coast portland maine branding hot 104.7 slogan southern maine s hit music channel frequency 104.7 mhz first air date december 1 1994 1994 12 01 as wqez 1 format rhythmic top 40 erp 6 000 watts haat 87 meters class a facility id 69855 transmitter coordinates 43 24 16.00 n 70 26 15 w 43.4044444 n 70.43750 w 43.4044444 ; 70.43750 callsign meaning hot portland former callsigns wqez 1994 2004 whxq 2004 2008 wbqw 2008 2012 owner mainestream media llc webcast listen live website hot1047maine.com whtp 104.7 fm ; hot 104.7 is an american radio station licensed to serve the community of kennebunkport maine . its signal is broadcast from the same location . established in 1994 whtp is owned by mainestream media . the station broadcasts a rhythmic top 40 format . 2 contents 1 history 2 former logo 3 references 4 external links history edit whtp began broadcasting december 1 1994 as wqez an easy listening adult contemporary station owned by vega corporation which also owned wbqq 99.3 fm . 1 3 vega sold the stations to mariner broadcasting on june 16 1997 . 4 mariner sold its stations to nassau broadcasting partners in 2004 . 5 that april nassau relaunched the station as whxq a classic rock station branded as the bone and simulcasting with whxr 106.7 fm now wxtp . 6 during the summer of 2006 whxq whxr expanded their playlist and shifted to active rock . whxq and whxr had planned to switch to sports talk provided by boston s weei in january 2008 7 but the deal between nassau and weei owner entercom ended up collapsing . 8 whxq swapped formats and call signs with wbqw 106.3 fm now the current whxr on october 6 2008 and began to carry wbach s classical music programming which had originated on wbqq in 1991 ; concurrent with the whxq wbqw swap wbqq became a simulcast of wtht . 9 nassau broadcasting entered bankruptcy in 2011 which culminated in an auction of its stations . prior to the conclusion of the auction the maine public broadcasting network expressed interest in running the wbach stations . 10 as part of the bankruptcy proceeding wbqw was auctioned in may 2012 to local owner mainestream media for 150 000 while the other wbach stations wbqx in thomaston and wbqi in bar harbor went to bill binnie s wbin media company . 11 12 13 mainestream media dropped wbach s programming at 5 p.m. on september 13 2012 14 15 and began stunting with christmas music making the claim of being the first station to switch to christmas music in 2012 and promoting the 104 days of christmas saying they would give portland special gifts through the holidays with the first to come the following day at 5 pm . 16 16 at that time the station adopted its permanent rhythmic top 40 format branded as hot 104.7 . 2 17 18 whtp currently competes with longtime top 40 station wjbq owned by townsquare media which has a more mainstream feel to it as compared to whtp s rhythmic approach similar to the former wred . on october 1 wbqw s call letters were changed to whtp fitting the hot branding . in february 2013 whtp was added to mediabase s rhythmic panel reflecting its choice of musical direction . former logo edit references edit a b broadcasting & cable yearbook 1995 pdf . 1995 . p. b 182 . retrieved september 14 2012 . a b wbqw lights up top 40 hot 104.7 . all access . september 14 2012 . retrieved september 14 2012 . fybush scott . maine radio history 1971 1996 . archives bostonradio.org . retrieved september 14 2012 . broadcasting & cable yearbook 1999 pdf . 1999 . p. d 199 . retrieved september 14 2012 . stations sold . sun journal . associated press . december 12 2003 . retrieved september 14 2012 . stern s the maine man for nassau . fmqb . april 14 2012 . retrieved september 14 2012 . whitehouse randy october 23 2007 . boston s weei coming to maine . sun journal . entercom nassau deal falls through . radio ink . january 4 2008 . retrieved september 14 2012 . atlantic coast nassau shake up maine . august 25 2008 . retrieved january 28 2009 . mpbn going commercial al diamon downeast.com april 23 2012 nassau s maine stations split up al diamon downeast.com may 4 2012 venta lance may 22 2012 . nassau broadcasting auction results . radioinsight . retrieved september 14 2012 . updated may 23 2012 https radioinsight.com blog headlines 70388 104 7 wbqw portland to launch new format 104.7 change of ownership . wbachradio.com . retrieved september 6 2012 . southern maine radio station to stop airing classical music . portland press herald . september 7 2012 . retrieved september 7 2012 . a b radio s first all christmas station arrives . . inside radio . september 13 2012 . retrieved september 14 2012 . https radioinsight.com blog headlines netgnomes 70469 september means christmas in maine http formatchange.com wbqw becomes hot 104 7 external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for whtp radio locator information on whtp query nielsen audio s fm station database for whtp v t e radio stations in the portsmouth dover rochester market by am frequency 930 1270 1380 1540 by fm frequency 91.3 91.7 95.3 96.7 97.5 98.7 99.3 100.3 102.1 103.5 104.7 105.3 106.1 106.5 107.1 by callsign wbqq wbyy werz wheb whtp wmge wnef wnhi wokq wpkx wqso wsak wsca lp wshk wtbu wtsn wunh wwsf wxex wxgr lp wwpc defunct 1340 wwnh new hampshire radio markets concord lakes region lebanon manchester portsmouth dover rochester other new hampshire radio regions northern new hampshire see also list of radio stations in new hampshire 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 chr top 40 radio stations in the state of maine by frequency 92.3 97.9 102.9 104.7 107.3 by callsign wbzn wcrq whtp wjbq wmme fm by city augusta dennysville kennebunkport old town portland see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in maine see also contemporary hit radio rhythmic kiss fm movin radio disney retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title whtp & oldid 729832842 categories radio stations in portland maineradio stations established in 1994rhythmic contemporary radio stations in the united statesyork county maine navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants 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