WMPG

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WMPG

City of license	Gorham, Maine
Broadcast area	Southern Maine Coast
Frequency	90.9 MHz (also on HD Radio)
Repeaters	104.1 (Portland)
First air date	1973
Format	Community Radio
ERP	4,500 watts
HAAT	195.0 meters
Class	B1
Facility ID	69132
Transmitter coordinates	43°40′50.00″N 70°26′59.00″W / 43.6805556°N 70.4497222°W / 43.6805556; -70.4497222
Callsign meaning	Maine Portland-Gorham (former name of USM)
Owner	University of Maine System
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wmpg.org

WMPG is a community radio station broadcasting from Portland, Maine. It is located on Bedford Street at the University of Southern Maine Portland Campus. It is affiliated with the college, and a mix of USM students and volunteers from the greater Portland community produce all the music and local public affairs programs. It broadcasts one kilowatt on 90.9 (licensed to Gorham, where the main campus of USM is located) and 104.1 MHz (licensed to Portland) and can be heard as far north as Poland, Maine. It broadcasts streaming online 24/7 and the programming guide and contact info is available at their website along with a large number of archived programs.

Programming

The station features diverse programming ranging from rock to jazz to foreign to local or global issues, and more. Programs include Local Motives featuring live, in-studio performances from local bands; Blunt Youth Radio Project; Home Dad, a weekly half hour talk show about family related issues; Lesbian Radio, a weekly 90 minute feminist music and talk show; and Sound Ecology, a political talk show.

History

WMPG originally went on the air as a carrier current station in 1970 before becoming a licensed station in 1973 on 91.1 MHz with 10 watts of power. In 1988 the station upgraded its signal to 1.11 kilowatts and shifted frequency to 90.9 MHz. A 50 watt translator on 104.1 MHz located on Portland's Munjoy Hill went on the air in 1999. In 2008 WMPG was granted a construction permit to increase power to 4.5 kilowatts and move transmitting facilities from the Gorham campus of the University of Southern Maine to Blackstrap Mountain in Falmouth. After a lengthy fund-raising effort and a $120,000 US Department of Commerce grant WMPG started broadcasting at half its licensed upgraded power from the new transmitter site on December 14, 2011, one day before the construction permit was to expire.^[1]

References

↑ "Local community radio nearly completing three-year project to expand reach", The Portland Daily Sun, October 13, 2011.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WMPG

Radio-Locator information on WMPG

v t e University of Southern Maine

Campus	Academy Building Art Gallery Glickman Family Library Gorham Academy Gorham Campus Historic District McLellan House

Miscellaneous	The Free Press Muskie School of Public Service Stonecoast MFA Program WMPG

People	People President Theodora J. Kalikow

v t e Radio stations in the Portland, Maine market

By AM frequency	560 730 780 870 900 970 1310 1400 1440 1450 1490

By FM frequency	88.3 88.5 88.7 89.3 90.1 90.9 91.9 92.1 92.5 93.1 94.3 94.9 95.5 95.9 96.3 96.9 97.1 97.9 98.9 99.3 99.9 100.5 100.9 101.9 102.9 103.7 104.7 105.1 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.5

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Maine radio markets Augusta-Waterville Bangor Portland Other Maine radio regions Northern & Downeast Maine Lewiston-Auburn See also List of radio stations in Maine

v t e Maine college radio stations

WBOR (Bowdoin College) WHSN (Husson College) WMEB-FM (University of Maine) WMHB (Colby College) WMPG (University of Southern Maine) WRBC (Bates College) WUMF (University of Maine-Farmington) WUMM (University of Maine-Machias) WUPI (University of Maine-Presque Isle)

defunct	WRNE (Ricker College) WUFK (University of Maine-Fort Kent)

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Maine

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