WZLO
MHz | |
Branding | 103.1 WZLO |
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Programming | |
Format | Adult album alternative |
Affiliations | CBS News Radio |
Ownership | |
Owner | The Zone Corporation |
WKIT, WZON | |
History | |
First air date | November 1980 |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | "Loft" |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 12882 |
Class | A |
ERP | 1,500 watts |
HAAT | 204 meters (669 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 45°05′37.8″N 69°04′57.8″W / 45.093833°N 69.082722°W |
Translator(s) | 98.3 W252CT (Bangor) |
Repeater(s) | 100.3 WKIT-HD2 (Brewer) |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | www |
WZLO (103.1
The station is owned by The Zone Corporation, the broadcast company owned by authors Tabitha and Stephen King.[3]
History
The station
The AM station was closed down, and its license allowed to expire in 1991, for economic reasons.
Under its previous ownership, WDME-FM referred to itself on-air as, "The only radio station in the world broadcasting from a railroad passenger car." WDME's studios were located in a converted Amtrak coach formerly situated beside Routes 6 and 15 to the north and west of Dover-Foxcroft. The station was known for its folksy portrayal of rural culture in the north woods of Maine. It featured locally-known personalities such as John Simcoe and Paul Knaut.
WDME was purchased by The Zone Corporation in 2001. Gradually, the station changed to an adult album alternative format. It later switched to a simulcast of WZON (620 AM), a sports radio station, in 2009. The WZON-FM call letters was adopted on August 27.[7]
WZON-FM switched to a
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WZLO". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/WZLO
- ^ "WZLO Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1981 (PDF). 1981. p. C-104. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
- ^ Fybush, Scott. "Maine Radio History, 1971–1996". Archives @ BostonRadio.org. Retrieved February 20, 2010.
- ^ Neff, Andrew (November 12, 1993). "Hirsch sells Dover-Foxcroft radio station". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved February 21, 2010.
- ^ a b "Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
- ^ Hayward, Meghan (December 31, 2009). "WZON 103.1 New Format". WABI TV5. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
- ^ Venta, Lance (December 26, 2012). "There's A Loft In Bangor". RadioInsight. Retrieved January 25, 2022.