WNSX

WNSX (97.7 MHz Star 97.7) is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting a classic hits radio format. The station signed on in 1999 as WNSX. Licensed to Winter Harbor, Maine, the station's studios and offices are on Maine State Route 3 (High Street) in Ellsworth. It serves Downeast Maine, including Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Bucksport, and Machias.

WNSX
Broadcast areaDowneast Maine
Frequency97.7 MHz
BrandingStar 97.7
Programming
FormatClassic hits
Ownership
OwnerStony Creek Broadcasting, LLC
History
First air date
1999 (1999)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID66712
ClassB
ERP50,000 watts
HAAT149 meters (489 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
44°33′13″N 68°5′40″W
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
WebsiteStar977.com

WNSX is owned by Stony Creek Broadcasting, LLC.[2] WNSX's music format is a mix which includes classic rock artists such as The Eagles, Genesis, Boston, The Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Billy Joel and Elton John, but avoids pop artists such as Michael Jackson, Madonna, and Prince. The station uses the slogan "Smooth Rock 'n' Roll" to indicate it does not play rock songs that are too hard-edged.

WNSX's transmitter is off Tunk Lake Road in Sullivan.[3] The station's primary signal serves Hancock and Washington Counties.

History

Maine businessman Scott Hogg was granted a construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission to build a new FM station at 97.7 in the mid-1990s. It used the call sign WAKN before making it to the air.[4]

The station signed on in 1999 as WNSX.[5] It originally simulcast its then-sister station WMDI (now WBKA).

In 2001, the station was purchased by Clear Channel Communications for $1.1 million. It began simulcasting the classic rock format of its sister station 101.7 WFZX. WNSX later flipped to a sports radio format, carrying Fox Sports Radio for several years before returning to a simulcast of WFZX.

In 2005, the station was sold to Stony Creek Broadcasting, with Mark L. Osborne as managing member. The cost was $800,000.[6] WNSX then switched to its current format of classic hits.[7]

References
  1. "Facility Technical Data for WNSX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. "WNSX Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. Radio-Locator.com/WNSX
  4. Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2000 page D-204
  5. Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2003-2004 page D-217
  6. Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2007 page D-247
  7. "RBR's Daily Morning Epaper".


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