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WIGY-FM
WIGY-FM (100.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Mexico, Maine. The station is owned by Stan Bennett, through licensee Bennett Radio Group, LLC. Established in 1988 as WTBM, WIGY-FM broadcasts a country music format, which it simulcasts with WOXO-FM (92.7).

History

WIGY-FM signed on September 15, 1988, as WTBM, owned by Tanist Broadcasting Corporation and programming country music, album-oriented rock, and adult contemporary music. Mountain Valley Broadcasting bought WTBM in 1990 and converted it to a simulcast of WOXO-FM (92.7). The station took on the WOXO-FM call letters on August 1, 2016; the call sign became available to 100.7 after the 92.7 FM facility became hot adult contemporary station WEZR-FM, with WOXO's country music programming airing on 100.7 FM and on WOXO (1450 AM and 96.9 FM).

In April 2019, the country format moved from WOXO back to WEZR-FM, retaining the simulcast on WOXO-FM. On September 27, 2019, the WEZR-FM call sign moved to 100.7, with 92.7 returning to WOXO-FM; on October 8, 100.7's call sign was changed to WRMO-FM.

WRMO-FM, along with its sister stations, went off the air March 29, 2020, citing financial considerations that included expected reduction in advertising revenue attributed to COVID-19. The stations had been up for sale following the death of owner Dick Gleason in February 2019. A sale of the Gleason Media Group stations to Bennett Radio Group was announced in May 2020, and was consummated on August 5, 2020, at a sale price of $300,000.

On August 9, 2020, WRMO-FM changed its call letters to WIGY-FM; it returned to the air on August 10, once again simulcasting WOXO-FM as "WOXO Country".

References

  1. ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. pp. D-200–1. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  2. ^ "Facility Technical Data for". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ^ The Broadcasting Yearbook 1990 (PDF). 1990. pp. B-142. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  4. ^ "Changing Hands" (PDF). Broadcasting. October 8, 1990. p. 64. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  5. ^ Fybush, Scott. "Maine Radio History, 1971–1996". The Archives at BostonRadio.org. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  6. ^ "Call Sign History (WIGY-FM)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  7. ^ Crosby, Christopher (August 1, 2016). "Radio station WOXO changes frequencies". Sun Journal. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  8. ^ Venta, Lance (July 29, 2016). "WEZR & WOXO Lewiston On The Move". RadioInsight. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
  9. ^ Venta, Lance (April 4, 2019). "WOXO & WEZR Swap Frequencies". RadioInsight. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  10. ^ [1] Rdaioinsight - October 6, 2019
  11. ^ "WOXO says farewell to listeners; Gleason Radio Group to go silent after 45 years". Lewiston Sun Journal. March 25, 2020. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  12. ^ Venta, Lance (March 25, 2020). "Gleason Media To Shut Down Cluster In Lewiston/Auburn". RadioInsight. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  13. ^ Binnie VP/Programming Stan Bennett Acquires Silent Maine Cluster Lance Venta, Radio Insight, May 26, 2020.
  14. ^ "WEZR Relaunches as WIGY Following Return of WOXO".
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