Maine Radio History, 1971–1996
BostonRadio.org offers an excellent history of Maine radio stations from 1971 to 1996.
There was only one station in Piscataquis County in 1971, Dover-Foxcroft's WDME. There's still only one, and it's still WDME. The only difference is that back then, WDME was on 1340 AM (and a relative newcomer; it signed on in 1967). WDME-FM signed on in 1980, as a simulcast on 103.1 A few years later, both stations moved into a converted railroad car, and not long after that, the AM vanished from the airwaves. Today, “D-103” makes a big deal out of its exotic studio location, with IDs that feature train sounds underneath.
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I'm old enough to remember many of the stations mentioned, like WPNO, in Auburn, a station that played great AM rock, like Grand Funk, the Raspberries, and other 70s rock staples.
I ran into Dave Dion, former DJ, at a trade show not long ago. We reminisced about the "good 'ole days" of AM radio, before the corporate gods stole our airwaves.
I must be a little younger, because it was only FM for me and my brother in the 70s. Mostly WIGY, until we graduated to WBLM. And WOXO, I believe, for the ball games.
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