City | Lewiston, Maine |
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Broadcast area | Lewiston–Auburn |
Branding | Maine's Big Z |
Slogan | More Music. Better Variety. |
Frequency | 1240 kHz |
Translator(s) | 105.5 W288CW (Lewiston) |
First air date | August 21, 1938 |
Format | Hot Adult Contemporary |
Power | 1,000 watts day 860 watts night |
Class | C |
Facility ID | 11031 |
Transmitter coordinates | 44°06′55″N 70°14′55″W / 44.11528°N 70.24861°W |
Former callsigns | WCOU (1938–1988) WXGL (1988–1991) WTME (1991–2001) WCNM (2001–2007) |
Owner | Mountain Valley Broadcasting, Inc. |
Sister stations | WEZR-FM, WOXO, WOXO-FM, WTME |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | www |
WEZR (1240 AM, 105.5 FM; "Maine's Big Z") is a radio station licensed to serve Lewiston, Maine. The station is owned by Mountain Valley Broadcasting, Inc. It airs a hot adult contemporary music format. Its programming is also heard on W288CW (105.5 FM) in Lewiston and WEZR-FM (92.7 FM) in Norway. In addition to music, WEZR broadcasts Lewiston–Auburn area high school sports.
The station was assigned the WEZR call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on January 18, 2007.
On March 31, 2014, WEZR began simulcasting on 105.5 FM, via translator W288CW, and rebranded as Z105.5. On August 1, 2016, the station began simulcasting on WEZR-FM (formerly WOXO-FM, whose country music format was transferred to 1450 AM and 96.9 FM), expanding the format's reach to the Oxford Hills area; as a result, the station rebranded to "Maine's Big Z". It's morning show, "The Breakfast Club with Matty B" has had over 1500 interviews so far, inlcuding Patrick Dempsey, Senators Susan Collins & Angus King, Congressman Bruce Poliquin, Governore Paul LePage, Medium John Edward, local business leaders, athletes, and many more.