| City of license | Dover-Foxcroft, Maine |
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| Broadcast area | Bangor, Maine |
| Branding | 103.1 The Pulse |
| Slogan | A New Voice, A New Choice |
| Frequency | 103.1 MHz |
| First air date | November 1980 |
| Format | Progressive talk |
| ERP | 4,800 watts |
| HAAT | 109 meters |
| Class | A |
| Facility ID | 12882 |
| Callsign meaning | The Dead ZONe[1] (from sister station WZON) |
| Former callsigns | WDME-FM (1980-2009) |
| Affiliations | CNN Radio, Red Sox Radio Network |
| Owner | The Zone Corporation |
| Sister stations | WKIT-FM, WZON |
| Website | Official site within zoneradio.com |
WZON-FM (103.1 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a progressive talk radio format. Licensed to Dover-Foxcroft, Maine, USA, the station serves the Bangor, Maine area.
The station is owned by The Zone Corporation. the broadcast company owned by authors Tabitha and Stephen King.[2]
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The station signed on in November 1980 as WDME-FM, simulcasting the middle-of-the-road format of its sister AM station (1340 AM), which had begun on August 13, 1967.[3][4] The AM station was closed down, and its license allowed to expire, in 1991 for economic reasons.[5] Later, WDME-FM was an eclectic adult contemporary station.
Under its previous ownership, WDME referred to itself on-air as, "The only radio station in the world broadcasting from a railroad passenger car." WDME's studios were located in a converted Amtrak coach formerly situated beside Routes 6 and 15 to the north and west of Dover-Foxcroft. The station was known for its folksy portrayal of rural culture in the north woods of Maine. It featured locally-known personalities such as John Simcoe and Paul Knaut.
WDME was purchased by The Zone Corporation in 2001. Gradually, the station changed to an adult album alternative format before becoming a simulcast of WZON, a sports radio station, in 2009. The current call letters were adopted a few months later.
WZON-FM switched to the current format, largely consisting of progressive talk, on January 4, 2010[6] The station also carries Boston Red Sox baseball.
The call sign WDME was dropped by the Zone Corporation and acquired by Wireless Fidelity of North America Incorporated and assigned to an AM Broadcast construction permit for AM 1240 to be located in Newport ME.
Current programming on WZON-FM includes a local morning news show hosted by Don Morgan, as well as the syndicated programs The Stephanie Miller Show, The Ed Schultz Show, The Randi Rhodes Show, The Thom Hartmann Show, The Clark Howard Show, The Leslie Marshall Show, Red Eye Radio, and America in the Morning.
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