WVQM is a radio station

Radio station

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 broadcasting a News/Talk format and simulcasting co-owned WVOM

WVOM

WVOM is an FM radio station located at 103.9 MHz, owned by Blueberry Broadcasting. WVOM and the other 16 Clear Channel stations in Maine were sold in August 2008 to Maine-based Blueberry Broadcasting which is headed by Louis Vitale and Bruce Biette...

 from Bangor

Bangor, Maine

Bangor is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States, and the major commercial and cultural center for eastern and northern Maine...

, Maine

Maine

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. Licensed to Augusta, Maine

Augusta, Maine

Augusta is the capital of the US state of Maine, county seat of Kennebec County, and center of population for Maine. The city's population was 19,136 at the 2010 census, making it the third-smallest state capital after Montpelier, Vermont and Pierre, South Dakota...

, USA, the station serves the Augusta-Waterville area. The station is currently owned by Blueberry Broadcasting

Blueberry Broadcasting

Bluberry Broadcasting is a Kennebunkport, Maine based media company owning 17 radio stations throughout the state of Maine. The company is headed by Bruce Biette, vice president and CEO, and Louis Vitali, President. Studios are located in Augusta and Bangor....

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History

The station went on the air as WFAU-FM on 1981-01-15. on 1982-07-05, the station changed its call sign to the current WKCG. Up until 1999 the station was a country

Country music

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 formatted station, but that changed on March 1 when the station adopted the adult contemporary format vacated by then sister station WCTB

WCTB

WCTB is an FM radio broadcast station licensed to Fairfield, Maine, with studios in Skowhegan. It broadcasts on 93.5 MHz with an oldies format, largely simulcasting Scott Shannon's The True Oldies Channel.- History :...

. http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-990305.html On January 5, 2009 the station dropped the Star 101 imaging and the adult contemporary format for a simulcast of talk radio

Talk radio

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 WVOM

WVOM

WVOM is an FM radio station located at 103.9 MHz, owned by Blueberry Broadcasting. WVOM and the other 16 Clear Channel stations in Maine were sold in August 2008 to Maine-based Blueberry Broadcasting which is headed by Louis Vitale and Bruce Biette...

. WCME would pick up the adult contemporary format and the Star imaging before switching several months later to a simulcast of WTOS-FM

WTOS-FM

WTOS-FM , known as "The Mountain of Pure Rock", is an FM radio station licensed to Skowhegan, Maine whose studios are located in Augusta.-History:...

. In February 2009, WKCG switched callsigns to WVQM, similar to its simulcast partner WVOM.

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