Radio Midcoast WCME - 995FM

11/16/2025

Jim Bleikamp here.

With an anecdote that very much illustrates why we do what we do--day in and day out--at 99-5 WCME.

Today I sent an email to both Joel Stoneton, the coach of the Winthrop Rambler football team, and to Jason Darling, the coach of the Morse Shipbuilders, to thank them for their help in the preparation of our live broadcast on Friday night of the Class D South final in Winthrop, won by the Ramblers.

Jason got back to me with a message thanking us for the broadcast--and letting us know that his dad could not make the game but enjoyed our coverage. I received some similar messages from Morse parents.

All this reminds me of another situation about 13 years ago during our very first sports broadcast on WCME--a basketball game in Brunswick when Todd Hanson was still coaching the Dragons. We heard that Todd's dad, living in Alabama, was able to hear the game his son was coaching on our webstream.

It is stories like this that keep me doing what I do. I grew up in a city in the Midwest, where over a period of time in the 60s and 70s, I was influenced by three very different radio stations--two focused on rock music, and one on news and talk. But they all had a commonality--they all found a way to weave themselves deeply into the community. Interesting that two of those stations are still quite active today--doing what they have done for decades. Quality tends to perpetuate.

They all understood that radio, when done really well, is about a special form of one-to-one companionship.

This is the goal that we are always chasing. Some days we get there. Other days we don't.

Some days we get there and I don't realize it because I have a tendency at times to hear only what is wrong--but that's because I always want to be better.

But know that we are always working toward that goal of maximum companionship. Even when we might not entirely feel like it.

99-5 WCME.

Thanks for listening.

11/15/2025

WCME Sports

Three goals for Adam Prince as the Bowdoin men’s soccer team gets a win over Lyons College in the first round of the NCAA Division III tournament in Brunswick.

The final: Bowdoin 7 Lyons 2.

The Polar Bears will host UMass Boston at 1 on Sunday afternoon.

11/14/2025

WCME Sports

Every play was live on WCME and the first half was quite competitive but in the second half of the Class D South football final in Winthrop, the Ramblers ran away with it--scoring four unanswered touchdowns.

Final: Winthrop 39 Morse 8

But it's notable that Morse, which had a slow start to its season made steady inroads throughout the season and made it to the playoffs.

Just as the first half ended, the Shipbuilders racked up their first and only touchdown, scored by Caden Wells, backed up by a two-point conversion.

Earlier, the Ramblers were first on the board, after a pass reception and 30-yard run by Ben Porter, and then a short-hop second quarter touchdown from Ross Fichthorn.

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11/14/2025

WCME News -- Your 24/7 Midcoast Breaking News Leader

A Cumberland County prosecutor says she was fired without receiving a termination letter after she and another attorney asked her boss to consider not seeking re-election.

Valerie Adams, a former assistant district attorney, tells the Portland Press-Herald that her dismissal came shortly after she told District Attorney Jackie Sartoris (pictured) that she intended to challenge her in next year’s election.

At a meeting, Adams brought in defense attorney Jon Gale, himself a one-time candidate for district attorney and a past supporter of Sartoris, who says Adams and Gale demanded that she agree not to run.

Sartoris also says Gale stated that if she does run, the district attorney’s office "would be thrown into chaos and that would be my fault.”

Gale disputes that account.

Jackie Sartoris will tell her side of the story Monday just after 8 on the WCME Midcoast Morning Buzz.

11/14/2025

WCME News -- Your 24/7 Midcoast Breaking News Leader

The Maine Senate has today confirmed several judicial nominations from Governor Mills, including Brunswick attorney Sean Magenis as a district court judge.

11/14/2025

The fine feline Zelda and the fine canine Tufton are our two featured creatures on this week's WCME Creature Feature--your weekly pet and animal update every Friday just after the 8:30 WCME News!

Brought to you by Darling's Brunswick Ford--Bath Road--you'll do better at Darling!

11/14/2025

From NBC News and WCME

After GOP election losses and an interview with Fox News, some of Trump's supporters have expressed concerns that the president's priorities aren't aligned enough with his base.

11/12/2025

From NBC News and WCME

More on the newly released emails.

House Democrats obtained the emails from Epstein's estate as part of the committee's investigation into the late s*x offender's case.

11/12/2025

From WCME News -- Your 24/7 Midcoast Breaking News Leader

After failing to achieve the attention given to the upstart candidate Graham Platner and to Governor Mills in Maine's 2026 U-S Senate race, Jordan Wood, a Democrat from Bristol, now says he will run instead for the Second Congressional District seat being given up by Jared Golden.

Wood, who has raised 3.5 million dollars, says his resources will be better used in the race in the Second District, in which he will face primary competition from State Auditor Matthew Dunlap, and perhaps others.

Wood grew up in Lewiston and Gardiner, and founded democracyFIRST, a bipartisan pro-democracy organization, worked as a vice president of End Citizens United, and served as chief of staff to former California congresswoman Katie Porter.

11/12/2025

FIRST from WCME News -- Your 24/7 Midcoast Breaking News Leader

After a recount today at Brunswick Town Hall, it's now official--Ramona Thieme, a housing activist affiliated with the Brunswick Renters Organization, and a political newcomer, has won the razor-close District 6 council race, after defeating incumbent Nat Shed by a margin of just two votes.

Initially, it was a one-vote margin for Thieme, but Town Clerk Fran Smith tells WCME News that there was one vote for Thieme not accepted in a machine count, but which was verified in today's recount, in which representatives of both candidates were involved.

(Pictured, Ramona Thieme, minutes after her win was confirmed)

11/12/2025

From NBC News and WCME

House Democrats are releasing emails in which Jeffrey Epstein wrote that President Trump “spent hours at my house” with one of Mr. Epstein’s victims, among other messages that suggest that Epstein believed Trump knew more about his abuse than he has acknowledged.

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have released three new emails from the estate of convicted s*x offender Jeffrey Epstein that mention President Trump. Ken Dilanian reports.