WBZN

WBZN
Old Town, Maine;
Broadcast area	Bangor, Maine
Frequency	107.3 MHz
Branding	Z107.3
Programming
Format	Top 40 (CHR)
Affiliations	Compass Media Networks; Premiere Networks
Ownership
Owner	Townsquare Media; (Townsquare License, LLC);
Sister stations	WDEA, WEZQ, WQCB, WWMJ
History
First air date	August 1996
Former call signs	WUMC (1990–1993, CP)
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	18535
Class	C2
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	126 meters (413 ft)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	z1073.com

WBZN (107.3 FM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Old Town, Maine, and serving the Bangor, Maine area. It is owned by Townsquare Media and it airs a top 40 (CHR) radio format. The studios and offices are on Acme Road in Brewer.^[2]

WBZN has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 50,000 watts. The transmitter is off Miller Way in Alton.^[3]

History

The station first signed on the air on January 1, 1995.^[4] Previously, various owners attempted to put it on the air beginning in 1990. A construction permit for 107.3 was issued by the Federal Communications Commission in 1990 with the working call sign WUMC, but that version never made it to the airwaves.

Eclipse Broadcasting bought the construction permit in 1993 for $55,000. When the station finally launched, the station's call letters were WBZN and it aired a "Greatest Hits of the 70s" classic hits format. Eclipse Broadcasting was started by Chuck Foster and Mike Elliott. During that period, WBZN began calling itself Z107.3.

The station was heavily involved with Eastern Maine Medical Center's Children's Miracle Network charities spearheaded by Sales Manager Greg Carpenter.

In 1998, Cumulus Media, one of America's largest radio station owners, bought WBZN and sister station WQCB for $6.4 million.^[5] In August 2013, Cumulus decided to leave Maine and sold the radio stations to Townsquare Media.