WJZN

WJZN went on the air February 23, 1932,^[1] as WRDO, owned by the Rines family's Congress Square Hotel Company, who also owned WCSH in Portland and WFEA in Manchester, New Hampshire.^[2][3]

The Rines family sold WRDO to Ocean Coast Properties, owner of WPOR AM-FM in Portland, for $100,000 in 1974.^[4] H&R Corporation bought the station for $225,000 in 1977.^[5] By 1978, WRDO had a middle of the road format and was affiliated with the NBC Radio Network.^[6] H&R sold WRDO to Sterling Broadcasting Corporation for $260,000 in 1980.^[7] Sterling changed the station's format to country music in 1981;^[8] the format was simulcast with FM sister station WSCL (92.1 FM).^[9] Augusta-Waterville Broadcasters, controlled by the owners of WGHQ and WBPM in Kingston, New York, bought WRDO and WSCL for $425,000 in 1983.^[10] By this point, the stations were simulcasting an adult contemporary format; WSCL had also moved to 92.3,^[11] and that December changed its call letters to WRDO-FM.^[12]

Augusta-Waterville Broadcasters sold WRDO and WRDO-FM to Marcom for $400,000 in 1986.^[13] The call letters changed to WMME on March 1, 1987,^[14] as the station began simulcasting a contemporary hit radio format with what had become WMME-FM.^[15] Target Communications sold WMME and WMME-FM to Tri-Group for $1.4 million in 1988.^[16] Pilot Communications bought the stations for $950,000 in 1993.^[17] The call letters were changed to WEZW on August 17, 1995,^[14] though the station continued to simulcast WMME-FM;^[15] it then changed to WLTI on August 30, 1996, before returning to WEZW on September 25.^[14]

Pilot's radio stations were acquired by Citadel Broadcasting in 1999 as part of its purchase of parent company Broadcasting Partners Holdings.^[18] In January 2003, Citadel ended WEZW's simulcast of WMME-FM and switched the station to an adult standards format, simulcast with sister station WTVL (1490 AM) in Waterville under the "Kool" branding.^[19] The call letters were changed to WJZN on October 14, 2004.^[14]

Citadel merged with Cumulus Media on September 16, 2011.^[20] Townsquare Media acquired Cumulus' Augusta-Waterville stations in 2012.^[21] On July 14, 2016, WJZN split from its simulcast with WTVL and launched a classic rock format, branded as "Capital 95.9"; this followed the launch of FM translator W240DH (95.9 FM).^[22]

On October 22, 2021, WJZN dropped the classic rock format and began stunting towards a new format to launch on Monday October 25. That day, the station began simulcasting a relaunched version of the alternative rock format from Portland sister station WCYY.^[23] WCYY's expansion, which also included WPKQ in North Conway, New Hampshire, coincided with the syndication launch of Toucher and Rich from WBZ-FM in Boston, with the WCYY stations, along with Bangor sister station WEZQ, serving as the program's first affiliates.^[23]

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