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New AM & FM Stations for Maine

R

radiome

About a year ago JIBGUY posted the list (below) of yet to be built AM & FM Stations in Maine.

Does anyone have any current information on these permits ?


FCC CONSTRUCTION PERMITS for NEW AM STATIONS
-with power in watts shown.......
---- 650 Raymond 2000w day / 500w night
WRME 750 Hampden 50000w day / 10000w night
WXME 780 Monticello 5000w day / 60w night
---- 830 Lorring 10000w day / 1000w night
---- 890 Calais 1000w day & night
---- 990 Belfast 1000w day & night
---- 1120 Caribou 10000w day / 1000w night
WZME 1120 Richmond 1000w day / 600w night
WGUY 1230 Newport 1000w day / 690w night
---- 1240 Ellsworth 1000w day / 650w night
WFGO 1530 Orono 50000w day / 270w night

FCC CONSTRUCTION PERMITS for NEW FM STATIONS
88.1 WHPF-FM Pittston Farm 250w
88.1 -----FM Bowdoin 50000w
88.3 WMTP-FM Kennebunkport 250w
88.5 WRKJ-FM Westbrook 415w
89.3 WRPB-FM Benedicta 13000w
89.5 WMWR-FM Lincoln 360w
89.5 WWTP-FM Augusta 410w
89.7 WTBP-FM Bath 14000w
90.3 -----FM Corinth 2000w
90.5 WWLN-FM Lincoln 65w
90.5 WRGY-FM Rangeley 5w
90.7 WTWP-FM Madison 2550w
91.1 WFGP-FM Greene 450w
91.5 WJVH-FM Belfast 50000w
91.5 WFYB-FM Fryeburg 430w
NOTE: No `translators` (repeater stations)
are shown on these lists.
 
radiome said:
About a year ago JIBGUY posted the list (below) of yet to be built AM & FM Stations in Maine.

Does anyone have any current information on these permits ?


FCC CONSTRUCTION PERMITS for NEW AM STATIONS
-with power in watts shown.......
---- 650 Raymond 2000w day / 500w night
WRME 750 Hampden 50000w day / 10000w night
WXME 780 Monticello 5000w day / 60w night
---- 830 Lorring 10000w day / 1000w night
---- 890 Calais 1000w day & night
---- 990 Belfast 1000w day & night
---- 1120 Caribou 10000w day / 1000w night
WZME 1120 Richmond 1000w day / 600w night
WGUY 1230 Newport 1000w day / 690w night
---- 1240 Ellsworth 1000w day / 650w night
WFGO 1530 Orono 50000w day / 270w night
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The 650, 830, 890 and 990 and 1120 records are for "international notifications" that the FCC makes to Canada. There are no actual construction permits for real stations on those channels; they're just placeholders to keep Canada from licensing anything on those frequencies, as unlikely as that probably is.

Dan Priestly has been sliding his 1230 and 1240 around. I believe he killed off the Newport CP and is building a 1240 closer to Bangor now, or maybe a 1230.

WXME is on the air at 780 now from Monticello, ex-710.

I think the 1120 CP died unbuilt; not sure about 1530.

FCC CONSTRUCTION PERMITS for NEW FM STATIONS
88.1 WHPF-FM Pittston Farm 250w
88.1 -----FM Bowdoin 50000w
88.3 WMTP-FM Kennebunkport 250w
88.5 WRKJ-FM Westbrook 415w
89.3 WRPB-FM Benedicta 13000w
89.5 WMWR-FM Lincoln 360w
89.5 WWTP-FM Augusta 410w
89.7 WTBP-FM Bath 14000w
90.3 -----FM Corinth 2000w
90.5 WWLN-FM Lincoln 65w
90.5 WRGY-FM Rangeley 5w
90.7 WTWP-FM Madison 2550w
91.1 WFGP-FM Greene 450w
91.5 WJVH-FM Belfast 50000w
91.5 WFYB-FM Fryeburg 430w
NOTE: No `translators` (repeater stations)
are shown on these lists.
Click to expand...

Many of these - most, in fact - belong to Catholic groups, and several are on the air or close to it, I think.
 
I believe Dan Priestly's Ellsworth station is on, but is moving to the Bangor area with his other 2 (the Newport CP has been wiped from the books)

90.5 WRGY Rangeley is on, heard them a few times doing an AC/oldies community radio format http://www.wrgy.org

90.5 WWLN Lincoln is on simulcasting 88.9 WMDR from Oakland/Augusta

91.5 WFYB Fryeburg is on simulcasting 95.3 WWWA Winslow/Augusta
 
Mainedude2007 said:
I believe Dan Priestly's Ellsworth station is on, but is moving to the Bangor area with his other 2 (the Newport CP has been wiped from the books)

90.5 WRGY Rangeley is on, heard them a few times doing an AC/oldies community radio format http://www.wrgy.org

90.5 WWLN Lincoln is on simulcasting 88.9 WMDR from Oakland/Augusta

91.5 WFYB Fryeburg is on simulcasting 95.3 WWWA Winslow/Augusta
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As far as I know, the Ellsworth 1240 was never on the air. I frequently go by where their tower would have been, and nothing was every constructed there. I never heard anything on the air on 1240, or heard any mention of it in local paper. I did see the recent FCC listing for its application to move to the Bangor area. The only other AM in Ellsworth is WDEA-1370, on the air since late 50's.
 
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