- WBACH
Infobox Radio station
name = WBQW/WBQX/WBQI
city = WBQW: Kennebunkport
WBQX: Thomaston
WBQI: Bar Harbor
area =
branding = "WBACH"
slogan = "Maine's Clasical Network"
airdate =1991-04-22 (as WKME)
frequency = WBQW: 104.7 MHz
WBQX: 106.9 MHz
WBQI: 107.7 MHz
format = Classical
power =
erp = WBQW: 6,000 watts
WBQX: 29,500 watts
WBQI: 11,500 watts
haat = WBQW: 87 meters
WBQX: 193 meters
WBQI: 149 meters
class = WBQW: A
WBQX: B
WBQI: B1
facility_id = WBQW: 69855
WBQX: 49564
WBQI: 40925
coordinates = coord|43|24|16.00|N| 70|26|15.00|W|region:GB_type:city (WBQW)
coord|44|6|30.00|N| 69|9|28|W|region:GB_type:city (WBQX)
coord|44|33|13.00|N| 68|5|40.00|W|region:GB_type:city (WBQI)
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns =
owner = Nassau Broadcasting Iii, LLC
licensee =
sister_stations =
webcast = [http://player.streamtheworld.com/liveplayer.php?CALLSIGN=WBACHFM#Main Listen Live]
website = [http://www.wbachradio.com wbachradio.com]
affiliations =WBACH is a network of
FM radio stations inMaine owned by Nassau Broadcasting. The network consists of WBQW 104.7 Kennebunkport, WBQX 106.9 Thomaston and WBQI 107.7 Bar Harbor. Currently the stations air a classical music format.History
WBQW signed on the air in 1974 as
WJBQ (no relation to the current WJBQ in Portland) changing calls to WDCS and adopting a classical music format in September 1981 involving a frequency swap with 97.9 (Portland, Maine). It later changed to WPKM before adopting the current WBQW call sign. It became part of the WBACH network in 1998. On October 6, 2008 WBQW moved from 106.3 Scarborough to 104.7 Kennebunkport.WBQX signed on in 1992 and was previously known as WAVX "The Classical Wave" (then simulcasted with 101.7, the current
WFZX ). It also became part of the WBACH network in 1998.WBQI was previously WMDI, the call letters standing for Mount Desert Island, the area in which the city of license, Bar Harbor, is located. It completed the present WBACH network in 2001.
External links
*FM station data|WBQW
*FM station data|WBQX
*FM station data|WBQI* [http://www.bostonradio.org/essays/maine-hist.html Maine Radio History from bostonradio.org]
* [http://www.wbachradio.com Official site for WBACH]
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