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WTOS (AM)
WTOS (910 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Bangor, Maine, United States. The station is owned by Blueberry Broadcasting. WTOS broadcasts a mainstream rock format, simulcast with WTOS-FM (105.1 FM) in Skowhegan and WTUX (101.1 FM) in Gouldsboro.
WTOS's studios and offices are on Target Industrial Circle in Bangor. The transmitter is off Wilson Street in Brewer. The station broadcasts at 5,000 watts during the day. To protect other radio stations on AM 910 at night, it reduces power to 210 watts. The station uses a non-directional antenna at all times.
The station was first licensed in May 1923 on 1250 kHz, to the Bangor Railway & Electric Company. The original call letters, WABI, were randomly assigned from a sequential roster of available call letters.
It is Maine's oldest radio station still on the air today. Several other stations, including WMB in Auburn and WPAY in Bangor, were licensed prior to WABI but have since ceased operations, with WMB being deleted two months before WABI's licensing.
Initially the station had a very limited schedule, with a first reported broadcast on January 13, 1924, of the Sunday service of the First Universalist Church. Starting on the evening of November 19, 1924, WABI began weekly Wednesday night broadcasts, and was reported to be "the first radio station in Maine to broadcast a regular program".
The station was briefly deleted in September 1925, but then relicensed on October 14, 1925, again as WABI on 1250 kHz, to the First Universalist Church. Under the First Universalist Church, WABI only broadcast on Sundays. In 1927, the newly formed Federal Radio Commission assigned WABI to 770 kHz, which was changed to 1200 kHz on November 11, 1928, under the provisions of the FRC's General Order 40.
By 1930, the station was owned by Pine Tree Broadcasting Corporation. In 1932, it was again transferred to the First Universalist Society. The station was owned by Community Broadcasting Service by 1935.
In 1939, WABI became Bangor's CBS network affiliate, replacing WLBZ (620 AM, now WZON), which affiliated with the NBC Red Network. WABI carried CBS's schedule of dramas, comedies, news, sports, soap operas, game shows and big band broadcasts during the "Golden Age of Radio". During the early 1940s, WABI again changed frequencies; the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement moved the station to 1230 kHz in 1941. In 1942, it began broadcasting at its current frequency of 910 kHz.
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WTOS (AM)
WTOS (910 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Bangor, Maine, United States. The station is owned by Blueberry Broadcasting. WTOS broadcasts a mainstream rock format, simulcast with WTOS-FM (105.1 FM) in Skowhegan and WTUX (101.1 FM) in Gouldsboro.
WTOS's studios and offices are on Target Industrial Circle in Bangor. The transmitter is off Wilson Street in Brewer. The station broadcasts at 5,000 watts during the day. To protect other radio stations on AM 910 at night, it reduces power to 210 watts. The station uses a non-directional antenna at all times.
The station was first licensed in May 1923 on 1250 kHz, to the Bangor Railway & Electric Company. The original call letters, WABI, were randomly assigned from a sequential roster of available call letters.
It is Maine's oldest radio station still on the air today. Several other stations, including WMB in Auburn and WPAY in Bangor, were licensed prior to WABI but have since ceased operations, with WMB being deleted two months before WABI's licensing.
Initially the station had a very limited schedule, with a first reported broadcast on January 13, 1924, of the Sunday service of the First Universalist Church. Starting on the evening of November 19, 1924, WABI began weekly Wednesday night broadcasts, and was reported to be "the first radio station in Maine to broadcast a regular program".
The station was briefly deleted in September 1925, but then relicensed on October 14, 1925, again as WABI on 1250 kHz, to the First Universalist Church. Under the First Universalist Church, WABI only broadcast on Sundays. In 1927, the newly formed Federal Radio Commission assigned WABI to 770 kHz, which was changed to 1200 kHz on November 11, 1928, under the provisions of the FRC's General Order 40.
By 1930, the station was owned by Pine Tree Broadcasting Corporation. In 1932, it was again transferred to the First Universalist Society. The station was owned by Community Broadcasting Service by 1935.
In 1939, WABI became Bangor's CBS network affiliate, replacing WLBZ (620 AM, now WZON), which affiliated with the NBC Red Network. WABI carried CBS's schedule of dramas, comedies, news, sports, soap operas, game shows and big band broadcasts during the "Golden Age of Radio". During the early 1940s, WABI again changed frequencies; the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement moved the station to 1230 kHz in 1941. In 1942, it began broadcasting at its current frequency of 910 kHz.