City | Howland, Maine |
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Broadcast area | Bangor, Maine |
Branding | 103.9 WVOM |
Slogan | The Voice of Maine |
Frequency | 103.9 |
First air date | June 1993 |
Format | news/talk |
ERP | 90,000 watts |
HAAT | 460 meters |
Class | C |
Transmitter coordinates | 45°07′48″N 68°21′25″W / 45.130°N 68.357°WCoordinates: 45°07′48″N 68°21′25″W / 45.130°N 68.357°W |
Callsign meaning | W Voice Of Maine |
Former callsigns | WPVM (1989–1992) WPRG (1992–1993) WSNV (1993–1997) WVOM (1997–2013) |
Owner |
Blueberry Broadcasting (Blueberry Broadcasting, LLC) |
Website | http://www.wvomfm.com |
WVOM-FM 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. Known as The Voice of Maine News/Talk Network, The station serves the eastern Maine counties of Penobscot, Waldo, Washington, Hancock, and Piscataquis from its studios located in Bangor, Maine. It is also simulcast on WVQM (101.3 FM) in Augusta and WVOM (1450 AM) in Rockland, which extend WVOM-FM's programming to the capital and coastal region. The station offers a combination of locally produced news programming and syndicated talk programming. The station operates at 100,000 watts.
WVOM-FM airs a local morning drive program co-hosted by George Hale and Ric Tyler. Syndicated programming includes The Glenn Beck Radio Program, The Rush Limbaugh Show, The Howie Carr Show, The Sean Hannity Show, Ground Zero with Clyde Lewis, and Coast to Coast AM.
"Hot and Cold": a home improvement program hosted by Tom Gocze with Dr. Dick Hill. It is WVOM's longest running local program and originated in the 1989 on then-talk station WZON. Hill was a mechanical engineering professor at the University of Maine for over 46 years. A TV show is also carried on Maine Public Broadcasting Network, after being carried for many years on WVII/WFVX-LD. Gocze and Hill also write columns for the Bangor Daily News. In 2008 Hill scaled back his time on the program to the last hour of the program.