WBAE

WBAE is a radio station that serves the city of Portland, Maine and its suburbs with an Adult Standards format, including the softer hits of the 1960s to today. It transmits 1000 watts of power, 24 hours a day. WBAE is owned by Saga Communications. Until 1999, WBAE had the WPOR call sign. It first went on the air in March 1946 and was for much of its history associated with country music. When co-owned station 101.9 WPOR-FM debuted in October 1967, the two stations were the primary source of country music in the Portland radio market. The AM and FM stations were mostly simulcast, although for a time 1490 WPOR aired a satellite-delivered syndicated country music format while WPOR-FM featured local announcers and locally-programmed country music. WPOR-FM continues as a country station but in 1999, WPOR-AM switched its call letters to WBAE. The original format for WBAE was adult standards, initially provided by the Music of Your Life network, and later Dial Global's Adult Standards service. WBAE was later simulcast with 1400 WVAE Biddeford, Maine to give listeners in York County, Maine a better signal.