the 1970s pittsburgh radio station also known as 13q see wjas . woxo fm redirects here . for the radio station in norway maine that formerly used this call sign see wezr fm . woxo city south paris maine broadcast area oxford county maine branding the ox slogan maine s real country frequency 1450 khz translator s 96.9 w245cq south paris first air date october 28 1955 1955 10 28 1 format country music power 1 000 watts unlimited class c facility id 52176 transmitter coordinates 44 13 16 n 70 31 43 w 44.22111 n 70.52861 w 44.22111 ; 70.52861 woxo former callsigns wktq 1955 1973 wktp 1973 1976 wxiv 1976 1981 woxo 1981 1986 wktq 1986 2016 2 owner gleason radio group mountain valley broadcasting inc. sister stations wezr wezr fm woxo fm wtme website www.woxo.com woxo fm city mexico maine broadcast area oxford county maine branding the ox slogan maine s real country frequency 100.7 mhz first air date september 15 1988 1988 09 15 1 format country music erp 850 watts haat 388 meters class c3 facility id 46323 transmitter coordinates 44 34 56 n 70 37 59 w 44.58222 n 70.63306 w 44.58222 ; 70.63306 woxo fm former callsigns wtbm 1987 2016 owner gleason media group mountain valley broadcasting inc. sister stations wezr wezr fm woxo wtme website www.woxo.com woxo 1450 am ; the ox is a radio station licensed to serve south paris maine . woxo fm 100.7 fm is a radio station licensed to serve mexico maine . both stations are owned by gleason radio group and licensed to mountain valley broadcasting inc. they air a country music format . woxo s programming is also heard on w245cq 96.9 fm in south paris . woxo went on the air in 1955 as wktq and woxo fm went on the air in 1988 as wtbm ; both stations were assigned their present call letters on august 1 2016 . 2 3 contents 1 history 1.1 woxo 1.2 woxo fm 2 references 3 external links history edit woxo edit woxo signed on october 28 1955 1 as wktq under the ownership of oxford broadcasting corporation . 4 in its early years wktq s programming included news music and sports . 4 the station affiliated with the mutual broadcasting system in june 1965 5 and switched to abc radio s entertainment network in 1972 . 6 by this point wktq had a variety format that included 42 hours a week of country music . 7 the call letters were changed to wktp in 1973 . 8 richard gleason owner of woxo 92.7 fm in norway bought wktp for 130 000 in 1976 9 and changed its call letters to wxiv . 10 the station had a country music format at the time ; 11 by 1977 wxiv had changed to a top 40 format with 80 percent of the programming simulcast on woxo . 12 wxiv s call letters were changed to woxo on november 23 1981 ; 2 the station continued to simulcast with woxo fm 13 which changed to a country music format that year . 14 later in the 1980s the station shifted to religious programming ; 15 16 this programming was simulcast on wtme 1530 am in auburn 13 which gleason purchased in 1985 . 17 the call letters were changed back to wktq on january 15 1986 . 2 the simulcast on wtme moved to 1240 am in lewiston in 1990 after gleason acquired that facility and shut down the 1530 am transmitter . 13 wllb 790 am in rumford began simulcasting wktq and wtme in 2001 following gleason s purchase of that station ; 18 later that year wllb took the wtme call letters from 1240 19 which became wcnm and in 2007 wezr and moved to 780 am . 20 wktq returned to the woxo call letters on august 1 2016 ; 2 at that time the station began to simulcast on w245cq 96.9 fm and took on the country music format previously heard on woxo fm which changed its call letters to wezr fm and began simulcasting wezr s hot adult contemporary format . 21 22 woxo fm edit woxo fm signed on september 15 1988 1 as wtbm owned by tanist broadcasting corporation and programming country music album oriented rock and adult contemporary music . 23 mountain valley broadcasting bought the station in 1990 24 and converted it to a simulcast of woxo fm . 13 the station took on the woxo fm call letters on august 1 2016 3 as part of the move of woxo s country music programming from 92.7 fm to 1450 am and 96.9 fm ; 22 the 100.7 facility retained the country music format . 21 22 references edit a b c d broadcasting & cable yearbook 1999 pdf . 1999 . pp . d 200 1 . retrieved august 27 2016 . a b c d e call sign history woxo . fcc media bureau cdbs public access database . a b call sign history woxo fm . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . retrieved august 27 2016 . a b wktq south paris me . starts with 15 hour schedule pdf . broadcasting telecasting . november 28 1955 . p. 90 . retrieved august 27 2016 . mutual signs seven into fold pdf . broadcasting . july 5 1965 . p. 10 . retrieved august 27 2016 . media briefs pdf . broadcasting . may 29 1972 . p. 36 . retrieved august 27 2016 . broadcasting yearbook 1973 pdf . 1973 . p. b 90 . retrieved august 27 2016 . for the record pdf . broadcasting . may 21 1973 . p. 64 . retrieved august 27 2016 . for the record pdf . broadcasting . august 16 1976 . p. 50 . retrieved august 27 2016 . call letters pdf . broadcasting . october 4 1976 . p. 68 . retrieved august 27 2016 . broadcasting yearbook 1977 pdf . 1977 . p. c 94 . retrieved august 27 2016 . broadcasting yearbook 1978 pdf . 1978 . pp . c 96 7 . retrieved august 27 2016 . a b c d fybush scott . maine radio history 1971 1996 . the archives at bostonradio.org . retrieved august 27 2016 . marois dan 2016 2017 . hitting the airwaves for over 40 years . oxford hills magazine . pp. 28 9 . retrieved august 11 2016 . broadcasting cablecasting yearbook 1983 pdf . 1983 . pp . b 109 . retrieved august 27 2016 . broadcasting cablecasting yearbook 1984 pdf . 1984 . pp . b 116 . retrieved august 27 2016 . for the record pdf . broadcasting . february 4 1985 . p. 88 . retrieved august 27 2016 . fybush scott february 5 2001 . river flows to new home . north east radiowatch . retrieved august 27 2016 . fybush scott july 16 2001 . ctv adds montreal to o & o roster . north east radiowatch . retrieved august 27 2016 . fybush scott january 14 2002 . maine signal powers up ; nyc lptv loses allocation battle . north east radiowatch . retrieved august 27 2016 . a b crosby christopher august 1 2016 . radio station woxo changes frequencies . sun journal . retrieved august 2 2016 . a b c venta lance july 29 2016 . wezr & woxo lewiston on the move . radioinsight . retrieved august 27 2016 . the broadcasting yearbook 1990 pdf . 1990 . pp . b 142 . retrieved august 27 2016 . changing hands pdf . broadcasting . october 8 1990 . p. 64 . retrieved august 27 2016 . external links edit official website query the fcc s am station database for woxo radio locator information on woxo query nielsen audio s am station database for woxo query the fcc s fm station database for w245cq radio locator information on w245cq query the fcc s fm station database for woxo radio locator information on woxo query nielsen audio s fm station database for woxo v t e radio stations in the portland maine market by am frequency 560 730 780 870 900 970 1220 1310 1400 1440 1450 1490 by fm frequency 88.3 88.5 88.7 89.3 90.1 90.9 91.9 92.1 92.5 93.1 94.3 94.9 95.5 95.9 96.3 96.9 97.1 97.9 98.9 99.3 99.9 100.5 100.9 101.9 102.9 103.7 104.7 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.5 107.9 by callsign w223bh w245aa w263bz wbae wbci wblm wbqq wclz wcme wcyy wfnk wgan wgin whom whtp whxr wjbq wjjb fm wjto wjzf lp wjzp lp wlob wlvp wmea wmgx wmpg wmsj woxo wpei wpkq wpor wppi wred wrkj wsew wtht wtme wwsf wxex fm wxtp wyar wyfp wynz wzan maine radio markets augusta waterville bangor portland other maine radio regions northern & downeast maine lewiston auburn see also list of radio stations in maine portsmouth lakes region northeast kingdom v t e radio stations in the lewiston auburn maine market by am frequency 560 900 1240 1470 by fm frequency 88.1 89.3 90.1 91.5 92.3 92.7 93.1 93.9 94.9 95.5 96.3 97.9 98.9 99.9 100.7 101.3 101.9 102.9 103.7 104.3 105.9 107.5 by callsign wabk fm warx wbci wblm wclz wcme wezr wezr fm wfnk wgan whom wjbq wjjb fm wlam wlob fm wmea wmey wmgx wmme fm wmsj wpkq woxo fm wpor wrbc wtht wvqm maine radio markets augusta waterville bangor portland other maine radio regions northern & downeast maine lewiston auburn see also list of radio stations in maine v t e country radio stations in the state of maine by frequency 1160 1280 1400 1450 94.7 95.3 96.9 97.1 98.5 99.1 99.3 99.9 100.7 101.9 103.3 106.5 by callsign wbcq fm wbfb wbfe wbpw wbqq wcyr webb wjye wmcm woxo woxo fm wpor wqcb wskw wtbu wtht by community of license auburn bangor bar harbor brewer gardiner kennebunkport mexico monticello portland presque isle rockland skowhegan south paris veazie waterville york center see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in maine this article about a radio station in maine is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title woxo am & oldid 736501122 categories radio stations in mainecountry radio stations in the united statesparis maineradio stations established in 19551955 establishments in mainemaine radio station stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 27 august 2016 at 23 14 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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