was granted by the FCC in the summer 1973 with a 10 watt signal reaching from Gorham to most of Portland. Allen graduated in 1974 leaving the station in the hands of future students. In 1988 the station upgraded its signal to 1.11 kilowatts and shifted frequency to 90.9 MHz. A 50 watt translator on 104.1 MHz located on Portland's Munjoy Hill went on the air in 1999. In 2008 WMPG was granted a construction permit to increase power to 4.5 kilowatts and move transmitting facilities from the Gorham campus of the University of Southern Maine to Blackstrap Mountain in Falmouth. After a lengthy fund-raising effort and a $120,000 US Department of Commerce grant WMPG started broadcasting at half its licensed upgraded power from the new transmitter site on December 14, 2011, one day before the construction permit was to expire. The 104.1 translator was sold to MPBN in 2016. See also List of community radio stations in the United States References External links wmpg.org WMPG on PRX Local Motives The Lorenzo Commentaries New Mainers Speak MPG Community radio stations in the United States Gorham, Maine Radio stations established in 1973 MPG University of Southern Maine 1973 establishments in Maine