WPOR

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WPOR

City of license	Portland, Maine
Broadcast area	Portland, Maine
Branding	WPOR 101.9
Slogan	Today's Country
Frequency	101.9 MHz
First air date	October 31, 1967
Format	Country music
ERP	32,000 watts
HAAT	186 meters
Class	B
Facility ID	49982
Callsign meaning	W PORtland
Owner	Saga Communications
Sister stations	WBAE, WGAN, WMGX, WVAE, WYNZ, WZAN, WCLZ
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	wpor.com

WPOR is a radio station in Portland, Maine that broadcasts a country music radio format. It is owned by Saga Communications. It broadcasts at 101.9 on the FM dial.

History

WPOR has had the same format since it signed-on as an FM simulcast of 1490 WPOR, now WBAE, on October 31, 1967. WPOR was owned by Hildreth Broadcasting Corporation at that time.^[1] On March 2, 1971 WPOR and WPOR-FM were sold to Ocean Coast Properties.^[2] 25 years later in March 1996 WPOR and WPOR-FM were sold again, this time to current owner Saga Communications for $10 million.^[3]^[4]

In March 1999 WPOR/1490 changed its call letters to WBAE.^[5] The reason for the new call letters was made clear on May 24, 1999 when it changed its format to adult standards and became known on air as The Bay.^[6]

In its heyday in the 1980s, WPOR had an announcer lineup that included Bud Sawyer, Tom Hennessey, Glen Slater, Deborah Delaney, Hal Knight, Brad Hughes, Chuck Brady, Ray Terry, Mike Audette, Gary Nelson, and others.

At one time, it was the most listened-to radio station in the state of Maine, and one of the top country music stations in America.^{[citation needed]}

References

↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1969 (PDF). 1969. p. 77. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1972 (PDF). 1972. p. 94. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1998 (PDF). 1998. p. 199. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
↑ Fybush, Scott (March 14, 1996). "New England RadioWatch: March 14, 1996". New England RadioWatch. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
↑ "AM Query Results". FCC. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
↑ Fybush, Scott (June 4, 1999). "The End of CBL is Near". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved March 6, 2012.

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WPOR

Radio-Locator information on WPOR

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WPOR

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

By callsign	W223BH W245AA W263BZ WBAE WBCI WBLM WBQQ WCLZ WCME WCYY WFNK WGAN WGIN WHOM WHTP WHXR WJBQ WJJB-FM WJTO WJZF-LP WJZP-LP WKTQ WLOB WLVP WMEA WMGX WMPG WMSJ WPEI WPKQ WPOR WPPI WRED WRKJ WSEW WTHT WTME WXEX-FM WXTP WYAR WYFP WYNZ WZAN

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 Radio stations in the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine market

By FM frequency	88.1 89.3 90.1 91.5 92.3 92.7 93.1 93.9 94.9 95.5 96.3 97.9 98.9 99.9 100.7 101.3 101.9 102.9 103.7 104.3 105.9 107.5

By AM frequency	560 900 1240 1470

By callsign	WABK WARX WBCI WBLM WCLZ WCME WEZR WFNK WGAN WHOM WJBQ WJJB-FM WLAM WLOB-FM WMEA WMEY WMGX WMME-FM WMSJ WOXO-FM WPKQ WPOR WRBC WTBM WTHT WVQM

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 Country Radio Stations in the state of Maine

By frequency:	1160 92.7 96.9 97.1 98.5 99.1 99.3 99.9 100.7 101.9 103.3 106.5

By callsign:	WBFB WBFE WBPW WBQQ WEBB WMCM WOXO-FM WPOR WQCB WSKW WTBM WTHT

By community of license:	Auburn Bangor Bar Harbor Brewer Kennebunkport Mexico Norway Portland Presque Isle Rockland Skowhegan Waterville

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

v t e Saga Communications, Inc.

Radio stations	KAFE KAZR KBAI KDXY KEGI KGMI KISM KICD KICD-FM KIOA/K260AM KJBX KLLT KLTI-FM KMIT KPSZ KPUG KRNT KSTZ KUQL WAFX WAQY WBAE WBCO WCFF WCLZ WCVQ WDBR WFEA WGAN/WGIN WHAI WHCU WHMP/WHMQ/WHNP WHQG WINA WIII WINQ WISE WIXY WJMR-FM WJYI WKBK WKFN WKLH WKNE WKVT WKVT-FM WLFZ WLRW WLZX WMGX WMLL WNAX WNAX-FM WNND/WNNP WNOR WNRG-FM WNYY WOXL-FM WPOR WPVQ WQEL WQMZ WQNY WQQL WRND WRND-FM WRSI WRSY WSNI WSNY WTAX WVAX WVMX WVVR WWWV WYMG WYNZ WYSE WYXL WYXY/W221CK WZAN WZBK WZID WZZP

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Television stations	KAVU-TV (ABC) KOAM-TV (CBS) KFJX (Fox)¹ KVCT (Fox)¹ KXTS-LD (CBS) KMOL-LD (NBC) KVTX-LP (TMD) KUNU-LP (UNI)

¹ Saga Communications operates these stations owned by Surtsey Media.

Coordinates: 43°45′32″N 70°19′12″W / 43.759°N 70.320°W / 43.759; -70.320

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