WIGY-FM (100.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Mexico, Maine. The station is owned by Stan Bennett, through licensee Bennett Radio Group, LLC. Established in 1988 as WTBM, WIGY-FM broadcasts a country music format, which it simulcasts with WOXO-FM (92.7).
History
WIGY-FM signed on September 15, 1988,[1] as WTBM, owned by Tanist Broadcasting Corporation and programming country music, album-oriented rock, and adult contemporary music.[3] Mountain Valley Broadcasting bought WTBM in 1990[4] and converted it to a simulcast of WOXO-FM (92.7).[5] The station took on the WOXO-FM call letters on August 1, 2016;[6] the call sign became available to 100.7 after the 92.7 FM facility became hot adult contemporary station WEZR-FM, with WOXO's country music programming airing on 100.7 FM and on WOXO (1450 AM and 96.9 FM).[7][8]
In April 2019, the country format moved from WOXO back to WEZR-FM, retaining the simulcast on WOXO-FM.[9] On September 27, 2019, the WEZR-FM call sign moved to 100.7, with 92.7 returning to WOXO-FM;[10] on October 8, 100.7's call sign was changed to WRMO-FM.[6]
WRMO-FM, along with its sister stations, went off the air March 29, 2020, citing financial considerations that included expected reduction in advertising revenue attributed to COVID-19.[11] The stations had been up for sale following the death of owner Dick Gleason in February 2019.[12] A sale of the Gleason Media Group stations to Bennett Radio Group was announced in May 2020,[13] and was consummated on August 5, 2020, at a sale price of $300,000.
On August 9, 2020, WRMO-FM changed its call letters to WIGY-FM; it returned to the air on August 10, once again simulcasting WOXO-FM as "WOXO Country".[14]
