WABK-FM
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WABK-FM is an FM radio station licensed to Gardiner, Maine
and broadcasting at 104.3 MHz. WABK signed on with an adult leaning top 40 format in the fall of 1968 at 1280 on the AM dial. WABK-FM signed on during the summer of 1974 with the call letters WKME and featured Drake-Chenault's automated Hit Parade format. In February of 1978, the original studios in Farmingdale were destroyed by fire. As the stations rebuilt, WKME's call letters were changed to WABK-FM as it began a simulcast of WABK-AM featuring an up-tempo adult contemporary format with an emphasis on local personalities, news and community involvement. The simulcast ended in 1983 when WABK-AM changed its format to country, then to oldies, standards and finally in the late 1990s to sports with the call letters WFAU. In 1994, WABK-FM became "Oldies 104" but gradually shed the oldies image, playing more 1970s and 1980s music and billing itself as "Super Hits 104 WABK".
Notable talent includes
Notable Previous Talent Includes
Gardiner, Maine
Gardiner is a city in Kennebec County, Maine, United States. The population was 6,198 at the 2000 census. Popular with tourists, Gardiner is noted for its culture and old architecture.-History:...
and broadcasting at 104.3 MHz. WABK signed on with an adult leaning top 40 format in the fall of 1968 at 1280 on the AM dial. WABK-FM signed on during the summer of 1974 with the call letters WKME and featured Drake-Chenault's automated Hit Parade format. In February of 1978, the original studios in Farmingdale were destroyed by fire. As the stations rebuilt, WKME's call letters were changed to WABK-FM as it began a simulcast of WABK-AM featuring an up-tempo adult contemporary format with an emphasis on local personalities, news and community involvement. The simulcast ended in 1983 when WABK-AM changed its format to country, then to oldies, standards and finally in the late 1990s to sports with the call letters WFAU. In 1994, WABK-FM became "Oldies 104" but gradually shed the oldies image, playing more 1970s and 1980s music and billing itself as "Super Hits 104 WABK".
Notable talent includes
- Don Brown
- Ryan Cote
- Mark Jackson
Notable Previous Talent Includes
- Bruce Stevens (WBZ/Boston, WTIC/Hartford, WJMJ/Hartford)
- Jon Holiday(Dial Global, Power 96/Miami, G-98 Portland)
- Bob Dow
- Bob Walker (WKTI/Milwaukee, Cat Country/Providence)