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{{Infobox radio station
{{Infobox radio station
| name = WLVP
| name = WLVP
| image =
| logo =
| city = [[Gorham, Maine]]
| city = [[Gorham, Maine]]
| country = US
| area = [[Portland, Maine]]
| area = [[Portland, Maine]]
| branding = ''The Memories Station
| branding = ''Memories 870''
| slogan =
| airdate = {{start date and age|1980|3|3}}
| airdate = March 3, 1980
| frequency = 870 [[kHz]]
| frequency = 870 [[kilohertz|kHz]]
| translator = {{Radio Relay|105.1|W286DR|Gorham}}
| format = [[Oldies]]
| format = [[Adult standards]]; [[oldies]]
| power = 10,000 [[watt]]s (daytime)<br>1,000 watts (nighttime)
| power = {{ubl|10,000 watts (day)|1,000 watts (night)}}
| erp =
| erp =
| class = B
| class = B
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| facility_id = 24994
| facility_id = 24994
| coordinates = {{coord|43|39|46|N|70|29|41|W|region:US-ME_type:landmark|name=WLVP}}
| coordinates = {{coord|43|39|46.29|N|70|29|39.19|W|region:US-ME_type:landmark|name=WLVP|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning = '''L'''iberal '''V'''oice of '''P'''ortland (previous format)
| callsign_meaning = "Liberal Voice of Portland" (previous format)
| former_callsigns = WDCI (1980–1982)<br>WASY (1982–1986)<br>WJBQ (1986–1989)<br>WKZN (1989–1990)<br>WLAM (1990–2001)<br>WMTW (2001–2004)
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WDCI (1980–1982)|WASY (1982–1986)|WJBQ (1986–1989)|WKZN (1989–1990)|WLAM (1990–2001)|WMTW (2001–2004)}}
| affiliations =
| affiliations =
| owner = Robert Bittner
| owner = Robert Bittner
| licensee = Blue Jey Broadcasting Co.
| licensee = Blue Jey Broadcasting Co.
| sister_stations = [[WTHT|WBQQ]], [[WFNK]], [[WLAM]], [[WHXR]], [[WTHT]]
| sister_stations = {{hlist|[[WLAM]]|[[WJTO]]}}
| webcast =
| webcast =
| website =
| website = {{URL|http://www.thememoriesstation.us/}}
}}
}}


'''WLVP''' (870 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a [[radio broadcasting|radio station]] broadcasting [[oldies]], [[All-news radio|news]]/[[Talk radio|talk]], and [[Sports radio|sports]] programming. Licensed to [[Gorham, Maine]], USA, it serves southern Maine, including [[Portland, Maine|Portland]]. Established in 1980, the station is currently owned by Robert Bittner through licensee Blue Jey Broadcasting Co., and is simulcast with [[WLAM]] (1470 AM).
'''WLVP''' (870 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a [[radio station]] broadcasting an [[adult standards]] and [[oldies]] format. Licensed to [[Gorham, Maine]], United States, it serves southern Maine, including [[Portland, Maine|Portland]]. Established in 1980 as WDCI, the station is owned by Robert Bittner through licensee Blue Jey Broadcasting Co..


==History==
==History==
The station went on the air March 3, 1980<ref name="by1981">{{cite book|title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1981|year=1981|page=C-104|url=http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1981/Ca%20Facilities%20of%20Radio%201981%20A-M.pdf|format=PDF|accessdate=March 13, 2010}}</ref> as WDCI on 1590.<ref name="bostonradio-various">{{cite web|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/essays/maine-hist|title=Maine Radio History, 1971–1996|last=Fybush|first=Scott|authorlink=Scott Fybush|year=1996|work=The Archives @ BostonRadio.org|accessdate=January 27, 2009}}</ref> In the intervening years, the station would change its call letters to WASY and then WJBQ, the latter after coming into common ownership with WLAM and WKZS (99.9 FM; now [[WTHT]]).<ref name="bostonradio-various"/> WJBQ moved to the 870 position in 1988;<ref name="bostonradio-various"/> on this position, the station became WKZN on November 28, 1989, and then swapped call letters with WLAM on December 26, 1990;<ref name="fcc-calls">{{cite web|url=http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=24994&Callsign=WLVP |title=WLVP Call Sign History |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division }}</ref> the two stations eventually began simulcasting a [[Adult standards|standards]] format.<ref name="nerw-wlamwzousimulcast">{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-960618.html|title=Portland Consolidates|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=June 18, 1996|work=New England RadioWatch|accessdate=January 27, 2009}}</ref>
The station went on the air March 3, 1980,<ref name="by1981">{{cite book|title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1981|year=1981|page=C-104|url=http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1981/Ca%20Facilities%20of%20Radio%201981%20A-M.pdf|accessdate=March 13, 2010}}</ref> as WDCI on 1590.<ref name="bostonradio-various">{{cite web|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/essays/maine-hist|title=Maine Radio History, 1971–1996|last=Fybush|first=Scott|year=1996|work=The Archives @ BostonRadio.org|accessdate=January 27, 2009}}</ref> In the intervening years, the station would change its call letters to WASY and then WJBQ, the latter after coming into common ownership with [[WLAM]] (1470 AM) and WKZS (99.9 FM; now [[WTHT]]).<ref name="bostonradio-various"/> WJBQ moved to 870 kHz in 1988;<ref name="bostonradio-various"/> on this frequency, the station became WKZN on November 28, 1989, and then swapped call letters with WLAM on December 26, 1990.<ref name="fcc-calls">{{cite web|url=http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=24994&Callsign=WLVP |title=WLVP Call Sign History |work=United States [[Federal Communications Commission]], audio division }}</ref> The two stations eventually began simulcasting a [[Adult standards|standards]] format.<ref name="nerw-wlamwzousimulcast">{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-960618.html|title=Portland Consolidates|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=June 18, 1996|work=New England RadioWatch|accessdate=January 27, 2009}}</ref>


Wireless Talking Machine Company sold WLAM, 1470 (by then WZOU), and WLAM-FM (106.7 FM, which had launched in 1996 as an FM simulcast of the stations;<ref name="nerw-wlamwzousimulcast"/> it is now [[WXTP]]), along with 99.9 (by then WMWX) and WTHT (107.5 FM; now [[WFNK]]) to Harron Communications, then-owner of [[WMTW|WMTW-TV]], in 1999.<ref name="nerw-wtmctowmtw">{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-991119.html|title=TV Duopoly Arrives in N.Y.|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=November 19, 1999|work=North East RadioWatch|accessdate=January 27, 2009}}</ref> On May 7, 2001, Harron converted 870 and 106.7 to [[Talk radio|news/talk]] as WMTW.<ref name="nerw-wmtwstart">{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-010507.html|title=Farewell, Old CHUM|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=May 7, 2001|work=North East RadioWatch|accessdate=January 27, 2009}}</ref> The WLAM call letters were then returned to 1470, which initially retained the standards format; on November 26, the station was switched to a simulcast of WMTW;<ref name="nerw-wmtwwlamsimulcast">{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-011119.html|title=Cumulus Buys Aurora|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=November 11, 2001|work=North East RadioWatch|accessdate=January 27, 2009}}</ref> shortly afterwards, talk programming was removed from the stations in favor of an [[All-news radio|all-news]] format, mainly from the [[Associated Press]]'s All-News Radio service.<ref name="nerw-talkend">{{cite news|url=http://www.fybush.com/nerw-yir2001.html|title=2001: The Year in Review|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=December 31, 2001|work=NorthEast Radio Watch|accessdate=January 27, 2009}}</ref>
Wireless Talking Machine Company sold WLAM, 1470 (by then WZOU), and WLAM-FM (106.7 FM, which had launched in 1996 as an FM simulcast of the stations;<ref name="nerw-wlamwzousimulcast"/> it is now [[WXTP]]), along with 99.9 (by then WMWX) and WTHT (107.5 FM; now [[WFNK]]) to Harron Communications, then-owner of [[WMTW-TV]], in 1999.<ref name="nerw-wtmctowmtw">{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-991119.html|title=TV Duopoly Arrives in N.Y.|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=November 19, 1999|work=North East RadioWatch|accessdate=January 27, 2009}}</ref> On May 7, 2001, Harron converted 870 and 106.7 to [[news/talk]] as WMTW.<ref name="nerw-wmtwstart">{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-010507.html|title=Farewell, Old CHUM|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=May 7, 2001|work=North East RadioWatch|accessdate=January 27, 2009}}</ref> The WLAM call letters were then returned to 1470, which initially retained the standards format; on November 26, the station was switched to a simulcast of WMTW.<ref name="nerw-wmtwwlamsimulcast">{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-011119.html|title=Cumulus Buys Aurora|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=November 11, 2001|work=North East RadioWatch|accessdate=January 27, 2009}}</ref> Shortly afterwards, talk programming was removed from the stations in favor of an [[all-news]] format, mainly from the [[Associated Press]]'s All-News Radio service.<ref name="nerw-talkend">{{cite news|url=http://www.fybush.com/nerw-yir2001.html|title=2001: The Year in Review|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=December 31, 2001|work=NorthEast Radio Watch|accessdate=January 27, 2009}}</ref>


After Harron sold its Maine radio stations to [[Nassau Broadcasting Partners]] in 2004, ''Newsradio WMTW'' was discontinued. Nassau also introduced three separate formats to the stations.<ref name="nerw-wmtwend">{{cite news|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2004/040412/nerw.html|title=Nassau Shakeup in Maine|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=April 12, 2004|work=NorthEast Radio Watch|accessdate=January 27, 2009}}</ref> with WMTW switching to [[progressive talk radio|progressive talk]] from [[Air America Media|Air America Radio]] under the call letters WLVP.<ref name="nerw-wmtwtoairamerica">{{cite news|url=http://www.fybush.com/nerw-yir2004.html|title=2004: The Year in Review|last=Fybush|first=Scott|year=2004|work=NorthEast Radio Watch|accessdate=January 27, 2009}}</ref>
After Harron sold its Maine radio stations to [[Nassau Broadcasting Partners]] in 2004, ''Newsradio WMTW'' was discontinued. Nassau also introduced three separate formats to the stations.<ref name="nerw-wmtwend">{{cite news|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2004/040412/nerw.html|title=Nassau Shakeup in Maine|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=April 12, 2004|work=NorthEast Radio Watch|accessdate=January 27, 2009}}</ref> with WMTW switching to [[progressive talk]] from [[Air America Radio]] under the call letters WLVP.<ref name="nerw-wmtwtoairamerica">{{cite news|url=http://www.fybush.com/nerw-yir2004.html|title=2004: The Year in Review|last=Fybush|first=Scott|year=2004|work=NorthEast Radio Watch|accessdate=January 27, 2009}}</ref>


Nassau first attempted to convert WLVP to [[ESPN Radio]] in September 2004; this sparked listener protest, prompting Nassau to initially postpone the format change to November 8<ref name="nerw-wlvpnoespn1">{{cite news|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2004/040927/nerw.html|title=Rhode Islanders Fight WRNI Sale|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=September 27, 2004|work=NorthEast Radio Watch|accessdate=January 27, 2009}}</ref> before canceling it entirely.<ref name="nerw-wlvpnoespn2">{{cite news|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2004/041004/nerw.html|title=Scott Muni Dies|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=October 4, 2004|work=NorthEast Radio Watch|accessdate=January 27, 2009}}</ref> However, after significant changes occurred at Air America (including the departure of [[Al Franken]]), the station began airing ESPN Radio on June 1, 2007,<ref>{{cite news | first=Ray | last=Routhier | coauthors= | title=Portland station drops Air America | date=June 1, 2007 | publisher= | url =http://news.mainetoday.com/updates/012511.html | work =Portland Press Herald | pages = | accessdate = September 13, 2007 | language = }}</ref> resulting in WLVP and WLAM once again airing the same programming.
Nassau first attempted to convert WLVP to [[ESPN Radio]] in September 2004; this sparked listener protest, prompting Nassau to initially postpone the format change to November 8<ref name="nerw-wlvpnoespn1">{{cite news|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2004/040927/nerw.html|title=Rhode Islanders Fight WRNI Sale|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=September 27, 2004|work=NorthEast Radio Watch|accessdate=January 27, 2009}}</ref> before canceling it entirely.<ref name="nerw-wlvpnoespn2">{{cite news|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2004/041004/nerw.html|title=Scott Muni Dies|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=October 4, 2004|work=NorthEast Radio Watch|accessdate=January 27, 2009}}</ref> However, after significant changes occurred at Air America (including the departure of [[Al Franken]]), the station began airing ESPN Radio on June 1, 2007,<ref>{{cite news | first=Ray | last=Routhier | title=Portland station drops Air America | date=June 1, 2007 | url =http://news.mainetoday.com/updates/012511.html | work =Portland Press Herald | accessdate = September 13, 2007 }}</ref> resulting in WLVP and WLAM once again airing the same programming.


WLVP and WLAM dropped ESPN Radio on February 2, 2009 and switched to [[oldies]].<ref name="pph-espntooldies">{{cite news|url=http://news.mainetoday.com/updates/038883.html|title=Portland to get new oldies station |last=Routhier|first=Ray|date=January 27, 2009|work=[[Portland Press Herald]]|accessdate=January 28, 2009}}</ref> In conjunction with the change, the stations began to simulcast [[WCSH]]'s morning and early evening newscasts, a move made to continue the newscasts' availability via radio even after the station's own 87.7&nbsp;MHz audio is discontinued following the [[DTV transition in the United States|shutdown of analog television signals]].<ref name="pph-espntooldies"/><ref name="wcsh-wlamwlvpstart">{{cite news|url=http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=99602&catid=2|title=WCSH Strikes Deal To Simulcast Newscasts On Radio|last=O'Brien|first=Maureen|date=January 26, 2009|work=[[WCSH|WCSH6.com]]|accessdate=January 26, 2009}}</ref>
WLVP and WLAM dropped ESPN Radio on February 2, 2009, and switched to [[oldies]].<ref name="pph-espntooldies">{{cite news|url=http://news.mainetoday.com/updates/038883.html|title=Portland to get new oldies station|last=Routhier|first=Ray|date=January 27, 2009|work=[[Portland Press Herald]]|accessdate=January 28, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130000857/http://news.mainetoday.com/updates/038883.html|archive-date=January 30, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> In conjunction with the change, the stations began to simulcast [[WCSH]]'s morning and early evening newscasts, a move made to continue the newscasts' availability via radio even after WCSH's own 87.7&nbsp;MHz audio was discontinued following the [[DTV transition in the United States|shutdown of analog television signals]].<ref name="pph-espntooldies"/><ref name="wcsh-wlamwlvpstart">{{cite news|url=http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=99602&catid=2|title=WCSH Strikes Deal To Simulcast Newscasts On Radio|last=O'Brien|first=Maureen|date=January 26, 2009|work=[[WCSH]]6.com|accessdate=January 26, 2009}}</ref>


Initially locally programmed, in early 2010 WLVP and WLAM became affiliates of [[The True Oldies Channel]].<ref name="nerw-wlvptoc">{{cite news|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2010/100308/nerw.html|title=It's Go Time for "Rush Radio 1200"|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=March 8, 2010|work=NorthEast Radio Watch|accessdate=March 13, 2010}}</ref> Additionally, on August 2, the station added ''The Jeff Santos Show'' from [[WMEX (AM)|WWZN]] in [[Boston]] (marking a partial return to progressive talk programming);<ref name="wwzn-santosonwlvp">{{cite web|title=Jeff Santos Show expands again!|url=http://www.revolutionboston.com/news/jeff-santos-show-expands-again|publisher=[[WMEX (AM)|Revolution Boston]]|accessdate=August 2, 2010}}</ref> this in effect took WLVP's [[morning drive]] programming back to a news/talk format, as Santos' program immediately follows the simulcast of WCSH's morning newscast. The stations' format was modified once more on August 6, 2011, when [[Sports radio|sports talk]] was readded to the weekend schedule via locally-produced shows from the Maine Sports Network (which previously provided some weekend programming to [[WJJB-FM]]).<ref name=sj-wlvpwlammesn>{{cite news|last=Whitehouse|first=Randy|title=Local duo making sports talk splash|url=http://www.sunjournal.com/local-sports/story/1069392|accessdate=August 6, 2011|newspaper=[[Sun Journal (Lewiston)|Sun Journal]]|date=August 6, 2011}}</ref>
Initially locally programmed, in early 2010 WLVP and WLAM became affiliates of [[The True Oldies Channel]].<ref name="nerw-wlvptoc">{{cite news|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2010/100308/nerw.html|title=It's Go Time for "Rush Radio 1200"|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=March 8, 2010|work=NorthEast Radio Watch|accessdate=March 13, 2010}}</ref> Additionally, on August 2, the station added ''The Jeff Santos Show'' from [[WWZN]] in [[Boston]] (marking a partial return to progressive talk programming);<ref name="wwzn-santosonwlvp">{{cite web|title=Jeff Santos Show expands again!|url=http://www.revolutionboston.com/news/jeff-santos-show-expands-again|publisher=[[WMEX (AM)|Revolution Boston]]|accessdate=August 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904030936/http://www.revolutionboston.com/news/jeff-santos-show-expands-again|archive-date=September 4, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> this in effect took WLVP's [[morning drive]] programming back to a news/talk format, as Santos' program immediately follows the simulcast of WCSH's morning newscast. The stations' format was modified once more on August 6, 2011, when [[sports talk]] was readded to the weekend schedule via locally-produced shows from the Maine Sports Network (which previously provided some weekend programming to [[WJJB-FM]]).<ref name=sj-wlvpwlammesn>{{cite news|last=Whitehouse|first=Randy|title=Local duo making sports talk splash|url=http://www.sunjournal.com/local-sports/story/1069392|accessdate=August 6, 2011|newspaper=[[Sun Journal (Lewiston)|Sun Journal]]|date=August 6, 2011}}</ref>


WLVP, along with 16 other Nassau stations in northern New England, was purchased at bankruptcy auction by WBIN Media Company, a company controlled by [[William Harrison Binnie|Bill Binnie]], on May 22, 2012. Binnie already owns [[WBIN-TV]] in [[Derry, New Hampshire]].<ref name=aa-saletobinnie>{{cite news|title=Carlisle Capital Corp. Wins Bidding For Rest Of Nassau Stations|url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/106283/carlisle-capital-corp-wins-bidding-for-rest-of-nas|accessdate=May 22, 2012|newspaper=All Access|date=May 22, 2012}}</ref><ref name=nhul-saletowbin>{{cite news|title=WBIN Media acquires 17 N.E. radio stations|url=http://www.unionleader.com/article/20120523/NEWS02/705249976|accessdate=May 24, 2012|newspaper=[[New Hampshire Union Leader]]|date=May 23, 2012}}</ref> The deal was completed on November 30, 2012.<ref name=lds-salecomplete>{{cite news|last=Kitch|first=Michael|title=Binnie closes on purchase of WLNH|url=http://www.laconiadailysun.com/index.php/newsx/local-news/64052-binnie-s-radio-franchise|accessdate=December 1, 2012|newspaper=[[Laconia Daily Sun]]|date=December 1, 2012}}</ref> On December 9, 2015, Binnie agreed to sell WLAM and WLVP to Blue Jey Broadcasting Company, controlled by Bob Bittner, for $135,000; the deal will make WLVP a sister station to [[WJTO]] in [[Bath, Maine|Bath]].<ref name=fcc-saletobittner>{{cite web|title=APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1712134&Service=AM&Form_id=314&Facility_id=64434|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|accessdate=December 16, 2015}}</ref> The sale to Blue Jey Broadcasting was consummated on February 17, 2016. Upon takeover of WLVP and WLAM, the simulcast of WCSH newscasts was discontinued.
WLVP, along with 16 other Nassau stations in northern New England, was purchased at bankruptcy auction by WBIN Media Company, a company controlled by [[Bill Binnie]], on May 22, 2012. Binnie already owned [[WBIN-TV]] in [[Derry, New Hampshire]].<ref name=aa-saletobinnie>{{cite news|title=Carlisle Capital Corp. Wins Bidding For Rest Of Nassau Stations|url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/106283/carlisle-capital-corp-wins-bidding-for-rest-of-nas|accessdate=May 22, 2012|newspaper=All Access|date=May 22, 2012}}</ref><ref name=nhul-saletowbin>{{cite news|title=WBIN Media acquires 17 N.E. radio stations|url=http://www.unionleader.com/article/20120523/NEWS02/705249976|accessdate=May 24, 2012|newspaper=[[New Hampshire Union Leader]]|date=May 23, 2012}}</ref> The deal was completed on November 30, 2012.<ref name=lds-salecomplete>{{cite news|last=Kitch|first=Michael|title=Binnie closes on purchase of WLNH|url=http://www.laconiadailysun.com/index.php/newsx/local-news/64052-binnie-s-radio-franchise|accessdate=December 1, 2012|newspaper=[[Laconia Daily Sun]]|date=December 1, 2012}}</ref> On December 9, 2015, Binnie agreed to sell WLAM and WLVP to Blue Jey Broadcasting Company, controlled by Bob Bittner, for $135,000; the deal made WLVP a sister station to [[WJTO]] in [[Bath, Maine|Bath]].<ref name=fcc-saletobittner>{{cite web|title=APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1712134&Service=AM&Form_id=314&Facility_id=64434|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]]|accessdate=December 16, 2015}}</ref> The sale to Blue Jey Broadcasting was consummated on February 17, 2016. Upon takeover of WLVP and WLAM, the simulcast of WCSH news programming was discontinued.

==Translator==
{{RadioTranslators
| callsign = WLVP
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| call1 = W286DR
| freq1 = 105.1
| fid1 = 202494
| watts1 = 250
| class1 = D
| city1 = Gorham, Maine
| coord1 = {{coord|43|39|49.3|N|70|29|39.2|W|region:US-ME_type:landmark|name=W286DR}}
| notes1 =
}}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{AM station data|WLVP}}
{{AM station data|24994|WLVP}}
;FM translator
* {{FCC-LMS-Facility|202494|W286DR}}
* {{FMXL|W286DR}}


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Latest revision as of 17:08, 13 July 2024

For the Sussex County, New Jersey, radio station that was originally WLVP, see WSUS (FM).
WLVP
Broadcast areaPortland, Maine
Frequency870 kHz
BrandingMemories 870
Programming
FormatAdult standards; oldies
Ownership
Owner
  • Robert Bittner
  • (Blue Jey Broadcasting Co.)
History
First air date
March 3, 1980; 44 years ago (1980-03-03)
Former call signs
  • WDCI (1980–1982)
  • WASY (1982–1986)
  • WJBQ (1986–1989)
  • WKZN (1989–1990)
  • WLAM (1990–2001)
  • WMTW (2001–2004)
Call sign meaning
"Liberal Voice of Portland" (previous format)
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID24994
ClassB
Power
  • 10,000 watts (day)
  • 1,000 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
43°39′46.29″N 70°29′39.19″W / 43.6628583°N 70.4942194°W / 43.6628583; -70.4942194 (WLVP)
Translator(s)105.1 W286DR (Gorham)
Links
Public license information
Websitewww.thememoriesstation.us

WLVP (870 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an adult standards and oldies format. Licensed to Gorham, Maine, United States, it serves southern Maine, including Portland. Established in 1980 as WDCI, the station is owned by Robert Bittner through licensee Blue Jey Broadcasting Co..

History

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The station went on the air March 3, 1980,[2] as WDCI on 1590.[3] In the intervening years, the station would change its call letters to WASY and then WJBQ, the latter after coming into common ownership with WLAM (1470 AM) and WKZS (99.9 FM; now WTHT).[3] WJBQ moved to 870 kHz in 1988;[3] on this frequency, the station became WKZN on November 28, 1989, and then swapped call letters with WLAM on December 26, 1990.[4] The two stations eventually began simulcasting a standards format.[5]

Wireless Talking Machine Company sold WLAM, 1470 (by then WZOU), and WLAM-FM (106.7 FM, which had launched in 1996 as an FM simulcast of the stations;[5] it is now WXTP), along with 99.9 (by then WMWX) and WTHT (107.5 FM; now WFNK) to Harron Communications, then-owner of WMTW-TV, in 1999.[6] On May 7, 2001, Harron converted 870 and 106.7 to news/talk as WMTW.[7] The WLAM call letters were then returned to 1470, which initially retained the standards format; on November 26, the station was switched to a simulcast of WMTW.[8] Shortly afterwards, talk programming was removed from the stations in favor of an all-news format, mainly from the Associated Press's All-News Radio service.[9]

After Harron sold its Maine radio stations to Nassau Broadcasting Partners in 2004, Newsradio WMTW was discontinued. Nassau also introduced three separate formats to the stations.[10] with WMTW switching to progressive talk from Air America Radio under the call letters WLVP.[11]

Nassau first attempted to convert WLVP to ESPN Radio in September 2004; this sparked listener protest, prompting Nassau to initially postpone the format change to November 8[12] before canceling it entirely.[13] However, after significant changes occurred at Air America (including the departure of Al Franken), the station began airing ESPN Radio on June 1, 2007,[14] resulting in WLVP and WLAM once again airing the same programming.

WLVP and WLAM dropped ESPN Radio on February 2, 2009, and switched to oldies.[15] In conjunction with the change, the stations began to simulcast WCSH's morning and early evening newscasts, a move made to continue the newscasts' availability via radio even after WCSH's own 87.7 MHz audio was discontinued following the shutdown of analog television signals.[15][16]

Initially locally programmed, in early 2010 WLVP and WLAM became affiliates of The True Oldies Channel.[17] Additionally, on August 2, the station added The Jeff Santos Show from WWZN in Boston (marking a partial return to progressive talk programming);[18] this in effect took WLVP's morning drive programming back to a news/talk format, as Santos' program immediately follows the simulcast of WCSH's morning newscast. The stations' format was modified once more on August 6, 2011, when sports talk was readded to the weekend schedule via locally-produced shows from the Maine Sports Network (which previously provided some weekend programming to WJJB-FM).[19]

WLVP, along with 16 other Nassau stations in northern New England, was purchased at bankruptcy auction by WBIN Media Company, a company controlled by Bill Binnie, on May 22, 2012. Binnie already owned WBIN-TV in Derry, New Hampshire.[20][21] The deal was completed on November 30, 2012.[22] On December 9, 2015, Binnie agreed to sell WLAM and WLVP to Blue Jey Broadcasting Company, controlled by Bob Bittner, for $135,000; the deal made WLVP a sister station to WJTO in Bath.[23] The sale to Blue Jey Broadcasting was consummated on February 17, 2016. Upon takeover of WLVP and WLAM, the simulcast of WCSH news programming was discontinued.

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Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) Class Transmitter coordinates FCC info
W286DR 105.1 FM Gorham, Maine 202494 250 D 43°39′49.3″N 70°29′39.2″W / 43.663694°N 70.494222°W / 43.663694; -70.494222 (W286DR) LMS

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WLVP". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1981 (PDF). 1981. p. C-104. Retrieved March 13, 2010.
  3. ^ a b c Fybush, Scott (1996). "Maine Radio History, 1971–1996". The Archives @ BostonRadio.org. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
  4. ^ "WLVP Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  5. ^ a b Fybush, Scott (June 18, 1996). "Portland Consolidates". New England RadioWatch. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
  6. ^ Fybush, Scott (November 19, 1999). "TV Duopoly Arrives in N.Y." North East RadioWatch. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
  7. ^ Fybush, Scott (May 7, 2001). "Farewell, Old CHUM". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
  8. ^ Fybush, Scott (November 11, 2001). "Cumulus Buys Aurora". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
  9. ^ Fybush, Scott (December 31, 2001). "2001: The Year in Review". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
  10. ^ Fybush, Scott (April 12, 2004). "Nassau Shakeup in Maine". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
  11. ^ Fybush, Scott (2004). "2004: The Year in Review". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
  12. ^ Fybush, Scott (September 27, 2004). "Rhode Islanders Fight WRNI Sale". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
  13. ^ Fybush, Scott (October 4, 2004). "Scott Muni Dies". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved January 27, 2009.
  14. ^ Routhier, Ray (June 1, 2007). "Portland station drops Air America". Portland Press Herald. Retrieved September 13, 2007.
  15. ^ a b Routhier, Ray (January 27, 2009). "Portland to get new oldies station". Portland Press Herald. Archived from the original on January 30, 2009. Retrieved January 28, 2009.
  16. ^ O'Brien, Maureen (January 26, 2009). "WCSH Strikes Deal To Simulcast Newscasts On Radio". WCSH6.com. Retrieved January 26, 2009.
  17. ^ Fybush, Scott (March 8, 2010). "It's Go Time for "Rush Radio 1200"". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved March 13, 2010.
  18. ^ "Jeff Santos Show expands again!". Revolution Boston. Archived from the original on September 4, 2010. Retrieved August 2, 2010.
  19. ^ Whitehouse, Randy (August 6, 2011). "Local duo making sports talk splash". Sun Journal. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
  20. ^ "Carlisle Capital Corp. Wins Bidding For Rest Of Nassau Stations". All Access. May 22, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
  21. ^ "WBIN Media acquires 17 N.E. radio stations". New Hampshire Union Leader. May 23, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
  22. ^ Kitch, Michael (December 1, 2012). "Binnie closes on purchase of WLNH". Laconia Daily Sun. Retrieved December 1, 2012.
  23. ^ "APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
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