WBAN
- 94.1 W231CH (Bangor)
- 95.1 W236DP (Bald Mountain)
- Public file
- LMS
WBAN (1340 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an adult contemporary format. Licensed to Veazie, Maine, United States, the station serves the Bangor area. The station is owned by Port Broadcasting, LLC, and features programming from ABC News Radio, Compass Media Networks, and Premiere Networks.[2]
History
WBAN originally signed on in 2002 as WNZS, initially simulcasting CNN Headline News but gradually adding talk shows, primarily from the Salem Radio Network. Programs included Bill Bennett's Morning in America, The Laura Ingraham Show, Mike Gallagher and Michael Medved. In 2011, co-owned WGUY signed on the air and began simulcasting WNZS. In March 2012, the station began simulcasting on FM translator W231CH 94.1, which had previously simulcasted WWNZ. The FM translator switched to a simulcast of WGUY in May 2012, when that station flipped formats to oldies. In late 2014, the Salem Radio Network programming moved to WWNZ, with WNZS picking up WWNZ's Fox News Radio programming. As a talk station it also rebroadcast the newscasts from Bangor's ABC affiliate WVII.
In the summer of 2015, the station added an FM translator on 106.1, W291CO, however in early 2016 the translator was sold to Maine Public Broadcasting Network. The station changed its call sign to the current WBAN on July 27, 2016. In December 2016, Pine Tree Broadcasting announced that its stations would be sold to Port Broadcasting (owners of WWSF, WNBP and WXEX-FM/WXEX) with WBAN inheriting the soft AC format from WGUY and WGUY reverting to back to its oldies format it had carried previous to Pine Tree Broadcasting's ownership. W231CH, which had rebroadcast WGUY and its soft AC format, began rebroadcasting WBAN.[3] NASCAR programming moved to WCYR.
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Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | FCC info |
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W231CH | 94.1 FM | Bangor, Maine | 85386 | 250 | D | LMS |
W236DP | 95.1 FM | Bald Mountain, Maine | 201411 | 215 | D | LMS |
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WBAN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WBAN Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "Station Sales Week of 12/2".
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID 128808 (WBAN) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WBAN in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
- Facility details for Facility ID 85386 (W231CH) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W231CH at FCCdata.org
- Facility details for Facility ID 201411 (W236DP) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- W236DP at FCCdata.org
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- This area also includes the following communities: Bar Harbor
- Dover-Foxcroft
- Ellsworth
- Millinocket
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by frequency & subchannel
- WHRA
- WNSW (1200 AM)
- Nearby regions
- Augusta-Waterville
- Mid Coast Maine
- Northern and Downeast Maine
- Portland
- See also
- List of radio stations in Maine
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