By newsfirstusa 
BANGOR, Maine — Stephen King’s rowdy rock ‘n’ roll radio station goes still at future’s finish.
The famend writer and lifetime rocker who impaired to accomplish with the Rock Base Remainders, a rock band that featured literary icons, stated Monday that at pace 77, it’s life to mention goodbye to a few Bangor, Maine, stations which were bleeding cash. King stored the stations afloat for many years, and he stated he and his spouse, Tabitha, are proud to have stored them going for goodbye.
“While radio across the country has been overtaken by giant corporate broadcasting groups, I’ve loved being a local, independent owner all these years,” King stated in a commentary. “I’ve loved the people who’ve gone to these stations every day and entertained folks, kept the equipment running, and given local advertisers a way to connect with their customers.”
King’s foray into radio began at age 36 with his 1983 purchase of a radio station that was rebranded WZON in deference to his book, “The Dead Zone.” That station went thru a couple of variations earlier than ultimate, and nearest being reacquired by way of King in 1990.
The ZONE Company’s tide lineup is composed of WKIT-FM, which expenses itself as “Stephen King’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Radio Station,” along with WZON-AM Retro Radio and an adult alternative station, WZLO-FM. They’ll go off the air on Dec. 31.
Ken Wood, the stations’ general manager, said he’s sad that the era is ending but happy that it happened. “Independent, locally owned radio stations used to be the norm. There are only a few left in Maine, and we’re lucky we had these three as long as we did,” he stated.