WNSX

WNSX is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting a classic hits radio format. The station signed on in 1999 as WNSX. Licensed to Winter Harbor, Maine, the station's studios and offices are on Maine State Route 3 in Ellsworth. It serves Downeast Maine, including Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Bucksport, and Machias.
WNSX is owned by Codin Broadcasting, LLC. WNSX's music format is a mix which includes primarily soft and mid-tempo classic rock artists such as The Eagles, Genesis, Boston, The Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Billy Joel and Elton John, but avoids more harder-edged artists like AC/DC, Def Leppard, Guns N' Roses, and Jimi Hendrix. The station uses the slogan "Smooth Rock 'n' Roll" to indicate it does not play rock songs that are too hard-edged.
WNSX's transmitter is off Tunk Lake Road in Sullivan. The station's primary signal serves Hancock and Washington Counties.

History

Maine businessman Scott Hogg was granted a construction permit from the Federal Communications Commission to build a new FM station at 97.7 in the mid-1990s. It used the call sign WAKN before making it to the air.
The station signed on in 1999 as WNSX. It originally simulcast its then-sister station WMDI.
In 2001, the station was purchased by Clear Channel Communications for $1.1 million. It began simulcasting the classic rock format of its sister station 101.7 WFZX. WNSX later flipped to a sports radio format, carrying Fox Sports Radio for several years before returning to a simulcast of WFZX.
In 2005, the station was sold to Stony Creek Broadcasting, with Mark L. Osborne as managing member. The cost was $800,000. WNSX then switched to its current format of classic hits.
In 2024, the station was sold to Codin Broadcasting, LLC.