| City of license | WBQW: Kennebunkport WBQX: Thomaston WBQI: Bar Harbor |
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| Branding | WBACH |
| Slogan | Maine's Classical Network |
| Frequency | WBQW: 104.7 MHz WBQX: 106.9 MHz WBQI: 107.7 MHz |
| First air date | 1991-04-22 (as WKME) |
| Format | Classical |
| ERP | WBQW: 6,000 watts WBQX: 29,500 watts WBQI: 11,500 watts |
| HAAT | WBQW: 87 meters WBQX: 193 meters WBQI: 149 meters |
| Class | WBQW: A WBQX: B WBQI: B1 |
| Facility ID | WBQW: 69855 WBQX: 49564 WBQI: 40925 |
| Transmitter coordinates | WBQW: WBQX: WBQI: |
| Owner | Nassau Broadcasting Iii, LLC |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | wbachradio.com |
WBACH is a network of FM radio stations in Maine owned by Nassau Broadcasting. The network consists of WBQW 104.7 Kennebunkport, WBQX 106.9 Thomaston and WBQI 107.7 Bar Harbor. Currently the stations air a classical music format.
The WBACH format was launched in November 1991, initially airing on WBQQ 99.3 in Kennebunk. The station was founded by Mariner Broadcasting[1], and (after assembling its network) was acquired by Nassau in 2003.[2]
WBQW's history originated with the sign-on of 106.3 in Scarborough in 1974 as WJBQ (no relation to the current WJBQ in Portland) changing calls to WDCS and adopting a classical music format in September 1981 involving a frequency swap with 97.9 (Portland, Maine). It later changed to WPKM before adopting the WBQW call sign. It became part of the WBACH network in 1998.
WBQX signed on in 1992 and was previously known as WAVX "The Classical Wave" (then simulcasted with 101.7, the current WFZX). It also became part of the WBACH network in 1998.
WBQI was previously WMDI, the call letters standing for Mount Desert Island, the area in which the city of license, Bar Harbor, is located. It joined the WBACH network in 2001.
On October 6, 2008, some of the WBACH stations were realigned. WBQQ was removed from the network completely, shifting to a simulcast of WTHT[3], while WBQW moved from 106.3 to 104.7, a frequency that had previously been in first an adult contemporary format with Bob & Sheri in the morning as WQEZ, and later active rock as WHXQ, a simulcast with WHXR; in the latter capacity, it had planned to switch to sports talk provided by Boston's WEEI in January 2008[4], but the deal between Nassau and Entercom ended up collapsing.[5]
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