WVOM
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| 103.9 WVOM | |
| The Voice of Maine | |
| City of license | Bangor, Maine |
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| Frequency | 103.9 |
| First air date | Early 1990's |
| Format | news/talk |
| ERP | 90 kw |
| Class | C |
| Callsign meaning | W Voice Of Maine |
| Former callsigns | WSNV |
| Owner | Clear Channel Broadcasting (sale pending to Blueberry Broadcasting) |
| Website | http://www.wvomfm.com |
WVOM is an FM radio station located at 103.9 mhz, owned by Clear Channel Broadcasting. WVOM and the other 16 Clear Channel stations in the Bangor and Augusta markets are being sold 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 Piscatiquis from its studios located in Bangor, Maine. The station offers a combination of locally produced news programming and syndicated talk programming. The station operates at 90,000 watts however on air they state they are the 100,000 watt blow torch.
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[edit] Current programming
[edit] Weekdays
All Times EST
6am-9am "The George Hale / Ric Tyler Show"
9am-Noon Glenn Beck
Noon-3pm Rush Limbaugh
3pm-7pm Howie Carr
7pm-10pm Sean Hannity
10pm-5am Coast To Coast AM
[edit] Weekend
Saturday 7-10am "Hot and Cold" hosted by Tom Gocze with Dr. Dick Hill. Maine's Home Improvement Program since 1989. Hot and Cold focuses on home improvements, building science and energy efficiency. It is WVOM's longest running local program and originated in the late 1980s on then-talk station WZON.
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 of 2006. Until WVoM picked up University of Maine sports, the show aired on Saturday afternoons in the same timeslot.
WVOM as well as WGUY are the flagship stations for the Black Bear Network Sports. WVOM carries football, and hockey while WGUY will carry men's and women's college basketball as well as select baseball and softball. On March 15, 2007 it was announced WVOM, along with sister station WGUY will be the new home for University of Maine sports through the 2011-2012 season, replacing long time radio home WZON. WVOM will carry football and hockey while WGUY will carry men's and women's basketball.[1] Previous to the fall of 2007, the long-time home of University of Maine sports was ESPN Radio affiliate WZON, however the university's student run radio station WMEB will continue to carry home sports games, with their own announcers as they did during the WZON days.
The station also carries The Kim Komando Show, The Car Doctor with Ron Ananian, Bob Brinker's Moneytalk, Coast to Coast AM and the Best of Glenn Beck.
[edit] Past Programming
- Doctor Laura: Dropped in favor of Glenn Beck, program moved to WABI AM 910.
- Jim Cramer's Real Money: Program changed syndicators and has ultimately left the air.
- Bruce Williams, dropped in favor of Lars Larson.
- Lars Larson, dropped in favor of Sean Hannity.
- The Phil Hendrie Show: Hendrie ended his original show in June 2006. Replaced by Coast to Coast AM rebroadcasts.
[edit] References
bostonradio.org Radio history of Maine 1971-1996, also an audio collection and weekly columns.
[edit] External links
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