WEZR (AM)

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Coordinates: 44°30′53″N 70°31′01″W / 44.51472°N 70.51694°W / 44.51472; -70.51694
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WTME
File:WTME 780 Sports logo.png
Broadcast areaWestern Maine
Frequency780 kHz
BrandingSports Radio 780
Programming
FormatSilent; was sports
AffiliationsNBC Sports Radio
Portland Sea Dogs Radio Network
Portland Pirates Hockey Radio Network
Ownership
Owner
  • Gleason Radio Group (sale pending to Bennett Radio Group)
  • (Mountain Valley Broadcasting, Inc.)
WEZR, WOXO-FM, WRMO-FM, WPNO
History
First air date
August 21, 1953; 70 years ago (1953-08-21)[1]
Former call signs
WRUM (1953–1997)
WLLB (1997–2001)[2]
Technical information
Facility ID9209
ClassD
Power1,000 watts (day)
18 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
44°30′53″N 70°31′01″W / 44.51472°N 70.51694°W / 44.51472; -70.51694
Links
WebcastListen live
WebsiteWTME.com

WTME (780 AM) is a radio station in Rumford, Maine. The station is owned by Gleason Radio Group and licensed to Mountain Valley Broadcasting, Inc. The station is silent; it most recently aired a sports radio format, as well as Portland Pirates American League hockey, and Portland Sea Dogs Eastern League baseball.[3] On weekday mornings and middays, some Christian talk and teaching programs were also heard.

The station was assigned the WTME call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on July 11, 2001.[2]

WTME's programming was previously simulcast with WCNM (1240 AM) in Lewiston and WKTQ (1450 AM) in South Paris.[4] WCNM switched to CNN Headline News in July 2001[5] and is now hot adult contemporary station WEZR, while WKTQ became country music station WOXO in August 2016[6] and is now WPNO, a simulcast of WEZR.

On March 8, 2017, WTME changed its format to sports, with programming from NBC Sports Radio.

WTME, along with its sister stations, went off the air March 29, 2020, citing financial considerations that included expected reduction in advertising revenue attributed to COVID-19.[7] The stations had been up for sale following the death of owner Dick Gleason in February 2019.[8] A sale of the Gleason Media Group stations to Bennett Radio Group is pending.[9]

File:WTME logo.PNG

References

  1. ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-201. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  3. ^ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. ^ Fybush, Scott (February 5, 2001). "River Flows to New Home". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  5. ^ Fybush, Scott (July 16, 2001). "CTV Adds Montreal to O&O Roster". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  6. ^ Venta, Lance (July 29, 2016). "WEZR & WOXO Lewiston On The Move". RadioInsight. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  7. ^ "WOXO says farewell to listeners; Gleason Radio Group to go silent after 45 years". Lewiston Sun Journal. March 25, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  8. ^ Venta, Lance (March 25, 2020). "Gleason Media To Shut Down Cluster In Lewiston/Auburn". RadioInsight. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  9. ^ Binnie VP/Programming Stan Bennett Acquires Silent Maine Cluster Lance Venta, Radio Insight, May 26, 2020.

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