WBAN

For the Bangor, Maine television station that used the call sign WBAN from 1998 to 2016, see WABI-DT2.

WBAN
City	Veazie, Maine
Broadcast area	Bangor area
Slogan	Newsradio 1340
Frequency	1340 kHz
First air date	September 2002
Format	News/Talk
Power	1,000 watts day 630 watts night
Class	C
Facility ID	128808
Transmitter coordinates	44°51′10″N 68°40′44″W / 44.85278°N 68.67889°W / 44.85278; -68.67889
Former callsigns	WNZS (2001-2016)
Affiliations	Fox News Radio, Genesis Communications Network, Radio America, Motor Racing Network
Owner	Charles Begin (Pine Tree Broadcasting, LLC)
Sister stations	WCYR, WGUY, WRMO
Website	radiobangor.weebly.com

WBAN (1340 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Veazie, Maine, USA, the station serves the Bangor area. The station is currently owned by Charles Begin, through licensee Pine Tree Broadcasting, LLC, and features programming from Fox News Radio.^[1] The station also rebroadcasts the newscasts from Bangor's ABC affiliate WVII. In the summer of 2015, the station added an FM translator on 106.1, W291CO, however in early 2016 the translator was sold to Maine Public Broadcasting Network.

Programming

Currently, WBAN carries the entire Fox News Radio line up, as well as NASCAR races from the Nationwide and Sprint Cup Series, and NFL from Compass Media Networks.

History

WBAN originally signed on in 2002 as WNZS, simulcasting CNN Headline News but gradually added Salem Radio Network talk show hosts Bill Bennett's Morning in America, The Laura Ingraham Show, Mike Gallagher and Michael Medved. In 2011, co-owned WGUY signed on the air and began simulcasting WNZS. In March 2012, the station began simulcasting on FM translator W231CH 94.1, which had previously simulcasted WWNZ. The FM translator switched to a simulcast of WGUY in May 2012, when that station flipped formats to Oldies. In late 2014, the Salem Radio Network programming moved to WWNZ, with WNZS picking up WWNZ's Fox News Radio programming.

The station changed its call sign to the current WBAN on July 27, 2016.

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References

↑ "WBAN Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WBAN

Radio-Locator Information on WBAN

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WBAN

Radio stations in the Bangor, Maine market

By AM frequency	620 910 1230 1340 1400

By FM frequency	88.5 89.3 89.9 90.3 90.9 91.9 92.9 94.1 94.5 95.7 97.1 99.5 100.3 101.7 102.1 103.1 103.9 104.7 105.5 105.7 106.5 107.3 107.7

By call sign	W227BE W231CH WABK WBAK WBAN WBFB WBQI WBYA WBZN WCYR WERU-FM WEZQ WGUY WHCF WHMX WHSN WJCX WKIT-FM WKSQ WKVV WKVZ WMEB-FM WMEH WQCB WVOM-FM WWMJ WXBP WZLO WZON

Defunct stations	WHRA

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

News/Talk radio stations in the state of Maine

Stations	WBAN – Veazie WGAN – Portland WGIN – Biddeford WLOB – Portland WMDR – Augusta WVOM-FM – Howland WVQM – Augusta WXME – Monticello WZAN – Portland WZON – Bangor

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Maine

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