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WKVV
WKVV (101.7 FM broadcasting, FM) is a radio station licensed to Searsport, Maine, United States. Established in 1994 as WBYA, the station serves the Bangor, Maine, Bangor area. The station is owned by the Educational Media Foundation. The station carries Educational Media Foundation's K-Love Christian music format, simulcasting co-owned WKVZ. History During the 1990s, the station was known as "The Wave" with the call letters WBYA (no relation to the current WBYA 105.5 in Camden, Maine) simulcasting the classical music of WBQX, WAVX in Thomaston, Maine, Thomaston. Later, the station was owned by Moonsong Communications, owners of WVOM-FM, WVOM where it was an adult album alternative station and simulcast WVOM for a time. After being sold to Clear Channel Communications and becoming WFZX "The Fox", from January 2001 to August 2006 the station primarily focused on classic rock artists such as The Eagles, The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. In September 2006, a shift in programming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WKVZ
WKVZ (102.1 FM broadcasting, FM) is a radio station broadcasting a contemporary Christian format. Licensed to Dexter, Maine, United States, the station serves the Bangor, Maine, Bangor area. The station is owned by the Educational Media Foundation and features programming from the K-Love network. History The 102.1 FM frequency in Dexter went on the air in 1993 as WGUY, an oldies station. In December 2001, the station changed to a satellite smooth jazz format, then reverted to the oldies format in March 2003. The station carried University of Maine men's and women's basketball for the 2007 season before moving to WBFB, WAEI. In September 2008, WGUY began simulcasting on co-owned WKVV, WFZX before being sold to Educational Media Foundation and changing formats in February 2009 to K-Love's Christian music format. References External links * Contemporary Christian radio stations in the United States K-Love radio stations Radio stations established in 1993 Mass media in P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WBYA
WBYA (105.5 FM; "The Wolf") is a radio station licensed to Islesboro, Maine, United States. The station serves the Mid Coast area with a country music format. The station is owned by Binnie Media, and broadcasts from a transmitter on U.S. 1 south of Northport. The station's competitor is WMCM in Rockland. History The station went on the air as WAYD in February 1999, programming an adult standards format branded as "The Bay". It was owned by Gopher Hill Communications, who also owned WQSS in Camden and WABI and WWBX in Bangor; the station was based out of the WQSS studios in Camden. On April 16, 2001, the station changed its call sign to the current WBYA, which had just been dropped by WFZX in Searsport. Gopher Hill sold WBYA to Mariner Broadcasting in 2003; this came after the other three Gopher Hill stations were sold to Clear Channel Communications. Mariner kept the standards format, but dropped locally-produced programming in favor of the Music of Your Life service. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WNSX
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. WNSX is owned by Codin Broadcasting, LLC. 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. The station's primary signal serves Hancock and Washington Counties. History Maine businessman Scott Hogg was granted a construction pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WBFB
WBFB (97.1 FM, "97-1 The Bear") is a commercial radio station in Bangor, Maine. The station is owned by Blueberry Broadcasting and airs a country music radio format, simulcast on sister stations WBFE in Bar Harbor and WMCM in Rockland. The transmitter is off Maine State Route 9 in Dixmont, Maine, using the same tower as WABI-TV. The studios and offices are on Target Industrial Circle in Bangor. WBFB begins each weekday with the syndicated, Nashville-based ''Bobby Bones Show'' from Premiere Networks. Local disc jockeys handle the other hours of the day. On Sunday mornings, '' Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40'' is heard. Car races from the Motor Racing Network are heard on some weekends. After the ''Bobby Bones Show'' wraps up, WBFB promises to play nine songs in a row without commercial interruption, throughout the day. It also uses an electronic female voice to list the artist and title of every song when they conclude. History WABI-FM The 97.1 frequency has a long hist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WBQX
WBQX (106.9 FM, "Frank FM") is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits music format. Licensed to Thomaston, Maine, United States, it serves the Mid Coast region. It first began broadcasting in 1992 under the call sign WAVX. The station is owned by Binnie Media. The station's competitor is WBAK in Belfast. History The station signed on May 29, 1992, as WAVX, a classical music station owned by Northern Lights Broadcasting and branded as "The Classical Wave". In 1996, the station began simulcasting on WBYA (101.7 FM, now WKVV) in Searsport, which brought its programming to the Bangor area. Mariner Broadcasting bought WAVX in 1998 and made it a part of its WBACH network of classical stations under the call letters WBQX. Nassau Broadcasting Partners acquired Mariner in 2004. Nassau Broadcasting entered bankruptcy in 2011, which culminated in an auction of its stations. Prior to the conclusion of the auction, the Maine Public Broadcasting Network expressed interest in ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Searsport, Maine
Searsport is an incorporated town and deep water seaport located at the confluence of the Penobscot River estuary and the Penobscot Bay immediately northwest of Sears Island and Cape Jellison in Waldo County, Maine, United States. The population was 2,649 at the 2020 census. Searsport includes the village of North Searsport. The town is known as "the home of the famous sea captains" and the "Antique Capital of Maine". History Searsport was settled in the 1760s and incorporated on February 13, 1845, from portions of Prospect and Belfast. In 1747, when fire destroyed the Province House in Boston, General Samuel Waldo advocated, unsuccessfully, that the capital of Massachusetts be moved to Searsport, which was part of the Waldo Patent he had purchased about 1720. It was named after David Sears of Boston after he agreed to grant a large sum of money towards the town's founding. Searsport is noted for its rich maritime history. During the 19th-century the port had 17 shipyards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English Rock music, rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The core lineup of the band comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are widely regarded as the Cultural impact of the Beatles, most influential band in Western popular music and were integral to the development of Counterculture of the 1960s, 1960s counterculture and the recognition of popular music as an art form. Rooted in skiffle, beat music, beat and 1950s rock and roll, rock 'n' roll, their sound incorporated elements of classical music and traditional pop in innovative ways. The band also explored music styles ranging from Folk music, folk and Music of India, Indian music to Psychedelic music, psychedelia and hard rock. As Recording practices of the Beatles, pioneers in recording, songwriting and artistic presentation, the Beatles revolutionised many aspects of the music industry and were often publicised as leaders of the Baby boomers, era's youth and soc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1962. Active for over six decades, they are one of the most popular, influential, and enduring bands of the Album era, rock era. In the early 1960s, the band pioneered the gritty, rhythmically driven sound that came to define hard rock. Their first stable line-up consisted of vocalist Mick Jagger, guitarist Keith Richards, multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones, bassist Bill Wyman, and drummer Charlie Watts. During their early years, Jones was the primary leader. Andrew Loog Oldham became their manager in 1963 and encouraged them to write their own songs. The Jagger–Richards, Jagger–Richards partnership soon became the band's primary songwriting and creative force. Rooted in blues and early rock and roll, the Rolling Stones started out playing Cover version, covers and were at the forefront of the British Invasion in 1964, becoming identified with the youthful counterculture of the 1960s. They then f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nickelback
Nickelback is a Canadian Rock music, rock band formed in 1995 in Hanna, Alberta, Hanna, Alberta. Throughout its history, it has consisted of lead guitarist and lead vocalist Chad Kroeger, rhythm guitarist, keyboardist and backing vocalist Ryan Peake, and bassist Mike Kroeger. It went through several drummer changes between 1995 and 2005 before Daniel Adair joined. The band signed with Roadrunner Records in 1999 and reached a mainstream breakthrough in 2002 with the single "How You Remind Me", which reached number one in the United States and Canada. Its parent album, ''Silver Side Up'', would go on to be certified 8× Platinum in Canada. Nickelback's fourth album, ''The Long Road'', was released in 2003 and spawned five singles, including Canadian number one "Someday (Nickelback song), Someday", which also reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In 2005, the band's best-selling album to date, ''All the Right Reasons'', produced three top-10 and five top- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Doors Down
3 Doors Down is an American rock band from Escatawpa, Mississippi that formed in 1996. The band's music is described as post-grunge, alternative rock, and hard rock. The band's 2000 debut single "Kryptonite" became their breakthrough hit, peaked at number three on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Their debut album '' The Better Life'', released shortly afterwards, became 2000's 11th-best-selling album and was certified septuple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). '' Away from the Sun'' (2002), the band's second album, continued their success, debuting at number eight on the ''Billboard'' 200, being certified multi-platinum by the RIAA and spawning the singles " When I'm Gone" and "Here Without You". The band's third and fourth studio albums, '' Seventeen Days'' (2005) and their self-titled fourth album (2008), both debuted atop the ''Billboard'' 200 and were certified platinum by the RIAA. The band's fifth album, '' Time of My Life'' (2011), peaked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buckcherry
Buckcherry is an American hard rock band from Anaheim, California, formed in 1995. The band released two albums, ''Buckcherry (album), Buckcherry'' (1999) and ''Time Bomb (Buckcherry album), Time Bomb'' (2001), before dissolving in 2002. Buckcherry's first album ''Buckcherry'' was DreamWorks' first album to go gold. In 2005, lead vocalist Josh Todd (musician), Josh Todd and lead guitarist Keith Nelson reformed Buckcherry with a new lineup and released a new album in 2006, ''15 (Buckcherry album), 15''. It contained Buckcherry's biggest crossover hits to date, "Crazy Bitch", and their first Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 top ten hit, "Sorry (Buckcherry song), Sorry". The band continued to record albums, releasing seven between 2008 and 2023: ''Black Butterfly (Buckcherry album), Black Butterfly'' in 2008, ''All Night Long (Buckcherry album), All Night Long'' in 2010, ''Confessions (Buckcherry album), Confessions'' in 2013, ''Rock 'n' Roll (Buckcherry album), Rock 'n' Roll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classic Rock
Classic rock is a radio format that developed from the album-oriented rock (AOR) format in the early 1980s. In the United States, it comprises rock music ranging generally from the mid-1960s through the early-1990s, primarily focusing on commercially successful blues rock and hard rock popularized in the 1970s AOR format.Pareles, Jon (June 18, 1986)"Oldies on Rise in Album-Rock Radio" ''The New York Times''. Retrieved April 19, 2019. The radio format became increasingly popular with the baby boomer demographic by the end of the 1990s. Although classic rock has mostly appealed to adult listeners, music associated with this format received more exposure with younger listeners with the presence of the Internet and digital downloading. Some classic rock stations also play a limited number of current releases which are stylistically consistent with the station's sound, or by Heritage act (music), heritage acts which are still active and producing new music."New York Radio Guide: Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
