Keywords: Radio programs
Item 29242
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1953 Media: Photographic print
Item 112069
WMPG 90.9 and 104.1 t-shirt, Portland, ca. 2004
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 2004 Location: Portland Media: Cotton, ink
Exhibit
Lewiston, Maine's second largest city, was long looked upon by many as a mill town with grimy smoke stacks, crowded tenements, low-paying jobs, sleazy clubs and little by way of refinement, except for Bates College. Yet, a noted Québec historian, Robert Rumilly, described it as "the French Athens of New England."
Exhibit
Before the era of recorded music and radio, nearly every community had a band that played at parades and other civic events. Fire departments had bands, military units had bands, theaters had bands. Band music was everywhere.
Site Page
Music in Maine - Radio Cowboys and Country Music
"Programs included a radio show on Portland’s WGAN between 1939 to 1957, and a weekly television show on WGAN-TV from 1954 to 1971."
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Story
Lionel "Toots" Bouthot: A life filled with music
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
From the age of 5, a lifetime of contributing to the musical fabric of Biddeford.
