WAEI (AM)

WAEI (910 AM) is a radio station licensed to Bangor, Maine, USA. The station is owned by Blueberry Broadcasting.as of August 28, 2014.

History

The station began broadcasting as WABI in November 1924, operating at 1250 kilocycles under the ownership of the Bangor Railway & Electric Company. A license had been granted in May 1923. It is Maine's oldest radio station (several other stations, including WMB in Auburn and WPAY in Bangor, were licensed prior to WABI but have since ceased operations, with WMB being deleted two months before WABI's licensing). Ownership was transferred to the First Universalist Church by 1926; within a year, it moved to 770 kc., and on November 11, 1928, the Federal Radio Commission moved WABI to 1200 kc. By 1930, the station was owned by Pine Tree Broadcasting Corporation; in 1932, it was again transferred to the First Universalist Society. Under the First Universalist Church, WABI only broadcast on Sundays. The station was owned by Community Broadcasting Service by 1935; it was Bangor's CBS affiliate, replacing WLBZ, by 1939. During the early 1940s, WABI again changed frequencies; the North American Radio Broadcasting Agreement moved the station to 1230 kc. in 1941, and in 1942 it began broadcasting at its current frequency of 910 kHz.

WAEI

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