WIGY-FM

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WIGY-FM
Simulcast of WOXO-FM, Norway, Maine
WOXO-FM Country 92.7 100.7 logo.png
Broadcast area Oxford County, Maine
Frequency 100.7 MHz
BrandingWOXO Country 92.7 & 100.7
Programming
Format Country
Ownership
Owner
  • Stan Bennett
  • (Bennett Radio Group, LLC)
WEZR, WIGY, WOXO-FM, WPNO, Channel X Radio
History
First air date
September 15, 1988;35 years ago (1988-09-15) [1]
Former call signs
  • WTBM (1987–2016)
  • WOXO-FM (2016–2019)
  • WEZR-FM (2019)
  • WRMO-FM (2019–2020)
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 46323
Class C3
ERP 850 watts
HAAT 388 meters (1,273 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 44°34′56.2″N70°37′57.2″W / 44.582278°N 70.632556°W / 44.582278; -70.632556
Links
Public license information
Webcast
Website woxo.com

WIGY-FM (100.7 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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History

WIGY-FM signed on September 15, 1988, [1] as WTBM, owned by Tanist Broadcasting Corporation and programming country music, album-oriented rock, and adult contemporary music. [3] Mountain Valley Broadcasting bought WTBM in 1990 [4] and converted it to a simulcast of WOXO-FM (92.7). [5] The station took on the WOXO-FM call letters on August 1, 2016; [6] the call sign became available to 100.7 after the 92.7 FM facility became hot adult contemporary station WEZR-FM, with WOXO's country music programming airing on 100.7 FM and on WOXO (1450 AM and 96.9 FM). [7] [8]

In April 2019, the country format moved from WOXO back to WEZR-FM, retaining the simulcast on WOXO-FM. [9] On September 27, 2019, the WEZR-FM call sign moved to 100.7, with 92.7 returning to WOXO-FM; [10] on October 8, 100.7's call sign was changed to WRMO-FM. [6]

WRMO-FM, 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. [11] The stations had been up for sale following the death of owner Dick Gleason in February 2019. [12] A sale of the Gleason Media Group stations to Bennett Radio Group was announced in May 2020, [13] and was consummated on August 5, 2020, at a sale price of $300,000.

On August 9, 2020, WRMO-FM changed its call letters to WIGY-FM; it returned to the air on August 10, once again simulcasting WOXO-FM as "WOXO Country". [14]

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