sports.
WUPE-FM is a Classic Hits radio station owned by Townsquare Media. Licensed to North Adams, Massachusetts, United States, WUPE-FM serves Pittsfield.
WBAS is an AM radio station licensed to West Yarmouth, Massachusetts, and serving Cape Cod. It is owned by Bob Bittner and broadcasts an adult standards radio format. He also owns similarly-formatted stations 740 WJIB in Cambridge, Massachusetts, serving Boston, and 730 WJTO in Bath, Maine, serving Portland.
WIGY-FM is a radio station licensed to serve Mexico, Maine. The station is owned by Stan Bennett, through licensee Bennett Radio Group, LLC. Established in 1988 as WTBM, WIGY-FM broadcasts a country music format, which it simulcasts with WOXO-FM (92.7).
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