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City
  
Fairfield, Maine

Frequency
  
93.5 MHz

Branding
  
93.5 True Oldies

First air date
  
1993

Broadcast area
  
Somerset & Kennebec Counties, Maine

Slogan
  
Mid-Maine's Greatest Hits

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.

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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"
  • References

    WCTB Wikipedia


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