WBQE (93.7 MHz) is a non-commercial radio station licensed toMilbridge, Maine owned by theMaine Public Broadcasting Corporation^[2] that serves theDowneast coastal region of Maine including the city ofEllsworth and the towns ofBar Harbor andMachias. Known as “Maine Public Classical”, the station features aclassical music format.

The station originally was signed on in August 2005 as WRMO, a 130-wattclass Aclassic rock station by owner and broadcast engineer Lyle Robert Evans of Green Bay, Wisconsin and station manager Mike McSorley. Less than a year later, in June 2006, the station's ownership was transferred to the estate of Mr. Evans. (Lyle himself died on March 6, 2006)

In September 2006, the estate entered into a purchase agreement for WRMO with Mike McSorley. From September 2006 to October 20, 2010, the station programmed anadult standards/oldiesadult contemporary format known as “Songs You Know and Music You Love” from studios inSteuben, Maine. Citing financial difficulties, the station fell silent on October 20, 2010.

On June 26, 2011, the estate of Mr. Evans sold WRMO to Pine Tree Broadcasting, LLC. The station temporally returned to the air broadcasting with 130watts from Milbridge on September 20, 2011, through November 8, 2011. On March 24, 2012, at 1:46 AMEDT, WRMO returned to the air once again as an upgradedclass B station broadcasting with 22,500watts from its new tower site inFranklin, Maine.

On November 16, 2016,Maine Public Broadcasting Corporation announced that it would acquire WRMO from Pine Tree Broadcasting for $150,000; the station flipped to Maine Public'sclassical music network on December 1, 2016.WGUY (1230 AM) inVeazie and W231CH (94.1 FM) inBangor retained The Wave'ssoft adult contemporary format.^[3] Maine Public Broadcasting's purchase of WRMO was consummated on February 8, 2017. The station's call letters were changed to WBQE on July 24, 2017; the WRMO call letters were restored one week later. In November 2017, they returned to WBQE.^[4]

• Facility details for Facility ID 84096 (WBQE) in theFCC Licensing and Management System
• WBQE inNielsen Audio's FM station database

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