WMEX
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| WMEX | |
| City of license | Farmington, New Hampshire |
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| Broadcast area | Portsmouth area |
| Branding | Positive and Encouraging |
| Frequency | 106.5 MHz |
| Format | Contemporary Christian |
| ERP | 2900 watts |
| HAAT | 148 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 86163 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Former callsigns | WZEN (1998-2001) |
| Affiliations | K-LOVE |
| Owner | Wimmex, LLC (pending sale to EMF) |
| Website | http://www.1065wmex.com/ |
WMEX (106.5 FM) is a Christian Contemporary formatted radio station broadcasting an Oldies format. Licensed to Farmington, New Hampshire, the station's transmitter is located in New Durham, and studios are located in Rochester. The station serves the Portsmouth area, and is currently owned by Wimmex, LLC.[1]
The station signed on in 1998 with a somewhat obscure oldies format as WZEN, competing with WQSO. WZEN adopted the current WMEX letters shortly after they were dropped by what is now WBIX in 2001. The WMEX call letters, which were also used during the 1980s on what is now WTTT, refer to a popular top-40 format that aired during the 1960s and 1970s on the present-day WWZN in Boston, Massachusetts. In 2005, the station adjusted to hot AC as "X106", but has since returned to a more mainstream oldies format as "106.5 WMEX".[citation needed]
On January 28, 2008, AllAccess.com reported that the station was in the process of being sold to the Educational Media Foundation for $1 million. When the sale is finalized, the station is expected to change call letters and become the first New Hampshire affiliate of EMF's K-LOVE Christian contemporary music network.[citation needed]
On June 2, 2008 the station went out with the Righteous Brothers' "Rock n Roll Heaven" as its last tune. After a moment or two, the station re-emerged with the K-Love format.
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[edit] Personalities
[edit] Former Boston
- Jack Armstrong - 1968
- Larry Caringer - 1988
- Jim Connors - Music Director & AM Drive Host, Early to mid 1970's aka:JC.
- Mark Davis - 1969
- Dan Donovan I - 1959 aka:Johnny Dark
- Dan Donovan II - 1960 aka:Arthur Mctague
- Dan Donovan III - 1965 aka:Dan Donovan
- Jack Gale - 1963
- Arnie 'Woo-Woo' Ginsburg - 1959
- Larry Glick - 1963
- Jim Harrington - 1973
- Bobby Holiday - 1967 aka:Robert Stoehr
- Johnny Lujack - 1967 aka:Larry Lujack
- Melvin X. Melvin - 1958 aka:Tom Shovan
- Maury Parent
- Bill Rock - 1972, Now on Sirius Satellite Radio (Prime Country, '60s Vibrations, Elvis Radio)
- Brad Shepard - 1987
- Dick Summer - 1969
- Charlie Tunah - 1967, Now at KRTH.
- Little Walter - 1986
- Jerry Williams - 1961
- Rick Williams - 1972 aka:Russ Oasis
- J. Michael Wilson - 1972
[edit] Former Burlington, VT
- Dennis Jackson - 1994, Owner
[edit] Former Rochester, NH
- Tim Richmond - 2002 Overnight voice of WMEX
[edit] References
- ^ WMEX Facility Record. United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ a b c 440, Satisfaction (2008-05-13). 440 Satisfaction Radio People, Radio Stations (html) (English). 440 Satisfaction. Retrieved on 2008-04-27, 2008. Retrieved on May 5th, 2008. “"WMEX"”
[edit] External links
- Query the FCC's FM station database for WMEX
- Radio Locator information on WMEX
- Query Arbitron's FM station database for WMEX
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