BANGOR, Maine — Horror creator Stephen King’s rock ‘n’ roll radio station goes to proceed rocking across the clock and into the brand new 12 months.
Two businessmen bought WKIT-FM from the best-selling author after he introduced that the station and two others would go silent after New Yr’s Eve. The patrons are the Maine-based duo Greg Hawes and Jeff Solari, who fashioned Rock Lobster Radio Group to run the station.
“WKIT is the most legendary station in the region. It has tremendous history. We couldn’t let it die,” they stated in a press release.
King is a lifelong rocker and carried out with the Rock Backside Remainders, a band that featured literary icons performing for charity. He introduced earlier this month that at age 77 he thought it was time to say goodbye to the radio stations.
“I’m sorry as hell to be closing down WKIT and its sister stations,” King posted earlier this month on social media. “I held off the suits for as long as I could.”
King’s foray into radio started in 1983 with the acquisition of a radio station that was rebranded WZON in a nod to his guide, “The Dead Zone.” That station closed earlier than being acquired once more by King in 1990.