City | Monticello, Maine |
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Broadcast area | Aroostook County, Maine |
Frequency | 780 kHz |
First air date | February 2, 1981 |
Format | Classic Country |
Language(s) | English |
Power | 5,000 watts (daytime) 60 watts (nighttime) |
Class | D |
Facility ID | 17514 |
Transmitter coordinates | 46°20′30″N 67°49′4″W / 46.34167°N 67.81778°W |
Former callsigns | WOZW (1981-1987) WREM (1987-2007) WCXH (2007-2008) |
Former frequencies | 710 kHz (1981-2007) |
Affiliations | Salem Radio Network, genesis Communications Network |
Owner | Allan Weiner |
Sister stations | WBCQ, WBCQ-FM |
Website | WXME's page on WBCQ.com |
WXME (780 AM) is a radio station located in Monticello, Maine, United States serving the Northern Maine market and broadcasts a Classic Country format. The station is owned and operated by Allan Weiner, who also owns the shortwave station WBCQ. WXME's broadcast facilities are co-located with WBCQ shortwave and WBCQ-FM 94.7.
WXME was formerly known as WCXH 780, WREM 710, and WOZW 710.
WREM broadcast a variety of formats ranging from classic rock and alternative rock to talk radio and religious programming. For a number of years, WREM simulcasted talk radio from WEGP.
In the summer of 2007, the station moved to 780 kHz, increased power to 5,000 watts daytime non-directional and 60 watts nighttime non-directional, and changed its call sign to WCXH, simulcasting Channel X Radio from Caribou, Maine.
By 2008, WCXH had dropped the Channel X Radio simulcast; on September 10, 2008, the station changed its call letters to WXME. In 2009 the station carried a talk radio format largely from Fox News Radio. From March 2010 to July 2010 the station simulcasted Central Maine based WSKW's oldies format before reverting to the previous News/Talk format. In February 2011 the station returned to a simulcast of WEGP. In the summer of 2014 WXME changed to an oldies/classic hits format before reverting to a News/Talk format in early 2015.