WARX (93.9 FM) is a non-commercial radio station in Lewiston, Maine that features worship music programming from Air1. It is under ownership of the Educational Media Foundation.

The station dates back to WCOU-FM, the first FM station in Lewiston-Auburn. Following WCOU, the station has had several previous on-air slogans including WAYU as country and WXGL Eagle 94 as an oldies formatted station.

Following acquisition by Fuller-Jeffrey Broadcasting in 1994, the station simulcasted WCYY for over 10 years until the transfer to The Last Bastion Station Trust, LLC, when it switched to a simulcast of WCLZ. The station (at that time WCYI), along with co-owned WCLZ, was transferred to The Last Bastion Station Trust, LLC, due to parent company Citadel Broadcasting buying out ABC Radio. The station kept the Opie & Anthony Show . In October 2007 Saga Communications bought WCLZ, dropping the simulcast but keeping the Opie & Anthony Show, thus resulting in WCYI programming an automated Blues format in October 2007.

On February 21, 2008, it was announced that the Educational Media Foundation bought WCYI for a reported $1 million.[3] In early March 2008 it was report that WCYI would likely become an affiliate of EMF's K-Love contemporary Christian music format.[3] However, later the same month, it was reported that the station would carry Air 1 (sister network to K-Love) according to EMF's vice president of communications.[4] On August 15, 2008, the station changed its call letters to WARX.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Pendexter, Faunce (February 27, 1948). "WCOU-FM to Introduce New Radio Technique To This Area Sunday". Lewiston Evening Journal. Lewiston, Maine. p. 18. Retrieved October 19, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WARX". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. 1 2 Fybush, Scott (March 3, 2008). "This Week's Bloodbath: Citadel". NorthEast Radio Watch.
  4. ↑ "Blues station WCYI to be sold". mainetoday.com. March 19, 2008. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved March 19, 2008.
  5. ↑ "Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved August 22, 2008.

44°08′42″N 70°01′19″W / 44.145°N 70.022°W / 44.145; -70.022


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WARX