WJZN

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WJZN
Currently silent
Broadcast area Kennebec County, Maine
Frequency 1400kHz
Programming
Format Silent
Ownership
Owner
WEBB, WMME-FM
History
First air date
February 23, 1932;91 years ago (1932-02-23) [1]
Former call signs
  • WRDO (1932–1987)
  • WMME (1987–1995)
  • WEZW (1995–1996)
  • WLTI (1996)
  • WEZW (1996–2004)
Call sign meaning
warehoused from the now-WKIM in Munford, Tennessee
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 52604
Class C
Power 1,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
 44°17′30″N69°46′27″W / 44.29167°N 69.77417°W / 44.29167; -69.77417
Translator(s) 95.9 W240DH (Augusta)
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Public license information

WJZN (1400 AM) was a radio station licensed to serve Augusta, Maine, United States. The station, established in 1932 as WRDO, was owned by Townsquare Media; it broadcast an alternative rock format simulcast from WCYY in Portland prior to going silent in May 2023. WJZN's programming was also heard on W240DH (95.9 FM) in Augusta.

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History

WJZN went on the air February 23, 1932, [1] as WRDO, owned by the Rines family's Congress Square Hotel Company, who also owned WCSH in Portland and WFEA in Manchester, New Hampshire. [3] [4]

The Rines family sold WRDO to Ocean Coast Properties, owner of WPOR AM-FM in Portland, for $100,000 in 1974. [5] H&R Corporation bought the station for $225,000 in 1977. [6] By 1978, WRDO had a middle of the road format and was affiliated with the NBC Radio Network. [7] H&R sold WRDO to Sterling Broadcasting Corporation for $260,000 in 1980. [8] Sterling changed the station's format to country music in 1981; [9] the format was simulcast with FM sister station WSCL (92.1 FM). [10] Augusta-Waterville Broadcasters, controlled by the owners of WGHQ and WBPM in Kingston, New York, bought WRDO and WSCL for $425,000 in 1983. [11] By this point, the stations were simulcasting an adult contemporary format; WSCL had also moved to 92.3, [12] and that December changed its call letters to WRDO-FM. [13]

Augusta-Waterville Broadcasters sold WRDO and WRDO-FM to Marcom for $400,000 in 1986. [14] The call letters changed to WMME on March 1, 1987, [15] as the station began simulcasting a contemporary hit radio format with what had become WMME-FM. [16] Target Communications sold WMME and WMME-FM to Tri-Group for $1.4 million in 1988. [17] Pilot Communications bought the stations for $950,000 in 1993. [18] The call letters were changed to WEZW on August 17, 1995, [15] though the station continued to simulcast WMME-FM; [16] it then changed to WLTI on August 30, 1996, before returning to WEZW on September 25. [15]

Pilot's radio stations were acquired by Citadel Broadcasting in 1999 as part of its purchase of parent company Broadcasting Partners Holdings. [19] In January 2003, Citadel ended WEZW's simulcast of WMME-FM and switched the station to an adult standards format, simulcast with sister station WTVL (1490 AM) in Waterville under the "Kool" branding. [20] The call letters were changed to WJZN on October 14, 2004. [15]

Citadel merged with Cumulus Media on September 16, 2011. [21] Townsquare Media acquired Cumulus' Augusta-Waterville stations in 2012. [22] On July 14, 2016, WJZN split from its simulcast with WTVL and launched a classic rock format, branded as "Capital 95.9"; this followed the launch of FM translator W240DH (95.9 FM). [23]

On October 22, 2021, WJZN dropped the classic rock format and began stunting towards a new format to launch on Monday October 25. That day, the station began simulcasting a relaunched version of the alternative rock format from Portland sister station WCYY. [24] WCYY's expansion, which also included WPKQ in North Conway, New Hampshire, coincided with the syndication launch of Toucher and Rich from WBZ-FM in Boston, with the WCYY stations, along with Bangor sister station WEZQ, serving as the program's first affiliates. [24] On May 8, 2023, Townsquare Media filed an STA to take the station silent. [25]

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