WVOM-FM

WVOM-FM
City Howland, Maine
Broadcast area Bangor, Maine
Branding 103.9 WVOM
Slogan The Voice of Maine
Frequency 103.9
First air date June 1993 (1993-06)[1]
Format news/talk
ERP 90,000 watts
HAAT 460 meters
Class C
Transmitter coordinates 45°07′48″N 68°21′25″W / 45.130°N 68.357°W / 45.130; -68.357Coordinates: 45°07′48″N 68°21′25″W / 45.130°N 68.357°W / 45.130; -68.357
Callsign meaning W Voice Of Maine
Former callsigns WPVM (1989–1992)
WPRG (1992–1993)
WSNV (1993–1997)Mbr>WVOM (1997–2013)
Owner Blueberry Broadcasting
(Blueberry Broadcasting, LLC)
Website http://www.wvomfm.com

WVOM-FM is an FM radio station located at 103.9 MHz, owned by Blueberry Broadcasting. WVOM and the other 16 Clear Channel stations in Maine were sold in August 2008 to Maine-based Blueberry Broadcasting which is headed by Louis Vitale and Bruce Biette. Known as The Voice of Maine News/Talk Network, The station serves the eastern Maine counties of Penobscot, Waldo, Washington, Hancock, and Piscataquis from its studios located in Bangor, Maine. It is also simulcast on WVQM (101.3 FM) in Augusta and WVOM (1450 AM) in Rockland, which extend WVOM-FM's programming to the capital and coastal region. The station offers a combination of locally produced news programming and syndicated talk programming. The station operates at 100,000 watts.

Current programming

Weekdays

WVOM-FM airs a local morning drive program co-hosted by George Hale and Ric Tyler. Syndicated programming includes The Glenn Beck Radio Program, The Rush Limbaugh Show, The Howie Carr Show, The Sean Hannity Show, Ground Zero with Clyde Lewis, and Coast to Coast AM.

Weekend

Saturday 7-10am Hot and Cold a home improvement program hosted by Tom Gocze with Dr. Dick Hill It is WVOM's longest running local program and originated in the 1989 on then-talk station WZON. Hill was a mechanical engineering professor at the University of Maine for over 46 years. A TV show is also carried on Maine Public Broadcasting Network, after being carried for many years on WVII/WFVX-LD. Gocze and Hill also write columns for the Bangor Daily News. In 2008 Hill scaled back his time on the program to the last hour of the program.

Sunday 2pm-4pm Back To Business, a program designed to provide advice to Eastern Maine's small business community. The program is hosted by Deb Neuman of the University of Maine's Target Technology Incubator. Ms. Neuman was recently awarded Small Business Journalist of the Year for Maine and New England by the US Small Business Administration. The show also has received a commendation from the United States Senate in September 2006. Until WVOM picked up University of Maine sports, the show aired on Saturday afternoons in the same timeslot.

Weekend syndicated programming includes The Kim Komando Show, The Car Doctor with Ron Ananian, Bob Brinker's Moneytalk, Coast to Coast AM and the Best of Glenn Beck.

Local weekend programming includes The Woof Meow Show hosted by Don Hanson and Kate Dutra of Green Acres Kennel Shop. The show focuses on educating pet parents about their dogs and cats. Topics in the past have included: Dealing with a Barking Dog, Picking the Perfect Pet, Insurance Issues for Pets, Acupuncture for Pets, Pet Nutrition, Litter Box Training and many others. Past guests on the show have been Pat Miller, Joel Walton, Steve Brown, Dr. Mark Hanks, Dr. David Cloutier Dr. Judy Herman, Suzan Bell and nutritionists from various pet food companies. A listing of past shows can be found at the Green Acres Kennel Shop website at: http://www.greenacreskennel.com/woof-meow-show/past-shows.

Past programming

References

bostonradio.org Radio history of Maine 1971-1996, also an audio collection and weekly columns.

  1. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-199. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  2. ↑ Black Bear Radio Agreement To Move Flagship Station And Expand Network
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