WTOS (AM)

{{Infobox radio station

| name = WTOS

| above = Simulcasting WTOS-FM Skowhegan

| logo = WTOS 105 logo.gif

| logo_size = 150px

| city = Bangor, Maine

| country = US

| area = Bangor

| branding = 105 & 101 TOS

| frequency = 910 kHz

| translator = {{Radio Relay|105.3|W287DM|Bangor}}

| airdate = {{start date and age|1924|1}}

| format = Mainstream rock

| power = {{ubl|5,000 watts day|210 watts night}}

| class = B

| facility_id = 3670

| licensing_authority = FCC

| coordinates = {{coord|44|46|51.26|N|68|44|50.13|W|region:US-ME_type:landmark|name=WTOS|display=inline,title}}

| callsign_meaning = Top of Sugarloaf (transmitter location for WTOS-FM)

| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WABI (1924–2009)|WAEI (2009–2016)|WABK (2016–2019)}}

| affiliations =

| owner = Blueberry Broadcasting

| licensee = Blueberry Broadcasting, LLC

| sister_stations = WBAK, WBFB, WBFE, WKSQ, WVOM-FM

| webcast = {{listenlive|https://player.amperwave.net/7194}}

| website = {{URL|https://www.wtosfm.com/}}

}}

WTOS (910 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Bangor, Maine, United States. The station is owned by Blueberry Broadcasting.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?call=WTOS |title=WTOS Facility Record |work=United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division }} WTOS broadcasts a mainstream rock format, simulcast with WTOS-FM (105.1 FM) in Skowhegan and WTUX (101.1 FM) in Gouldsboro.

WTOS's studios and offices are on Target Industrial Circle in Bangor. The transmitter is off Wilson Street in Brewer.[https://radio-locator.com/info/WTOS-AM Radio-Locator.com/WTOS-AM] The station broadcasts at 5,000 watts during the day. To protect other radio stations on AM 910 at night, it reduces power to 210 watts. The station uses a non-directional antenna at all times.

History

=Early years=

The station was first licensed in May 1923 on 1250 kHz, to the Bangor Railway & Electric Company.[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3221817&view=1up&seq=109 "New Stations"], Radio Service Bulletin, June 1, 1923, page 3. The original call letters, WABI, were randomly assigned from a sequential roster of available call letters.

It is Maine's oldest radio station still on the air today. Several other stations, including WMB in Auburn{{cite web|last=Mishkind|first=Barry|title=The Oldest Stations in the United States by State|url=http://www.oldradio.com/archives/general/1st.html|work=The Broadcast Archive|accessdate=May 31, 2010|date=October 15, 2008}} and WPAY in Bangor,{{cite web|url=http://jeff560.tripod.com/chrono1.html |title=A Chronology of AM Radio Broadcasting 1900-1960 }} were licensed prior to WABI but have since ceased operations, with WMB being deleted two months before WABI's licensing.

Initially the station had a very limited schedule, with a first reported broadcast on January 13, 1924, of the Sunday service of the First Universalist Church."Clippings for Maine People", Waterville (Maine) Morning Sentinel, January 16, 1924, page 4."Maine Folk, Fact and Fancy: Earl Dow of Rockport", Portland (Maine) Press Herald, January 19, 1924, page 8. Starting on the evening of November 19, 1924, WABI began weekly Wednesday night broadcasts, and was reported to be "the first radio station in Maine to broadcast a regular program".[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CJMgAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hWcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=612%2C4367912 "Radio Broadcasts: Station WABI, Bangor, Opens"], Lewiston (Maine) Evening Journal, November 21, 1924, page 15.

The station was briefly deleted in September 1925,[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3221817&view=1up&seq=658 "Alterations and corrections"], Radio Service Bulletin, October 1, 1925, page 8. but then relicensed on October 14, 1925, again as WABI on 1250 kHz, to the First Universalist Church.[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3221817&view=1up&seq=669 "New Stations"], Radio Service Bulletin, November 2, 1925, page 3. Under the First Universalist Church, WABI only broadcast on Sundays.{{cite news|title=No Reduction of WCSH Power|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-vE0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=umcFAAAAIBAJ&dq=thompson-guernsey%20wlbz&pg=1918%2C5286163|accessdate=October 2, 2010|newspaper=Lewiston Evening Journal|date=September 12, 1928}} In 1927, the newly formed Federal Radio Commission assigned WABI to 770 kHz, which was changed to 1200 kHz on November 11, 1928, under the provisions of the FRC's General Order 40.

By 1930, the station was owned by Pine Tree Broadcasting Corporation.{{cite web|title=U. S. Radio Stations as of June 30, 1930|url=http://jeff560.tripod.com/1930am.html|work=History of American Broadcasting|accessdate=June 1, 2010}} In 1932, it was again transferred to the First Universalist Society.{{cite journal |title=Radio Index |url=http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20Radex/Radex%2059%20May%201932%20Old.pdf |journal=Radex |date=May 1932 |access-date=March 6, 2023 |editor1-first=Fred Clayton |editor1-last=Butler |page=72 |publisher=The Radex Press |location=Cleveland, Ohio |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309113329/http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20Radex/Radex%2059%20May%201932%20Old.pdf |archivedate=March 9, 2012 }} The station was owned by Community Broadcasting Service by 1935.{{cite journal|url=http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20Radex/Radex%2091%20September%201935.pdf |title=Radio Index |journal=Radex |date=September 1935 |accessdate=June 1, 2010 |editor1-first=Fred Clayton |editor1-last=Butler |page=102 |publisher=The Radex Press |location=Cleveland, Ohio |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309113432/http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20Radex/Radex%2091%20September%201935.pdf |archivedate=March 9, 2012 }}

=CBS Radio=

In 1939, it became Bangor's CBS network affiliate, replacing WLBZ (620 AM, now WZON), which affiliated with the NBC Red Network.{{cite journal |title=Radio Index |url=http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20Radex/Radex%20132%20October%201939%20All.pdf |journal=Radex |date=October 1939 |accessdate=June 1, 2010 |editor1-first=Page |editor1-last=Taylor |page=72 |publisher=The Radex Publishing Company |location=Teaneck, New Jersey |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514174444/http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20Radex/Radex%20132%20October%201939%20All.pdf |archivedate=May 14, 2011 }} During the early 1940s, WABI again changed frequencies; the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement moved the station to 1230 kHz in 1941.{{cite journal |title=Radio Index |url=http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20Radex/Radex%20148%20January%201942.pdf |journal=Radex |date=January 1942 |accessdate=June 1, 2010 |editor1-first=Ray |editor1-last=La Rocque |page=59 |publisher=The Radex Publishing Company |location=Teaneck, New Jersey |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309113542/http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20Radex/Radex%20148%20January%201942.pdf |archivedate=March 9, 2012 }} WABI carried CBS's schedule of dramas, comedies, news, sports, soap operas, game shows and big band broadcasts during the "Golden Age of Radio". In 1942, it began broadcasting at its current frequency of 910 kHz.{{cite book|title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1943|year=1943|page=100|url=http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1943/1943%20YB%20Radio%20By%20States.pdf|accessdate=June 1, 2010}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Originally, Community Broadcasting Service was controlled by Frederick B. Simpson. However, in 1949, health problems forced him to retire and sell WABI to a partnership between former Maine governor Horace A. Hildreth and Murray Carpenter.{{cite news|title=Hildreth Partner In Radio Station WABI|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=x0IjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=O2gFAAAAIBAJ&dq=wabi&pg=3782%2C6802015|accessdate=June 2, 2010|newspaper=Sun Journal|date=September 15, 1949|location=Lewiston, Maine}} By then, the station had joined ABC. It swapped affiliations with WGUY (1450 AM, now off the air).{{cite book|title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1949|year=1949|page=142|url=http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1949/101-200%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201949-2.pdf|accessdate=June 2, 2010}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite book|title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1950|year=1950|page=162|url=http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1950/101-200%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201950-2.pdf|accessdate=June 2, 2010}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Hildreth became the sole owner in 1953, when Carpenter sold his stake in WABI and bought WGUY.{{cite book|title=Broadcasting Yearbook-Marketbook 1954|year=1954|page=163|url=http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1954/101-200%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201954.pdf|accessdate=June 2, 2010}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} That year, WABI-TV was launched.

=1960s and 1970s=

On March 15, 1961,{{cite book|title=Broadcasting/Cable Yearbook 1989|year=1989|page=B-133|url=http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1989/B-1%20Radio%20Ala%20to%20Mont%201989-5.pdf|accessdate=June 3, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410012914/http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1989/B-1%20Radio%20Ala%20to%20Mont%201989-5.pdf|archivedate=April 10, 2011}} an FM sister station was put on the air at 97.1 MHz. Initially, WABI-FM (now WBFB) simulcast much of the AM station's programming. Around this time, the ABC affiliation was dropped in favor of the Mutual Broadcasting System.{{cite book|title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1963|year=1963|page=B-81|url=http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1963/B%20A-M%20Radio%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201963.pdf|accessdate=June 3, 2010}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} WABI had already carried some Mutual programming for a decade, in addition to ABC.{{cite book|title=Broadcasting Yearbook-Marketbook 1952|year=1952|page=155|url=http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1952/101-200%20Broadcasting%20Yearbook%201952-2.pdf|accessdate=June 3, 2010}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} It returned to ABC in 1964.{{cite book|title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1965|year=1965|page=B-68|url=http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1965/B1%201965%20YB%20All-11.pdf|accessdate=June 3, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110313195147/http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1965/B1%201965%20YB%20All-11.pdf|archive-date=March 13, 2011|url-status=dead}}

Community Broadcasting Service merged with Journal Publications in 1971 to form Diversified Communications.{{cite news|title=Publication Firm, TV Unit Merge|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0SE0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=ceEIAAAAIBAJ&dq=community-broadcasting-service&pg=5881%2C1583138|accessdate=June 3, 2010|newspaper=Bangor Daily News|date=January 21, 1971}} The company's broadcasting division retained the Community Broadcasting Service name until 1982, when WABI was transferred to Diversified directly.{{cite news|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=37783|title=Application Search Details (1)|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|accessdate=June 3, 2010}} The station had a contemporary hits format by 1973, when WABI-FM broke away from the simulcast and became WBGW, a country music station.{{cite book|title=Broadcasting Yearbook 1974|year=1974|page=B-93|url=http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1974/B%201%201974%20YB.pdf|accessdate=June 3, 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101008152748/http://davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1974/B%201%201974%20YB.pdf|archivedate=October 8, 2010}} Over time, the station shifted from contemporary hits to a full service middle of the road format.

=Adult standards=

Diversified announced in 1993 that it would put most of its broadcasting properties, including WABI and what had become WYOU-FM, up for sale.{{cite news|title=Upheaval in Bangor Radio, TV|first=Andrew|last=Kekacs|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0TszAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pjgHAAAAIBAJ&dq=wabi%20sale&pg=2385%2C4202343|accessdate=June 3, 2010|newspaper=Bangor Daily News|date=December 15, 1993}} While it would retain WABI-TV following the collapse of a deal to sell it to Vision Communications,{{cite news|title=Hildreth heirs to keep WABI-TV|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qZ8zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kDgHAAAAIBAJ&pg=4834%2C4104140|accessdate=June 3, 2010|newspaper=Bangor Daily News|date=May 28, 1994}} the radio stations were sold to Bangor Radio Corporation.{{cite news|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=190491|title=Application Search Details|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|accessdate=March 13, 2010}}

Bangor Radio switched WABI to an adult standards format.{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=Meet the New 'FNX...|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-961009.html|accessdate=June 4, 2010|newspaper=New England RadioWatch|date=October 9, 1996}} The station affiliated with Transtar Radio Networks, carrying its AM Only service, airing a mix of standards and soft oldies, with news from CNN's radio network.[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2000/D-Radio-AL-MT-BC-YB-2000-2.pdf Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2000 page D-199] A year later, WABI and its FM station, now called WWBX, were sold to Gopher Hill Broadcasting.{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=On and Off the Air|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-970710.html|accessdate=June 4, 2010|newspaper=North East RadioWatch|date=July 10, 1997}}

=Clear Channel ownership=

Clear Channel Communications signed a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Gopher Hill in early 2001.{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=Take Me Out to the Ban Game|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-010404.html|accessdate=June 4, 2010|newspaper=New England RadioWatch|date=April 4, 2001|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620214649/http://bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-010404.html|archivedate=June 20, 2010}} A few weeks later, it bought WABI and WWBX.{{cite news |first=Scott |last=Fybush |title=Clear Channel Buys Two in Maine |url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-010416.html |work=North East RadioWatch |date=April 16, 2001 |accessdate=August 20, 2008 }}

In 2005, Clear Channel switched WABI to a talk radio format, complementing its other talk station, WVOM (103.9 FM).{{cite news|title=Big Box Radio static|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_8045/is_20051019/ai_n46102972/?tag=content;col1|format=letter to the editor|accessdate=June 3, 2010|newspaper=Bangor Daily News|date=October 19, 2005}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}} During this time, programs included a simulcast of WVOM's morning show, Maine in the Morning, hosted by longtime WABI personality George Hale, as well as Dr. Joy Browne, Clark Howard, Dr. Laura, and Coast to Coast AM. The standards format returned two years later.{{cite news|title=Hale wins regional award; studio named in his honor|first=Andrew|last=Neff|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_8045/is_20071219/ai_n46145076/|accessdate=June 3, 2010|newspaper=Bangor Daily News|date=December 19, 2007}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}

=Sports radio=

Clear Channel announced on November 16, 2006, that it would sell its Bangor stations after the company was bought by private equity firms.{{cite news|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2006/061120/nerw.html|title=Dark Days All Around|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=November 20, 2006|work=NorthEast Radio Watch|accessdate=June 3, 2010}} Clear Channel's Bangor cluster was sold to Blueberry Broadcasting in 2008.{{cite news |first=Scott |last=Fybush |title=The Sales Market Heats Up |url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2008/080505/nerw.html |work=NorthEast Radio Watch |date=May 5, 2008 |accessdate=August 20, 2008 }} Blueberry again dropped WABI's standards format on September 1, this time for sports talk provided by Boston's WEEI. The station also began to once again simulcast with 97.1, renamed WAEI-FM.{{cite press release |title=WEEI Sports Radio Network Expands to Portland, Bangor & Keene |publisher=Entercom Communications |date=August 20, 2008 |url=http://imgsrv.weei.com/image/weei/UserFiles/WEEINorthNetworkPressRelease81908.pdf |accessdate=August 20, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206231209/http://imgsrv.weei.com/image/weei/UserFiles/WEEINorthNetworkPressRelease81908.pdf |archive-date=February 6, 2009 |url-status=dead }} Though WABI carried WEEI's talk shows, most game broadcasts were not aired on the station. To reflect the new format, on February 24, 2009, the WABI call letters were dropped after over 84 years and became WAEI.{{cite web|title=Call Sign History (WTOS)|url=https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=3670&Callsign=WTOS|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|accessdate=January 14, 2019}}

Blueberry Broadcasting ended WAEI's affiliation with WEEI on January 11, 2010.{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonherald.com/business/media/view.bg?articleid=1225484&format=text|title=Lawrence pastor 'proud' of Conan O'Brien|last=Heslam|first=Jessica|date=January 14, 2010|work=Boston Herald|accessdate=January 14, 2010|quote=“Unfortunately, our affiliate in Bangor chose to end its contract with us (Tuesday),” said WEEI program director Jason Wolfe.}}{{cite news|url=http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/134878.html|title=Bangor stations drop WEEI|last=Neff|first=Andrew|date=January 16, 2010|work=Bangor Daily News|accessdate=January 17, 2010}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} WEEI programming was replaced with Fox Sports Radio.{{cite news|url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/69228/bangor-affiliates-drop-weei-programming|title=Bangor Affiliates Drop WEEI Programming|date=January 14, 2010|work=All Access|accessdate=January 14, 2010}} Blueberry cited a breach of contract. WAEI moved exclusively to the AM dial on February 6, 2012, when WAEI-FM (which had swapped dial positions with WBFB on September 1, 2011, and moved to 104.7 FM) became classic hits station WBAK.{{cite news|title=Bangor, Maine's WAEI-FM flips sports for adult hits; AM maintains Fox Sports|url=http://www.radio-info.com/news/bangor-maines-waei-fm-flips-sports-for-adult-hits-am-maintains-fox-sports|accessdate=February 6, 2012|newspaper=Radio-Info.com|date=February 6, 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210052202/http://www.radio-info.com/news/bangor-maines-waei-fm-flips-sports-for-adult-hits-am-maintains-fox-sports|archivedate=February 10, 2012}}

As a sports radio station, in addition to Fox Sports Radio programming, the station aired the syndicated Imus in the Morning{{cite news|url=http://www.radio-info.com/news/sports-round-up--6 |title=Sports Round up |date=February 1, 2010 |work=Radio-Info.com |accessdate=February 1, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=May 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} and The Jim Rome Show. Other programming included Downtown with Rich Kimball, a locally produced sports talk show hosted by Rich Kimball.{{cite news|last=Mahoney|first=Larry|title=New radio sports talk show in Bangor features Rich Kimball|url=http://bangordailynews.com/2011/08/26/sports/new-radio-sports-talk-show-in-bangor-features-rich-kimball/|accessdate=February 6, 2012|newspaper=Bangor Daily News|date=August 26, 2011}} Kimball later moved to WEZQ. WAEI also aired NASCAR Nationwide and Camping World Truck Series races, which are now carried by WBAN, and Maine Black Bears basketball and baseball games, which now air on WGUY.

=Classic hits=

On September 1, 2013, WAEI was taken off the air. Blueberry officials told the Bangor Daily News, "We have not made any final decisions regarding what’s going to happen with that radio station."{{cite news|last=McCrea|first=Nick|title=Bangor AM sports radio station taken off air; company official says its future undecided|url=http://bangordailynews.com/2013/09/20/sports/bangor-am-sports-radio-station-taken-off-air-company-official-says-its-future-undecided/|accessdate=September 22, 2013|newspaper=Bangor Daily News|date=September 20, 2013}} In a filing with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the company stated that it intended to sell the station, and that if a buyer was not found, the license would be surrendered.{{cite web|title=Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1573533&Service=AM&Form_id=910&Facility_id=3670|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|accessdate=September 12, 2013|date=September 10, 2013}}

On August 28, 2014, WAEI returned to the air, simulcasting classic hits-formatted WABK-FM from Gardiner.{{cite web|title=Resumption of Operations|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1648734&Form_id=910&Facility_id=3670|date=August 28, 2014|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|accessdate=July 27, 2016}} On May 13, 2015, WAEI went silent due to a transmitter failure.{{cite web|title=Notification of Suspension of Operations|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1678388&Form_id=910&Facility_id=3670|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|accessdate=July 27, 2016|date=May 15, 2015}} On March 3, 2016, WAEI again returned to the air, once again simulcasting WABK-FM.{{cite web|title=Resumption of Operations|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1648734&Form_id=910&Facility_id=3670|date=March 1, 2016|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|accessdate=July 27, 2016}} WAEI changed its call sign to WABK on July 26, 2016. (The WABK call letters had originally been on AM 1280 in Gardiner for about five decades; that station was sold in 2014 and switched its call sign to WJYE.)

=WTOS-FM simulcast=

On January 11, 2019, WABK switched to a simulcast of Skowhegan-based mainstream rock station WTOS-FM, under the new WTOS call letters.[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/173689/wtos-expands-into-bangor/ WTOS Expands Into Bangor] Radioinsight - January 14, 2019 Thanks to WTOS’ FM translator, WTOS-FM now has another FM signal in Bangor at 105.3, for listeners who have trouble receiving the principal FM signal at 105.1 FM.