WNSX

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WNSX
Broadcast area Downeast Maine
Frequency 97.7 MHz
BrandingStar 97.7
Programming
Format Classic hits
Ownership
OwnerCodin Broadcasting, LLC
History
First air date
1999 (1999)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 66712
Class B
ERP 50,000 watts
HAAT 149 meters (489 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 44°33′13″N68°5′40″W / 44.55361°N 68.09444°W / 44.55361; -68.09444
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website Star977.com

WNSX (97.7 MHz Star 97.7) is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting a classic hits radio format. The station signed on in 1999 as WNSX. Licensed to Winter Harbor, Maine, the station's studios and offices are on Maine State Route 3 (High Street) in Ellsworth. It serves Downeast Maine, including Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Bucksport, and Machias.

Contents

WNSX is owned by Codin Broadcasting, LLC. [2] WNSX's music format is a mix which includes primarily soft and mid-tempo classic rock artists such as The Eagles, Genesis, Boston, The Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Billy Joel and Elton John, but avoids more harder-edged artists like AC/DC, Def Leppard, Guns N' Roses, and Jimi Hendrix. The station uses the slogan "Smooth Rock 'n' Roll" to indicate it does not play rock songs that are too hard-edged.

WNSX's transmitter is off Tunk Lake Road in Sullivan. [3] The station's primary signal serves Hancock and Washington Counties.

History

The former logo of WNSX from 2005 until August 31, 2014, under their "Smooth Rock N Roll" branding WNSX logo.png
The former logo of WNSX from 2005 until August 31, 2014, under their "Smooth Rock N Roll" branding

Maine businessman Scott Hogg was granted a construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission to build a new FM station at 97.7 in the mid-1990s. It used the call sign WAKN before making it to the air. [4]

The station signed on in 1999 as WNSX. [5] It originally simulcast its then-sister station WMDI (now WBKA).

In 2001, the station was purchased by Clear Channel Communications for $1.1 million. It began simulcasting the classic rock format of its sister station 101.7 WFZX. WNSX later flipped to a sports radio format, carrying Fox Sports Radio for several years before returning to a simulcast of WFZX.

In 2005, the station was sold to Stony Creek Broadcasting, with Mark L. Osborne as managing member. The cost was $800,000. [6] WNSX then switched to its current format of classic hits. [7]

In 2024, the station was sold to Codin Broadcasting, LLC. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WNSX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "WNSX Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/WNSX
  4. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2000 page D-204
  5. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2003-2004 page D-217
  6. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2007 page D-247
  7. ↑ "RBR's Daily Morning Epaper".
  8. ↑ Star 97 owner announces retirement and sale of station to longtime employee Sarah Halberstadt, Ellsworth American, April 24, 2024


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