WCME

This article is about the AM station licensed to Brunswick, Maine. For the station in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, that used the WCME call letters until April 2009, see WBQA.

WCME
Broadcast areaMid Coast of Maine
Frequency900 kHz
BrandingRadio Midcoast WCME 99.5 FM & 900 AM
Programming
FormatFull service adult contemporary
Affiliations
Ownership
OwnerJames B. Bleikamp
History
First air date
December 16, 1955
Former call signs
  • WCME (1955–1973)
  • WKXA (1973–1988)
  • WCLZ (1988–1998)
  • WJJB (1998–2008)
  • WWBK (2008–2009)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID56570
ClassD
Power
  • 700 watts (daytime)
  • 26 watts (nighttime)[2]
Transmitter coordinates
43°54′41.99″N 70°1′27.98″W / 43.9116639°N 70.0244389°W / 43.9116639; -70.0244389 (WCME)
Translator(s)99.5 W258DI (Brunswick)
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen live
Websiteradiomidcoastwcme.com

WCME (900 kHz; "Radio Midcoast") is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Brunswick, Maine, and serving Maine's Mid Coast; on-air, the station is currently known as "Radio Midcoast WCME 99-5 FM & 900 AM". 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.[3] WCME's studios are in the Fort Andross complex in Brunswick.[4] WCME's transmitter is located along U.S. Route 1 near Durham Road in Brunswick.[5]

WCME operates with 700 watts by day but must reduce power to 26 watts at night because 900 kHz is a Mexican and Canadian clear channel frequency and WCME cannot interfere with more powerful stations at 900 AM.

  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WCME". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Bleikamp, James B. (December 8, 2011). "Application for Construction Permit for Commercial Broadcast Station". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
  3. ^ Martin, Dylan (October 31, 2012). "WCME returns to Brunswick airwaves promising local focus". The Forecaster. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  4. ^ Shelly, Rachel (October 24, 2012). "Back on air". The Times Record. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  5. ^ "Radio Station Coverage Map".