WABK

WABK

City	Gardiner, Maine
Broadcast area	Central Maine
Branding	Big 104 FM
Slogan	The Biggest Hits!
Frequency	104.3 MHz
First air date	April 1, 1974 (1974-04-01)^[1]
Format	Classic Hits
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	113 meters
Class	B
Facility ID	68297
Transmitter coordinates	44°18′36″N 69°49′48″W / 44.310°N 69.830°W / 44.310; -69.830Coordinates: 44°18′36″N 69°49′48″W / 44.310°N 69.830°W / 44.310; -69.830
Former callsigns	WKME (1974–1978) WABK-FM (1978–2013)
Owner	Blueberry Broadcasting (Blueberry Broadcasting, LLC)
Sister stations	WQSK, WTOS-FM, WVQM
Website	www.big104fm.com

WABK is an FM radio station licensed to Gardiner, Maine and broadcasting at 104.3 MHz. WABK signed on with an adult leaning top 40 format in the fall of 1968 at 1280 on the AM dial. WABK-FM signed on during the summer of 1974 with the call letters WKME and featured Drake-Chenault's automated Hit Parade format. In February 1978, the original studios in Farmingdale were destroyed by fire.

Logo of the station between 1978 and 2013

As the stations rebuilt, WKME's call letters were changed to WABK-FM as it began a simulcast of WABK featuring an up-tempo adult contemporary format with an emphasis on local personalities, news and community involvement. The simulcast ended in 1983 when WABK changed its format to country, then to oldies, standards and finally in the late 1990s to sports with the call letters WFAU. In 1994, WABK-FM became "Oldies 104" but gradually shed the oldies image, playing more 1970s and 1980s music and billing itself as "Super Hits 104 WABK".

In January 2013, WABK-FM rebranded as "Big 104 FM", and began simulcasting on WBAK 104.7 FM Belfast, Maine and WBKA 107.7FM Bar Harbor, Maine.^[2] The station changed its call sign to the current WABK on August 30, 2013.

References

↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-199. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
↑ http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/80358/blueberry-forms-maine-trimulcast/

External links

Official website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WABK

Radio-Locator information on WABK

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WABK

Radio stations in the Augusta-Waterville, Maine market

By AM frequency	1160 1280 1340 1400 1450 1490

By FM frequency	88.1 88.9 89.5 89.7 90.5 91.3 91.5 92.3 93.3 93.5 93.9 95.3 96.7 97.5 98.5 99.3 100.5 101.3 102.5 102.9 103.3 104.3 105.1 105.9 106.9 107.5 107.9

By callsign	W263AS WABK WARX WBCI WBLM WBQX WCTB WEBB WFMX WFNK WJYE WJZN WKTJ-FM WMCM WMDR WMDR-FM WMEP WMEW WMEY WMHB WMME-FM WQSK WQSS WRFR-LP WSKW WTOS-FM WTQX WTVL WUMF WVOM WVQM WWTP WWWA

Maine radio markets Augusta–Waterville Bangor Portland Other Maine radio regions Northern & Downeast Maine Lewiston–Auburn See also List of radio stations in Maine

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 WARX WBCI WBLM WCLZ WCME WEZR WFNK WGAN WHOM WJBQ WJJB-FM WLAM WLOB-FM WMEA WMEY WMGX WMME-FM WMSJ WOXO-FM WPKQ WPOR WRBC WTBM 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

Classic Hits radio stations in Maine

By frequency	92.7 95.3 99.3 100.9 104.3 104.7 105.3 105.5 107.5 107.7

By callsign	WABK WALZ WBAK WBKA WBYA WFNK WKTJ-FM WQDY WSHK WYNZ

By city	Bar Harbor Belfast Calais Farmington Gardiner Islesboro Kittery Lewiston Machias South 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 Oldies Classic Hits

Blueberry Broadcasting

AM radio stations	WAEI WVOM

FM radio stations	WABK WBAK WBFB WBFE WBKA WKSQ WMCM WQSK WQSS WTOS-FM WTQX WTUX WVOM-FM WVQM

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