- 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 = 5,000watt s
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, WREDWLOB (1310 AM) is a news/talk
radio station in thePortland, Maine area. The current owner isAtlantic Coast Radio .The station's programming includes
Laura Ingraham ,Michael Savage ,Boston Red Sox andSean Hannity . In June 2007 it was announced that WLOB would carryUniversity 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 andUSA 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 onSeptember 1 ,2008 to simulcasts ofWEEI .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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