WMGE (AM)

WMGE
City Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Broadcast area Portsmouth area
Frequency 1380 kHz
First air date December 5, 1960 (1960-12-05) (as WBBX)[1]
Format Silent
Power 1,000 watts day
1,000 watts night
Class B
Facility ID 35217
Transmitter coordinates 43°3′48.00″N 70°47′9.00″W / 43.0633333°N 70.7858333°W / 43.0633333; -70.7858333 (WMYF)
Former callsigns WBBX (1960–1985)
WAVI (1985–1987)
WQMI (1987–1989)
WCQL (1989–1995)
WTMN (1995–1998)
WMYF (1998–2016)
Owner iHeartMedia, Inc.
(Capstar TX LLC)
Sister stations WERZ, WHEB, WPKX, WQSO, WTBU

WMGE (1380 AM) is a radio station that is presently silent. Licensed to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States, the station serves the Portsmouth area. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc..[2]

History

WMYF's logo under "The Greatest Music Ever Made" branding

The station went on the air as WBBX on December 5, 1960.[1] The station changed its call letters to WAVI on May 17, 1985, to WQMI on July 24, 1987, to WCQL on March 13, 1989, to WTMN on February 19, 1995, to WMYF on December 1, 1998 and to the current WMGE on September 16, 2016.[3]

WMYF's logo as "Classic Country 1380"

On November 22, 2010, WMYF changed their format from adult standards to sports, branded as "The Sports Animal". As of October 1, 2013 the station reverted to the standards format. On February 1, 2014, WMYF shifted to classic country.

WMYF carries Portland Sea Dogs baseball games, and Portsmouth High School Basketball Boys and Girls home games.

WMYF went silent on December 8, 2016[4] after losing its transmitter site.[5] The station's programming continues to be available online at their website[6][7] (and, more recently, as an HD2 sub-channel of WTBU). On September 16, 2016, WMYF changed their call letters to WMGE.[3] The former classic country format[8] of WMGE (as WMYF) lives on as an HD2 sub-channel of WTBU (FM) and can only be listened to with an HD Radio receiver or through their webcast[9] (via iHeartRadio).

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