Driving through Wiscasset along Bath Road near Big Al's and coming up on Ship's Chow Hall, drivers might notice a lot of flashing lights on the left side of the road with a big lighted sign telling them to “tune to 88.7 FM.”

If they pull into the parking lot of the hall and adjust the radio, they'll hear the station run by Wiscasset Middle High School senior Avery Thomas, 18, of Wiscasset. Every year, he sets up a complex display of lights that coordinates perfectly with music he programs into his personal station.

According to Thomas, it takes nearly two weeks to do the display. The work includes stringing up all the lights, programming the music, and syncing them together. The music plays on a continuous loop of about 20 minutes. The display goes from 5 to 11 p.m. through December.

The music this year varies wildly. Thomas said he polled students at WMHS about what they would like to hear, which ranged from traditional Christmas music to Mavis Staples' “Christmas Vacation” to dub step and LMFAO's Party Rock Anthem. There are a total of 12 or 13 songs in the full loop.

Thomas said about 20 to 30 cars stop every night to watch the display. He plans to continue doing this after graduation.

“It's a lot of work, but I love doing it and everyone at school, including the teachers, knows about it,” Thomas said.

This is Thomas's fifth year creating the show, which is run entirely on donations to cover the cost of lights, the music, maintaining the station, and electricity. There is a donation box at the display, on the third lit tree from the right. The display can be seen on at 273 Bath Road (Route 1) in Wiscasset.