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| WEGP | |
| City of license | Presque Isle, Maine |
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| Broadcast area | Aroostook County, Maine |
| Slogan | The Talk of the County |
| Frequency | 1390 kHz |
| First air date | 1994-03-11 |
| Format | News Talk Information |
| Power | 25,000 watts day 10,000 watts night |
| Class | B |
| Facility ID | 9423 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Former callsigns | WTMS |
| Affiliations | Premiere Radio Networks, Red Sox Radio Network, Patriots Rock Radio Network |
| Owner | Decelles/Media, Inc. |
| Website | wegp.net |
WEGP (1390 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Presque Isle, Maine, USA, the station serves the Northern Maine and Downeast area. The station is currently owned by Decelles/Media, Inc. and features programing from Premiere Radio Networks,Westwood One.[1]
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[edit] History
WEGP went on the air in 1960 and was started by Edward G. Perrier. WEGP gets its name from its founder's initials. At the time, Mr. Perrier was the Engineer for a local tv station. When Mr. Perrier decided to start WEGP, WAGM-TV was looking for a way to carry its signal into the Houlton area. In an effort to assist WAGM in broadening their signal range, Mr. Perrier searched for and found land (an old horse pasture)in Presque Isle, Maine. He performed all the required testing and design and presented it to WAGM. WAGM changed hands and the new owners were not interested in using Mr. Perrier's ideas. Mr. Perrier and "Skippy" Caroll (it is believed) decided to put WEGP on the air making WEGP one of the original radio stations in Aroostook County . On 1994-03-18, the station underwent a transformation and changed its call sign to WTMS. After a single day, that change was reversed back and the station became WEGP again.[2] Unfortunately, WEGP went dark for a couple years during the mid 1990's. It was revived by Paul Decelles sometime during 1997. Mr. Decelles is still Owner and President of Decelles Media, Inc. , the parent company of WEGP. In an effort to broaden the listening audience, WEGP was simulcast from 1997 to April of 2007 on WREM. At that time, the LMA with WREM was dropped. In August 2006, WEGP began a significant upgrade from its nearly 50 year old 5,000 watt RCA transmitter to a new Solid State 25,000 watt HD transmitter. Mr. Decelles charged Patrick T. Patterson with the responsibility of seeing this project through. In late 2007, the long awaited upgrade was complete. WEGP is now the only single dial position to cover 90% of Aroostook County. In an effort to reach their goal to cover the entire County, WEGP, again under the direction of Mr. Patterson, will begin another project in Spring of 2008. This will allow WEGP to carry its signal into Fort Kent, Madawaska and Frenchville (currently the only Aroostook County towns not able to hear the signal clearly).
[edit] Programming
WEGP The Talk of The County is the only talk station north of Bangor and as such, carries many top level talk shows such as Dave Ramsey, Dr. Laura, Rush Limbaugh, The Howie Carr Show, Bill O'Reilly, Laura Ingraham, Dennis Miller and Coast to Coast. The station also carries Boston Red Sox baseball,and New England Patriots football and news updates from Fox News Radio every half hour as well as The Bangor Daily News updates throughout the day.
[edit] Staff & Management
President, is Paul Decelles... Operations Manager, Production Manager, Producer is Patrick T. Patterson... Sales Manager, Marketing specialist is Bonnie Pack... Marketing Consultant, Jeff Madore...
[edit] References
- ^ WEGP Facility Record. United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ WEGP Call Sign History. United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
[edit] External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WEGP
- Radio Locator Information on WEGP
- Query Arbitron's AM station database for WEGP
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