WCME
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| City | Brunswick, Maine |
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| Broadcast area | Mid Coast of Maine |
| Branding | Radio 9 WCME |
| Slogan | Midcoast Maine's News Station |
| Frequency | 900 kHz |
| First air date | December 16, 1955 |
| Format |
Adult Contemporary Full Service |
| Power | 700 watts (daytime) 26 watts (nighttime) |
| Class | D |
| Facility ID | 56570 |
| Transmitter coordinates | 43°54′41″N 70°1′29″W / 43.91139°N 70.02472°W |
| Former callsigns | WCME (1955–1973) WKXA (1973–1988) WCLZ (1988–1998) WJJB (1998–2008) WWBK (2008–2009) |
| Affiliations |
Westwood One News Boston Bruins Radio Network |
| Owner | James B. Bleikamp |
| Webcast | WCME Webstream |
| Website | WCME Online |
WCME (900 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Brunswick, Maine and serving Maine's Mid Coast. Established in 1955, the station is owned by veteran radio news anchor and talk host Jim Bleikamp, and programs a locally-oriented, full-service oldies/soft rock radio format emphasizing news and local events. WCME's studios are in the Fort Andross complex in Brunswick. WCME's transmitter is located along U.S. Route 1 near Durham Road in Brunswick.
WCME operates at 700 watts by day but must reduce power to 26 watts at night because 900 kHz is a clear channel frequency and WCME cannot interfere with more powerful stations at 900. WCME carries Westwood One News at the beginning of most hours.
WCME signed on December 16, 1955 under the ownership of Westminster Broadcasting Corporation. Central Maine Broadcasting System acquired the station in 1964, and launched a sister station on 98.9 FM on April 11, 1965. The WCME stations were sold to WCME Inc. in 1969, and to Condit Broadcasting in 1972.
By 1973, WCME and WCME-FM simulcast a contemporary format; later that year, the call letters were changed to WKXA. The following year, the WKXA stations were sold to Amcom Corporation and implemented a mix of talk and MOR. In 1977, the simulcast was dissolved, and WKXA flipped to top 40; a year later, the station reverted to simulcasting with WKXA-FM, by then a country station. Independent programming again resumed in 1980, this time with a news/talk format; this continued after Windward Communications bought the station in 1982, but by 1984 WKXA had adopted an adult contemporary format (separate from that on the newly renamedWCLZ), which gave way by 1987 to a return of the country format.
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