WMCM (103.3 FM) is an American

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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 t ...

. Licensed to

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, United States, the station serves the

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Maine area. The station is owned by Blueberry Broadcasting.

History

The station signed on in 1968 as a Class A on 93.5 as WRKD-FM, sister to WRKD (1450 AM, later WVOM). WMCM upgraded to 20.6 kW and changed its frequency to 103.3 in the late 1980s. The station began its country music format on September 9, 1990, replacing a short lived

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format, and subsequently branded as "Real Country 103.3". As of September 28, 2009, WMCM became part of a three-station country network based out of Blueberry's Bangor office, simulcasting

and also heard on WLKE (now

WBFE WBFE (99.1 FM) is an American radio station broadcasting a country music format simulcasting WBFB. Licensed to Bar Harbor, Maine, United States, the station serves the Down East Maine area. The station is owned by Blueberry Broadcasting. Unde ...

, formerly branded as "Lucky 99.1").http://knox.villagesoup.com/Community/story.cfm?StoryID=177087

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