WLOB

WLOB

Infobox Radio station
name = WLOB


city = Portland, Maine
area = Portland, Maine
branding = News/Talk 1310 WLOB
slogan =
airdate =
frequency = 1310 kHz
format = News/Talk
power = 5,000 watts
class = B
callsign_meaning = LOBster
former_callsigns =
facility_id = 9202
owner = Atlantic Coast Radio
webcast =
website = http://www.wlobradio.com
affiliations = Fox News Radio
USA Radio Network
Boston Red Sox
University of Maine Black Bears
sister_stations = WJJB, WRED

WLOB (1310 AM) is a news/talk radio station in the Portland, Maine area. The current owner is Atlantic Coast Radio.

The station's programming includes Laura Ingraham, Michael Savage, Boston Red Sox and Sean Hannity. In June 2007 it was announced that WLOB would carry University of Maine Black Bear football and ice hockey. [ [http://goblackbears.cstv.com/genrel/060407aaa.html University of Maine Official Athletic Site] ] .

Their morning show, The FOX Morning News, is simulcast on Portland's Fox affiliate, FOX23 WPFO.

The station uses the news services of Fox News Radio and USA Radio Network.

History

During the 1960s and early 1970s, WLOB was a popular Top 40 music station, competing with WJAB (1440) in nearby Westbrook. By the early 1990s, WLOB had picked up a religious format. In the late 1990s, it added a simulcast on 96.3 FM in Rumford, WLOB-FM.

In 2000, WLOB and WLOB-FM were sold to Atlantic Coast Radio by Carter Broadcasting. The stations subsequently dropped their religious programming and picked up the news-talk format heard today. In 2006, WLOB-FM relocated its transmitter from Western Maine to South Paris to provide a clearer signal to the Portland area. Following the transmitter move, in 2008 WLOB-FM changed its city of license from Rumford to Gray.

On August 25, 2008, WLOB-FM was converted to a simulcast of WJJB (the descendant of WJAB); resulting in WLOB's programming being heard only on the AM signal. This was part of a shuffle of Atlantic Coast Radio's FM stations as a result of the conversion of two of its stations on September 1, 2008 to simulcasts of WEEI.cite news |first=Ray |last=Routhier |title=WEEI to air in Maine Sept. 1 |url=http://news.mainetoday.com/updates/031753.html |work=Portland Press Herald |date=2008-08-19 |accessdate=2008-08-19 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.wlobradio.com Official website]
*AMQ|WLOB
*AML|WLOB


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