WXME is a radio station

Radio station

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 located in Monticello, Maine

Monticello, Maine

Monticello is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States on the northern branch of the Meduxnekeag River. The population was 790 at the 2000 census...

, United States

United States

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 serving the Northern Maine

Aroostook County, Maine

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 market and broadcasts a News/Talk format simulcasting Presque Isle

Presque Isle, Maine

Presque Isle is the commercial center and largest city in the sparsely populated Aroostook County, Maine, United States. The population was 9,692 at the 2010 census...

 based WEGP

WEGP

WEGP is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Presque Isle, Maine, USA, the station serves the Northern Maine, Western New Brunswick, and Downeast area. The station is currently owned by Northern Maine Broadcasting Inc...

. The station is owned and operated by Allan Weiner

Allan Weiner

Allan H. Weiner is a long-time pirate radio operator and activist. Weiner is currently the owner/operator of WBCQ, a licensed shortwave station broadcasting from Monticello, Maine, and also owns AM radio station WXME and FM radio station WBCQ-FM in Monticello.- The Falling Star Radio Network...

, who also owns the shortwave station WBCQ. WXME's broadcast facilities are co-located with WBCQ shortwave.

History

WXME was formerly known as WCXH 780, WREM 710, and WOZW 710.

WREM broadcast a variety of formats ranging from classic rock

Classic rock

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 and alternative rock

Alternative rock

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 to talk radio

Talk radio

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 and religious programming. For a number of years, WREM simulcasted talk radio from WEGP

WEGP

WEGP is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Presque Isle, Maine, USA, the station serves the Northern Maine, Western New Brunswick, and Downeast area. The station is currently owned by Northern Maine Broadcasting Inc...

.

In the summer of 2007, the station moved to 780 kHz, increased power to 5,000 watt

Watt

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s daytime non-directional and 60 watts nighttime non-directional, and changed its call sign to WCXH, simulcasting Channel X Radio from Caribou, Maine

Caribou, Maine

Caribou is the second largest city in Aroostook County, Maine, United States. Its population was 8,189 at the 2010 census.-History:Between 1838 and 1839, the undeclared Aroostook War flared between the United States and Canada, and the Battle of Caribou occurred in December 1838...

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By 2008, WCXH had dropped the Channel X Radio simulcast; on September 10, 2008, the station changed its call letters to WXME. In 2009 the station carried a talk radio

Talk radio

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 format largely from Fox News Radio

Fox News Radio

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. From March 2010 to July 2010 the station simulcasted Central Maine based WSKW

WSKW

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's oldies

Oldies

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 format before reverting back to the previous News/Talk format. In February 2011 the station returned to a simulcast of WEGP

WEGP

WEGP is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Presque Isle, Maine, USA, the station serves the Northern Maine, Western New Brunswick, and Downeast area. The station is currently owned by Northern Maine Broadcasting Inc...

.