WLAM

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WLAM
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City of license Lewiston, Maine
Broadcast area Lewiston-Auburn area
Slogan 1470 Espn Radio
Frequency 1470 kHz
Format Sports radio
Power 5,000 watts unlimited
Class B
Facility ID 64434
Transmitter Coordinates 44°3′47.00″N 70°15′0.00″W / 44.0630556, -70.25
Former callsigns WKZN (1990-1993)
WZOU (1993-?)
Affiliations ABC Radio , AP Radio, CNN Radio
Owner Nassau Broadcasting Iii, LLC
Website 1470espnradio.com

WLAM (1470 AM) is a radio station simulcasting a Sports radio format. Licensed to Lewiston, Maine, USA, the station serves the Lewiston-Auburn area. The station is currently owned by Nassau Broadcasting and features programing from ESPN Radio , AP Radio and CNN Radio.[1]

[edit] History

The station went on the air as WKZN on 1990-12-26. on 1993-07-19, the station changed its call sign to WZOU, on 2001-05-21 to the current WLAM,[2] WLAM had planned to drop ESPN Radio in favor of programming from Boston's WEEI in January 2008[3], but the deal between Nassau and Entercom ended up collapsing.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ WLAM Facility Record. United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ^ WLAM Call Sign History. United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ^ Whitehouse, Randy. "Boston's WEEI coming to Maine", Lewiston Sun Journal, 2007-10-23. Retrieved on 2007-10-27. 
  4. ^ "Entercom-Nassau Deal Falls Through", Radio Ink, 2008-01-04. Retrieved on 2008-01-07. 

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