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| Broadcast area | Downeast Maine |
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| Frequency | 97.7MHz |
| Branding | Star 97.7 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic hits |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Codin Broadcasting, LLC |
| History | |
First air date | 1999 (1999) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 66712 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 50,000watts |
| HAAT | 149 meters (489 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 44°33′13″N68°5′40″W / 44.55361°N 68.09444°W /44.55361; -68.09444 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | Star977.com |
WNSX (97.7MHz Star 97.7) is acommercialFMradio station broadcasting aclassic hitsradio format. The stationsigned on in 1999 as WNSX.Licensed toWinter Harbor, Maine, the station'sstudios and offices are onMaine State Route 3 (High Street) inEllsworth. It servesDowneast Maine, including Ellsworth,Bar Harbor,Bucksport, andMachias.
WNSX is owned by Codin Broadcasting, LLC.[2] WNSX's music format is a mix which includes primarily soft and mid-tempoclassic rock artists such asThe Eagles,Genesis,Boston,The Beatles,Fleetwood Mac,Billy Joel andElton John, but avoids more harder-edged artists likeAC/DC,Def Leppard,Guns N' Roses, andJimi Hendrix. The station uses the slogan "Smooth Rock 'n' Roll" to indicate it does not play rock songs that are too hard-edged.
WNSX'stransmitter is off Tunk Lake Road inSullivan.[3] The station's primary signal servesHancock andWashington Counties.
Maine businessman Scott Hogg was granted aconstruction permit from theFederal Communications Commission to build a new FM station at 97.7 in the mid-1990s. It used thecall sign WAKN before making it to the air.[4]
The stationsigned on in 1999 as WNSX.[5] It originallysimulcast its then-sister station WMDI (now WBKA).
In 2001, the station was purchased byClear Channel Communications for $1.1 million. It began simulcasting the classic rock format of its sister station 101.7WFZX. WNSX later flipped to asports radio format, carryingFox 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 ofclassic hits.[7]
In 2024, the station was sold to Codin Broadcasting, LLC.[8]
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