WARX
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Broadcast area | Lewiston-Auburn–Augusta–Portland, Maine |
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| Frequency | 93.9 MHz |
| Branding | Air1 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Contemporary worship music |
| Affiliations | Air1 |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Educational Media Foundation |
| History | |
First air date | February 29, 1948[1] |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | Air1 |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
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| Class | B |
| ERP | 27,500 watts |
| HAAT | 193 meters (633 ft) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WARX (93.9 FM) is a non-commercial radio station in Lewiston, Maine that features worship music programming from Air1. It is under ownership of the Educational Media Foundation.
The station dates back to WCOU-FM, the first FM station in Lewiston-Auburn. Following WCOU, the station has had several previous on-air slogans including WAYU as country and WXGL Eagle 94 as an oldies formatted station.
Following acquisition by Fuller-Jeffrey Broadcasting in 1994, the station simulcasted WCYY for over 10 years until the transfer to The Last Bastion Station Trust, LLC, when it switched to a simulcast of WCLZ. The station (at that time WCYI), along with co-owned WCLZ, was transferred to The Last Bastion Station Trust, LLC, due to parent company Citadel Broadcasting buying out ABC Radio. The station kept the Opie & Anthony Show . In October 2007 Saga Communications bought WCLZ, dropping the simulcast but keeping the Opie & Anthony Show, thus resulting in WCYI programming an automated Blues format in October 2007.
On February 21, 2008, it was announced that the Educational Media Foundation bought WCYI for a reported $1 million.[3] In early March 2008 it was report that WCYI would likely become an affiliate of EMF's K-Love contemporary Christian music format.[3] However, later the same month, it was reported that the station would carry Air 1 (sister network to K-Love) according to EMF's vice president of communications.[4] On August 15, 2008, the station changed its call letters to WARX.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ Pendexter, Faunce (February 27, 1948). "WCOU-FM to Introduce New Radio Technique To This Area Sunday". Lewiston Evening Journal. Lewiston, Maine. p. 18. Retrieved October 19, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WARX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- 1 2 Fybush, Scott (March 3, 2008). "This Week's Bloodbath: Citadel". NorthEast Radio Watch.
- ↑ "Blues station WCYI to be sold". mainetoday.com. March 19, 2008. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved March 19, 2008.
- ↑ "Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved August 22, 2008.
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 742324 (WARX) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WARX in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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