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Broadcast area | Augusta-Waterville, Maine |
Frequency | 93.5MHz |
Branding | True Country 93.5 |
Programming | |
Format | Classic country |
Ownership | |
Owner | J. Hanson Company, Inc. |
WFMX,WSKW | |
History | |
First air date | 1993 |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 46353 |
Class | C3 |
ERP | 10,500watts |
HAAT | 152 meters (499 ft) |
Repeater(s) | 1230 WGUY (Veazie) |
Links | |
Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen live |
Website | truecountry935 |
WCTB is anFM radio broadcast station licensed toFairfield, Maine, United States, with studios inSkowhegan. It broadcasts on 93.5 MHz with aclassic country format, and is owned by J. Hanson Company. Its programming is simulcast onWGUY inVeazie (nearBangor).
WCTB originally signed on as anadult contemporary music station in 1993. In the late 1990s, the station went through several format changes, at times simulcasting thesports talk ofWSKW andcountry music (both classic and current country) simulcasted on WCME (nowWBQA).
In late 2003, whenClear Channel Broadcasting lost control of the station, WCTB began tostunt withChristmas music (as they had done every year fromThanksgiving toChristmas). In January 2004, the station began airing an eclectic mix of music, finally ending up with aclassic hits format in April 2004.
With another ownership change in November 2004, WCTB changed to Christmas music again and after Christmas adopted aclassic rock format that it kept until December 2010.
On December 27, 2018, WCTB changed its format fromoldies toclassic country, branded as "Cruisin' Country 93.5".[2] On March 22, 2022, WCTB changed its branding to "True Country 93.5".[3]
In November 2024,WGUY inVeazie (nearBangor), which had been an oldies station, began simulcasting WCTB under atime brokerage agreement.[4]
WCTB currently[when?] carries classic country with local programming and John Tesh nights. In January 2011, WSKW changed to a simulcast of WCTB, previously having simulcast the WSKW oldies format asLegacy 1160. WSKW changed toESPN Radio the next month, which it had carried until September 2009.
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