Within the past week WRMO 93.7 in Milbridge Maine (30 miles east of Ellsworth and Bar Harbor)came on the air. It is a low-powered station, only 130 watts, broadcasting Classic Hit Music in MONO. I rcvd the station while parked at the summit of Cadillac Mountain, 1500 feet above Bar Harbor in Acadia National Park Sunday afternoon. No local announcements, weather, PSAs, ads. Just a few liners "Greatest hits of all time WRMO 93.7" Top-of the hour ID at 2:58PM with "From Aerosmith to ZZTop, the greatest hits on 93.7 WRMO Milbridge".
I was just down in Milbridge a couple weeks ago. There was no sign of the station then. According to the FCC DataBase, via "FM Query" WRMO is operated by an individual with a Green Bay Wisconsin mailing address, but no indication of local contact. While descending down the mountain reception trailed off drastically, with splatter from WCYY 93.9 and WCTB 93.5.
The FCC generated coverage map only shows a radius of about 5 miles/8kms. Hard to imagine it could make much revenue from such a small area, total population of the three adjoining towns; Steuben, Harrington, and Cherryfield is maybe 2500 max.
Will be worth a trip down there sometime soon to investigate.
I was just down in Milbridge a couple weeks ago. There was no sign of the station then. According to the FCC DataBase, via "FM Query" WRMO is operated by an individual with a Green Bay Wisconsin mailing address, but no indication of local contact. While descending down the mountain reception trailed off drastically, with splatter from WCYY 93.9 and WCTB 93.5.
The FCC generated coverage map only shows a radius of about 5 miles/8kms. Hard to imagine it could make much revenue from such a small area, total population of the three adjoining towns; Steuben, Harrington, and Cherryfield is maybe 2500 max.
Will be worth a trip down there sometime soon to investigate.