WCLZ

WCLZ

North Yarmouth, Maine United States
Broadcast area	Portland, Maine
Frequency	98.9MHz(HD Radio)
Branding	98.9 WCLZ
Programming
Format	Adult album alternative
Affiliations	United Stations Radio Networks
Ownership
Owner	Saga Communications (Saga Communications of New England, LLC)
Sister stations	WMGX,WYNZ,WPOR,WVAE,WBAE,WGAN,WZAN
History
First air date	April 11,1965(as WCME-FM)
Former call signs	WCME-FM (1965–1973) WKXA-FM (1973–1984) WCLZ (1984–1988) WCLZ-FM (1988–1999) WTPN (1999–2001)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	56569
Class	B
ERP	48,000watts
HAAT	122 meters (400 ft)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live
Website	www.989wclz

WCLZ(98.9FM) is aradio stationlicensed toNorth Yarmouth, Maine,with studios located inPortland, Maine.Since 2001 WCLZ has been broadcasting anadult album alternativeformat.It is under ownership of Saga Communications.

Programming

WCLZ operates 24 hours a day with an adult album alternative format.

History

The 98.9 frequency debuted on April 11, 1965, as WCME-FM, licensed toBrunswick, Maineabout 30 miles north of Portland. The station began as asimulcastofWCME(900 AM). The stations playedmiddle of the road (music)and aired local information. The WCME-AM-FMcall signeventually became WKXA-AM-FM. By 1980, WKXA-FM was a full-timecountry musicstation with an 80,000 watt signal which was easily heard in Portland and was giving established country stationWPOR(1490 AM, nowWBAE,and 101.9 FM) some competition. The WCLZ call letters were installed on 98.9 in 1984, when the station picked up anadult contemporaryformat. Several years later, the station adopted theadult album alternative(AAA) format for which it is known today.

The WCLZ call letters remained on 98.9 until 1999, when the station was sold fromFuller-Jeffrey BroadcastingtoCitadel Communications.Following the sale, the WCLZ call letters and format moved to 95.5 (nowWPPI), and 98.9 became WTPN "98.9 The Point", with a modernhot adult contemporaryformat. The call letters and format of WCLZ returned to the frequency in 2001, after 95.5 became WJJB-FM and began simulcastingsportsprogramming from WJAE (1440 AM, nowWRED) and WJJB (900 AM, the former and present WCME).

WCLZ was sold to Saga Communications in 2007 after the FCC required Citadel to sell two Portland stations due to the company's acquisition ofABC Radio.The other station sold was WCYI (93.9 FM, nowWARX) inLewiston, Maine,which for a time simulcast WCLZ, when held in The Last Bastion Station Trust, LLC, the trust Citadel set up to sell the two Portland stations, as well as several other stations across the United States in order to get under the market cap (WCYI would be separately sold to theEducational Media Foundation). Several of WCLZ's shows moved toWBLMand other Citadel owned stations before the transfer into the trust.

External links

• 98.9 WCLZ - Official website
• Facility details for Facility ID 56569 (WCLZ)in theFCCLicensing and Management System
• WCLZinNielsen Audio's FM station database