WVQM

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WVQM
Simulcasting WVOM-FM, Howland–Bangor
Broadcast area Kennebec and Somerset County, Maine
Frequency 101.3 MHz
BrandingVOM, The Voice of Maine
Programming
Format Talk
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Blueberry Broadcasting
  • (Blueberry Broadcasting, LLC)
WABK-FM, WQSK, WMCM, WVOM-FM, WQSS, WTOS-FM
History
First air date
July 1961;63 years ago (1961-07) (as WFAU-FM)
Former call signs
  • WFAU-FM (1961–1982)
  • WKCG (1982–2009)
Call sign meaning
similar to WVOM
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 68660
Class B
ERP 41,000 watts
HAAT 113 meters (371 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 44°18′36.2″N69°49′49.2″W / 44.310056°N 69.830333°W / 44.310056; -69.830333
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website wvomfm.com

WVQM (101.3 FM) is a commercial radio station in Augusta, Maine. It simulcasts a talk radio format with 103.9 WVOM-FM in Bangor. The stations are owned by Blueberry Broadcasting. [2] The radio studios and offices are on Target Industrial Circle in Bangor with additional studios at Community Drive in Augusta.

Contents

WVQM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 41,000 watts. The transmitter is on Winthrop Street in Hallowell, Maine. [3]

Programming

Weekdays on WVQM and WVOM-FM begin with a local news and information show hosted by George Hale and Ric Tyler. The rest of the weekday schedule is from nationally syndicated conservative talk shows: Glenn Beck, The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show , Howie Carr, Sean Hannity, Ground Zero with Clyde Lewis and Coast to Coast AM with George Noory .

Weekends feature shows on health, money, technology, the outdoors, food, real estate, cars, senior citizens and repeats of weekday shows. Weekend hosts include Kim Komando, Somewhere in Time with Art Bell and The Car Doctor with Ron Ananian. WVQM and WVOM carry University of Maine Black Bears Football. Most hours begin with world and national news from Fox News Radio.

History

In July 1961, the station signed on as WFAU-FM, the FM counterpart to WFAU 1340 AM (now WMDR). It largely simulcast the AM's programming.

On July 5, 1982, the station changed its call sign to WKCG. [4] WKCG played country music until March 1, 1999, when the station adopted the adult contemporary format vacated by then sister station WCTB. [5]

Former logo The Voice of Maine logo.png
Former logo

On January 5, 2009, the station dropped the Star 101 imaging and the adult contemporary format for a simulcast of talk radio station WVOM. WCME picked up the adult contemporary format and the Star imaging before switching several months later to a simulcast of WTOS-FM. In February 2009, WKCG switched call signs to WVQM, similar to its simulcast partner WVOM.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WVQM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ "WVQM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ "WVQM-FM 101.3 MHz - Augusta, ME". radio-locator.com. Retrieved October 22, 2024.
  4. ↑ "WKCG Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  5. ↑ "North East RadioWatch: March 5, 1999". www.bostonradio.org. Retrieved October 22, 2024.


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