WMME-FM

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WMME-FM
Broadcast areaSouth-Central Maine
Frequency 92.3 MHz
Branding92 Moose
Programming
Format Top 40 (CHR)
Affiliations Compass Media Networks
Ownership
Owner
WEBB, WJZN
History
First air date
January 14, 1981 (1981-01-14) [1]
Former call signs
  • WSCL (1981–1983)
  • WRDO-FM (1983–1987)
Former frequencies
92.1MHz (1981–1982)
Call sign meaning
"Moose Maine"
Technical information
Facility ID 52605
Class B
ERP 50,000 watts
HAAT 152 meters (499 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 44°20′06″N69°40′59″W / 44.335°N 69.683°W / 44.335; -69.683
Links
Webcast Listen live
Website 92moose.fm

WMME-FM (92.3 MHz), known as "92 Moose", is a radio station located in Augusta, Maine. The station airs a top 40 (CHR) format. The station has an effective radiated power of 50,000 watts, meaning that the station can be heard across much of Central, Western, and Mid-Coast Maine. WMME's transmitter is located on U.S. Route 202, about 6 miles northeast of downtown Augusta. The station is owned by Townsquare Media.

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History

The station first signed on the air on January 14, 1981 as WSCL with a country format. In 1983, the station began simulcasting WRDO-AM and its FM call letters changed to WRDO-FM. Both stations aired an adult contemporary music format and was an affiliation with NBC's The Source. On March 9, 1987, both stations split up their simulcast when the FM frequency flipped its format to Top 40/CHR and "The All-New 92 Moose" is born. Following its launch as "Moose", the station dominated the local Top 40 ratings in Augusta beating out both WGAN and WIGY-FM in a landslide throughout both the late-1980s and early-1990s.

On air personalities include Renee Nelson, Cooper Fox, Brittany Rose, Kayla Thomas and Matt James. On weekday mornings, the station airs the "Moose Morning Show" (originally known as "Rocky Shore and Bullwinkle", named after Jay Ward's Rocky and Bullwinkle), a popular morning program in Central Maine.

References

  1. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-197. Retrieved March 10, 2015.


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