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WBLM

WBLM (102.9 FM) is a classic rock radio station licensed to Portland, Maine. The station has a studio in One City Center, along with co-owned Townsquare Media stations WJBQ, WCYY and WHOM. The station also serves as the Portland market affiliate for the New England Patriots Radio Network. Not counting WHOM (which transmits from Mount Washington in New Hampshire), it is the most powerful FM station in the Portland market, covering a large swath of western Maine and eastern New Hampshire clearly. It is one of only a few FM stations in New England licensed to operate at 100,000 watts. WBLM broadcasts from a tower near Maine State Route 121 in Raymond that is the second tallest man-made structure in Maine (second only to the tower for WMTW). In the movie City Slickers, Billy Crystal's character claimed to have been a sales executive for the fictional station "WBLM Radio".

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WBLM (102.9 FM) is a classic rock radio station licensed to Portland, Maine. The station has a studio in One City Center, along with co-owned Townsquare Media stations WJBQ, WCYY and WHOM. The station also serves as the Portland market affiliate for the New England Patriots Radio Network. Not counting WHOM (which transmits from Mount Washington in New Hampshire), it is the most powerful FM station in the Portland market, covering a large swath of western Maine and eastern New Hampshire clearly. It is one of only a few FM stations in New England licensed to operate at 100,000 watts. WBLM broadcasts from a tower near Maine State Route 121 in Raymond that is the second tallest man-made structure in Maine (second only to the tower for WMTW). In the movie City Slickers, Billy Crystal's character claimed to have been a sales executive for the fictional station "WBLM Radio".

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