WHTP (1280 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Gardiner, Maine, United States.
It airs a rhythmic contemporary format, branded as Hot Radio Maine, simulcast with WHTP-FM (104.7) in Kennebunkport and WHZP (1400 AM) in Veazie.
[8] WABK began simulcasting with WABK-FM, which previously aired the Drake-Chenault syndicated format known as "Hit Parade.
[12] WABK switched to an adult contemporary format that was largely simulcast with WABK-FM, although the AM station incorporated some of its own news programming.
[15] Clear Channel dropped the standards format in 2001 in favor of a simulcast of Skowhegan-based sports radio station WSKW (1160 AM).
The programming of WFAU and WIGY were eventually combined with WRKD (1450 AM) in Rockland (later WVOM) to form Fox Sports Maine.
Clear Channel announced on November 16, 2006, that it would sell its Central Maine stations after being bought by private equity firms.
[24] It began airing an adult standards/oldies format similar to Bittner's other stations, WJTO in Bath and WJIB in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
On that day, WJYE and WCYR began a trimulcast branded as Hot Radio Maine with sister station WHTP from Kennebunkport, which serves York County, southern Cumberland County (including Portland), and WCYR, which serves Bangor.