New Maine AM?

[Doug Drown]

I checked out the website.  Um . . . interesting, to say the least.  "An odd
collection of shows" would seem to be a considerable understatement.

I wonder if the proliferation of talk radio programs, all-news formats,
Christian broadcasting, et.al. may be pointing to a renascence of small-town
AM.  The two new AM stations in the Bangor area seem to be doing well, and
Augusta's "Kids 1340" (the old WFAU), oriented toward elementary school and
pre-teen children, has an enjoyable and rather unique format, from what I've
heard of it.

Doug





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Daniel Billings" <billings@suscom-maine.net>
To: <bri@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 6:56 PM
Subject: New Maine AM?


> The Times Record tonight reports that a new AM radio tower is planned for
> Richmond, Maine.  Richmond is the next town north of me and is about 20
> miles from Augusta.  The station will be owned by Alpine Broadcasting
Corp.
> of Liberty, Mo. which owns KCXL there.  The station in Maine will be talk
> like the Missouri station.  The Missouri station has an odd collection of
> shows: http://www.kcxl.com/index.htm
>
> Can someone check the FCC status of this station's application and tell me
> what frequency it would be on?
>
> The owner of the proposed station says he does not expect the station to
be
> on the air any time soon.
>
> -- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine
>
>
>