WCTB

WCTB

City	Fairfield, Maine
Broadcast area	Somerset & Kennebec Counties, Maine
Branding	93.5 True Oldies
Slogan	Mid-Maine's Greatest Hits
Frequency	93.5 MHz
First air date	1993
Format	Oldies
ERP	10,500 watts
HAAT	152 meters
Class	C3
Facility ID	46353
Owner	Mountain Wireless, Inc.
Sister stations	WFMX, WSKW
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	935trueoldies.com

WCTB is an FM radio broadcast station licensed to Fairfield, Maine, with studios in Skowhegan. It broadcasts on 93.5 MHz with an oldies format, largely simulcasting Scott Shannon's The True Oldies Channel.

History

WCTB originally signed on as an Adult contemporary music station in 1993. In the late 1990s the station went through several format changes, at times simulcasting the sports talk of WSKW and country (both classic and current country music) simulcasted on WCME (now WTQX).

In late 2003, when Clear Channel Broadcasting lost control of the station, WCTB began to stunt with Christmas music (as they had done every year from Thanksgiving to Christmas) In January 2004, the station began airing an eclectic mix of music, in alphabetical order, finally ending up with a classic hits format in April 2004.

With another ownership change in November 2004, WCTB changed to Christmas music again and after Christmas adopted a classic rock format that it kept until December 2010.

Programming

WCTB currently carries The True Oldies Channel with local programming originating in morning and afternoon drive. In January 2011 WSKW changed to a simulcast of WCTB, previous to the simulcast WSKW carried the oldies format as Legacy 1160. WSKW would change to ESPN Radio the next month, which it had carried previous to September 2009.

Former on-air slogans

The River 93.5 (1993–1999, 2004, 2005–2010) AC (1993–1999), classic hits (2004) and classic rock (2005–2010)
The Score (1999) For a few months in 1999 when it simulcasted the sports programming of WSKW
Kicks Country (1999–2001) WCTB and WCME changed to country when Clear Channel bought the station, moving the AC to WKCG.
C-93 (2001–2003) classic country
Central Maine's Christmas Station (1993–2004) The station frequently used this on air slogan when it changed to Christmas music every year.
93.5 The Edge (2010) similar to The River however focused more on 1980s and 1990s rock.

Affiliated stations

WFMX "Mix 107.9"
WSKW "Legacy 1160"

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WCTB

Radio-Locator information on WCTB

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WCTB

Radio stations in the Augusta-Waterville, Maine market

By AM frequency	1160 1280 1340 1400 1450 1490

By FM frequency	88.1 88.9 89.5 89.7 90.5 91.3 91.5 92.3 93.3 93.5 93.9 95.3 96.7 97.5 98.5 99.3 100.5 101.3 102.5 102.9 103.3 104.3 105.1 105.5 105.9 106.9 107.5 107.9

By callsign	W263AS WABK-FM WARX WBCI WBLM WBQX WBYA WCTB WEBB WFMX WFNK WJYE WJZN WKTJ-FM WMCM WMDR WMDR-FM WMEP WMEW WMEY WMHB WMME-FM WQSK WQSS WRFR-LP WSKW WTOS-FM WTQX WTVL WUMF WVOM WVQM WWTP WWWA

Maine radio markets Augusta–Waterville Bangor Portland Other Maine radio regions Northern & Downeast Maine Lewiston–Auburn See also List of radio stations in Maine

Oldies radio stations in the state of Maine

By frequency	870 1220 1470 93.5

By callsign	WCTB WLAM WLVP WWSF

By city	Fairfield Gorham Lewiston Sanford

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Maine See also Oldies Classic Hits

Coordinates: 44°44′42″N 69°41′31″W / 44.745°N 69.692°W / 44.745; -69.692

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