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WBLM
WBLM (102.9 FM) is a classic rock radio station licensed to Portland, Maine. The station has a studio in One City Center, along with co-owned Townsquare Media stations WJBQ, WCYY and WHOM. The station also serves as the Portland market affiliate for the New England Patriots Radio Network. WBLM is one of only a few FM Stations in New England licensed to operate at 100,000 watts, meaning that the station can be received from almost anywhere within a 90-mile radius of its transmitter. WBLM broadcasts from a tower near Route 121 in Raymond that is the second tallest man-made structure in Maine (second only to the tower for WMTW TV 8). In the movie '' City Slickers'', Billy Crystal's character claimed to have been a sales executive for the fictional station "WBLM Radio". History WBLM signed on the air on March 1, 1973, on 107.5 MHz. By day, it played beautiful music (also known as easy listening, mostly instrumental versions of Broadway, Hollywood, and popular hits) with f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTHT
WTHT (99.9 FM; "The Wolf") is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. Licensed to Auburn, Maine, the station serves Greater Portland. It is owned by Binnie Media, with studios on Thomas Drive in Westbrook. Programming was simulcast on WBQQ (99.3 FM) in Kennebunk from 2012 until 2024, when WBQQ launched a York County–oriented soft oldies format. WTHT is a Class B station. It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 28,500 watts. The transmitter is roughly halfway between Lewiston-Auburn and Portland, on Gloucester Hill Road in New Gloucester. History WTHT intellectual property The first usage of the WTHT call sign in the Portland area was on 102.9 FM under the moniker of "FM 103", playing CHR/Top 40 music, licensed to Portland, and operating at 100,000 watts ERP from June 1987 until December 1989. In 1989, an agreement was made between album rock station WBLM, which at the time was broadcasting on 107.5 FM, and WTHT to swap frequencies while retai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WYNZ
WYNZ (100.9 FM, "Whoopie 100.9"), is a commercial radio station licensed to South Portland, Maine, and serving the Portland metropolitan area. It is owned by Saga Communications and airs an adult hits radio format. The studios and offices are on Western Avenue in South Portland. WYNZ has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 25,000 watts, but from a tower at only 93 meters (305 ft) in height above average terrain (HAAT), limiting its coverage area. That contrasts with other Portland stations such as WBLM and WFNK that have taller towers and are powered at 100,000 watts. WYNZ's transmitter is behind the studios in South Portland, near the Maine Turnpike. History WRQN and WLOB-FM On January 13, 1976, the station signed on as WRQN. It was a hot adult contemporary station. WRQN originally was licensed to Westbrook and owned by Japat, Inc. WRQN was powered at less than 1,000 watts, only heard in Portland and its adjacent suburbs. In 1977, it was sold to the ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland, Maine
Portland is the List of municipalities in Maine, most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine and the county seat, seat of Cumberland County, Maine, Cumberland County. Portland's population was 68,408 at the 2020 census. The Portland metropolitan area, Maine, Greater Portland metropolitan area has a population of approximately 550,000 people. Historically tied to commercial shipping, the marine economy, and light industry, Portland's economy in the 21st century relies mostly on the service sector. The Port of Portland (Maine), Port of Portland is the second-largest tonnage seaport in the New England area as of 2019. The city seal depicts a Phoenix (mythology), phoenix rising from ashes, a reference to Portland's recovery from four devastating fires. Portland was named after the English Isle of Portland. In turn, the city of Portland, Oregon, was named after Portland, Maine. The word ''Portland'' is derived from the Old English word ''Portlanda'', which means "land surrounding a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCYY
WCYY (94.3 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Biddeford, Maine, and serving the Portland metropolitan area. Its target audience are men between 18 and 44. The station airs an active/alternative rock radio format and is owned by Townsquare Media. WCYY studios are at One City Center in Portland. WCYY has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 11,500 watts. The transmitter is on Cascade Road in Saco, Maine. WCYY is simulcast on WPKQ (103.7 FM) in North Conway, New Hampshire, which transmits from Mount Washington and covers a large swath of northern New England. History WIDE-FM, WBYC, WYJY and WSTG The station signed on the air in August 1972 as WIDE-FM. It simulcast the middle of the road programming of its sister station WIDE (1400 AM; now WVAE). The stations were owned by Hoy Communications and were affiliates of the ABC Information Radio Network. WIDE-FM became WBYC ("We're Beautiful York County") on March 1, 1981, with a beautiful music format. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WPKQ
WPKQ (103.7 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to North Conway, New Hampshire. It is owned by Townsquare Media and simulcasts the alternative rock format of 94.3 WCYY from the Portland, Maine, area. It is an affiliate of the New England Patriots Radio Network. WPKQ shares its main studio with WCYY at One City Center in Portland, Maine, with its sales office and auxiliary studio located in North Conway. WPKQ has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 22,500 watts. Its transmitter is atop Mount Washington, the tallest peak in the Northeast, alongside sister station WHOM (94.9 FM). It primarily serves northern New Hampshire and western Maine, but its city-grade signal can also be heard in parts of Vermont and Quebec. History The 103.7 frequency now occupied by WPKQ began in March 1952 as WMOU-FM, the FM sister station to WMOU (1230 AM) in Berlin. The stations became WKCB and WKCQ in 1957, but returned to their original callsigns two years later. WMOU-FM se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WJBQ
WJBQ (97.9 FM; ''Q97 dot 9'') is a commercial radio station in Portland, Maine. It is owned by Townsquare Media and it airs a top 40 (CHR) format. The studios and offices are at One City Center in Downtown Portland. WJBQ has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 16,000 watts as a Class B station. Its transmitter is on Eagles Nest Road in Gray, Maine, near the Maine Turnpike. The signal can be heard throughout Southwestern Maine, into portions of adjacent New Hampshire, and occasionally in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. History WLOB-FM and WDCS history In June 1960, the station signed on as WLOB-FM, simulcast with co-owned 1310 WLOB. Over time, WLOB-AM-FM became Portland's highest-rated Top 40 radio stations, although in those days, few people had FM radios and most were listening to 1310 WLOB. WLOB-AM-FM were sold to Portland Broadcasting Corporation on March 3, 1965. The AM and FM simulcast ended on March 1, 1971 when the two stations were acquired by separa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WGAN
WGAN (560 AM) is an commercial radio station licensed to Portland, Maine. The station is owned by Saga Communications and it airs a news/talk radio format. The station calls itself "Newsradio WGAN AM 560 and FM 98.5" The studios and offices are on Western Avenue in South Portland, Maine. The station is also heard on a 250-watt FM translator, 98.5 W253DA, which allows listeners who prefer FM radio to hear WGAN in Portland and its close suburbs. In addition, WGAN is heard on the HD2 channel of co-owned 93.1 WMGX. AM 560 broadcasts with 5,000 watts around the clock, covering much of Southern Maine and along the Maine Coast up to Rockland. The transmitter is near the Maine Turnpike off Warren Avenue in Portland. WGAN is Maine's primary entry point station for the Emergency Alert System. Programming WGAN begins each weekday with a local news and interview show, hosted by Matthew Gagnon. The rest of the weekday schedule is made up of nationally syndicated conservative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New England Patriots Radio Network
The New England Patriots Radio Network is a radio network which carries live game broadcasts of the New England Patriots. The network's Flagship (radio), flagship station is WBZ-FM in Boston. Bob Socci, who now does the play-by-play with former Patriots quarterback Scott Zolak providing the color commentary and former Patriots linebacker Matt Chatham and WBZ-TV/WSBK-TV sports reporter Steve Burton (sports journalist), Steve Burton providing the sideline reports. Marc Bertrand and ''Boston Globe'' sports columnist Chris Gasper host the pregame, and the postgame show is hosted by Bertrand. Albert Breer and ''Patriots Football Weekly'' writers Paul Perillo is a regular guest analyst on the network's pre-game show. Marc D. Cappello has been the producer since 1995. Gil Santos, former WBZ (AM), WBZ 1030 sports reporter who was known as the "Voice of the New England Patriots," retired after 2012 New England Patriots season, the 2012 season and was replaced by Bob Socci. Santos call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WMTW (TV)
WMTW (channel 8) is a television station licensed to Poland Spring, Maine, United States, serving the Portland area as an affiliate of ABC. It is owned by Hearst Television alongside CW affiliate WPXT (channel 51). The two stations share studios on Ledgeview Drive in Westbrook; WMTW's transmitter is located in West Baldwin, Maine. WMTW also operates a low-power digital fill-in translator on UHF channel 26 (also mapped to virtual channel 8) from the Time and Temperature Building in downtown Portland's Monument Square. The translator serves the immediate part of Portland and some surrounding areas to serve viewers that have difficulty receiving the main signal. In addition to WPXT, WMTW shares common coverage areas with four other Hearst-owned sister stations in New England: fellow ABC affiliates WCVB-TV in Boston and WMUR-TV in Manchester, New Hampshire; and its duopoly of NBC affiliate WPTZ and CW affiliate WNNE in Vermont. History WMTW signed on September ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augusta, Maine
Augusta is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Maine. The city's population was 18,899 at the 2020 United States census, making it the List of cities in Maine, 12th-most populous city in Maine, and third-least populous state capital in the United States after Montpelier, Vermont, and Pierre, South Dakota. Augusta is the county seat, seat of and most populous city in Kennebec County, Maine, Kennebec County. The area was explored in 1607 by British America, English settlers from the Popham Colony at the mouth of the Kennebec River. Before European settlement, Algonquian languages, Algonquian-speaking Indians lived in the area. In 1625, representatives of Plymouth Colony chose the east shore of the Kennebec for a trading post, which was likely built in 1628 and became known as "Cushnoc". The Kennebec Proprietors, successors to the Plymouth Company, built Fort Western near the site of the abandoned trading post in 1754 and began settlement ef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Conway, New Hampshire
North Conway is a census-designated place (CDP) and village in eastern Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,116 at the 2020 census. A year-round resort area, North Conway is the second-largest village within the town of Conway, after the village of Conway proper. North Conway maintains its own fire station, post office and public library, sharing its other services with Conway. The White Mountain National Forest is to the west and north. The area is home to Cathedral Ledge (popular with climbers), Echo Lake State Park, and Cranmore Mountain Resort. North Conway is known for its large number of outlet shops. History Chartered in 1765 by colonial Governor Benning Wentworth, the town is named for Henry Seymour Conway, ambitious son of a prominent English family, who was elected to the House of Commons at age 20, fought at Culloden, and became Secretary of State. Early settlers called the area Pequawket (known colloquially as "Pigwacket") ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Album-oriented Rock
Album-oriented rock (AOR, originally called album-oriented radio) is an FM radio format created in the United States in the late 1960s that focuses on the full repertoire of rock albums and is currently associated with classic rock. US radio stations dedicated to playing album tracks by rock artists from the hard rock and progressive rock genres initially established album-oriented radio. In the mid-1970s, AOR was characterized by a layered, mellifluous sound and sophisticated production with considerable dependence on melodic hooks. The AOR format achieved tremendous popularity in the late 1960s to the early 1980s through research and formal programming to create an album rock format with great commercial appeal. From the early 1980s onward, the abbreviation AOR transitioned from "album-oriented radio" to "album-oriented rock", meaning radio stations specialized in classic rock recorded during the late 1960s and 1970s. The term is also commonly conflated with " adult-or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
