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WLKZ
WLKZ (104.9 FM) is an American licensed radio station in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, serving the Lakes Region. The station is owned by Dirk Nadon, through licensee Lakes Media, LLC, and carries a classic rock format, under the "104.9 The Hawk" branding. History The original construction permit for the station was granted on July 1, 1983, and the WLKZ call letters were assigned on October 11; it took to the air on February 1, 1985, and a license to cover was granted on June 4, 1985. During the 1980s, WLKZ offered an adult contemporary format; by 1996, it was offering an oldies format. Initially, the station aired the format on its own; however, in 2000, original owner Jay Williams sold the station to Tele-Media, owner of similarly-formatted WNNH in the nearby Concord market. Tele-Media sold WLKZ, WNNH, and Nashua-based WHOB to Nassau Broadcasting Partners in 2004. Nevertheless, WLKZ continued to be programmed and branded separately from WNNH until 2007, when Nassau consoli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WASR (AM)
WASR (1420 AM) and WCGY-FM (97.3 FM) are commercial radio stations broadcasting a country music format. WASR is licensed to Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, and serves the Lakes Region. WCGY-FM is licensed to Jefferson, New Hampshire, and serves the North Country and White Mountains Region. The stations are owned by Dirk Nadon's Lakes Media, LLC. WASR is also heard on two 250-watt FM translators: 97.1 W246DI in Wolfeboro, and 96.1 W241AJ in Laconia. WASR went on the air in 1970, and previously broadcast adult standards, talk radio, variety hits, and classic hits formats. WCGY-FM began broadcasting in 2022, and started simulcasting on WASR in 2024. History At one time, WASR was an adult standards station, carrying Citadel Media's Timeless service. It also tried conservative talk with little success. On February 24, 2020, new station manager Eric Scott changed the format to variety hits with some local talk including a live call in show at noon, a local sports show on Friday ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WWLK-FM
WWLK-FM (101.5 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Meredith, New Hampshire, and serving the Lakes Region. The station broadcasts a soft adult contemporary radio format and is owned by Dirk Nadon, through licensee Lakes Media, LLC. The studios and offices are on Church Street in Concord, New Hampshire. WWLK-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 6,000 watts. The transmitter is on Pickerel Pond Road at Parade Road in Laconia, New Hampshire. History Rock format The station signed on the air on November 16, 1988. It was owned by Latchkey Broadcasting and aired an adult album-oriented rock format under the call sign WMRQ. The station was founded by Dirk Nadon and his stepfather Bill Forbes. In a 2018 interview with ''The Laconia Daily Sun'', Nadon recalled that, "At the time, it was the only rock station north of Manchester," with that city's WGIR-FM being the nearest rock station and most Lakes Region stations programming adult contemporary formats. Adult contem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank FM
Frank FM is the branding used by Binnie Media for its radio stations airing a classic hits radio format. The Frank FM format was similar to the Jack FM format in that these stations play around 1000 songs in regular rotation at any time as opposed to the average number of 300 to 600 songs heard regularly on most commercial radio stations. In 2023, the station’s programming was changed to a way broader format, which plays songs from every genre and decade. The new playlist includes Rap, hip-hop, R&B, country, and also songs from its older format. During that change, the station changed its slogan to “We Play It All.” Some Frank FM playlists resemble to classic hits stations rather than that of variety hits stations. The Frank FM stations are: *107.5 WFNK in Lewiston, Maine (serving Portland) *106.9 WBQX in Thomaston, Maine (serving Mid Coast Maine) *106.3 WFNQ in Nashua, New Hampshire (serving Manchester and Nashua) *98.3 WLNH-FM in Laconia, New Hampshire (s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WNNH
WNNH (99.1 FM; "99.1 The Bone") is a commercial radio station owned by Binnie Media. WNNH is licensed to Henniker, New Hampshire, and serves the Concord-Manchester area. Its transmitter is on Watchtower Road in Contoocook and its studios and offices are on Church Street in Concord. WNNH airs an active rock radio format, as part of Binnie Media's "Bone" franchise. The "Bone" branding and format is shared with WHXR (106.3 FM) in Portland, Maine. History WNNH first signed on the air in October 1989 from the Pats Peak Ski Area in Henniker, with studios on South Street in Concord. The station's original owner was Clark Smidt, who programmed several Boston FM stations in the 1970s, including WEEI-FM (103.3, now WBGB) and WBZ-FM (106.7, now WMJX). WNNH's original format was oldies. In the early days, the station marketed itself as a Manchester area rimshot, despite being practically inaudible south of the city. At the outset, WNNH had a very slick sound for a small market st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WTPL
WTPL (107.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. Licensed to Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, it serves the Manchester area. The station is owned by Bill Binnie's Binnie Media, through licensee WBIN Media Co., Inc. It airs a news/talk radio format. It the flagship station of "The Pulse of NH", a trimulcast with WTSN in the Seacoast Region and WEMJ in the Lakes Region. History The original construction permit for the station was granted on August 4, 1987, under the call sign of WRCI; a license to cover was granted on September 7, 1990. However, the station's original owners, Empire Radio Partners, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1992, and the station was sold to Radioworks in 1993. By 1994, WRCI was serving as a simulcast of its then-sister station WJYY (105.5), an adult contemporary station. The station had changed simulcast partners to WNHI (93.3; now WNHW), a classic rock station, by 1996. Radioworks sold its stations to Vox Media in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WAKC
WAKC (102.3 FM broadcasting, FM) is an American licensed radio station in Concord, New Hampshire. The station is owned by the Educational Media Foundation (EMF) and is part of its K-Love network of contemporary Christian music outlets. EMF also owns WLKC (105.7 FM) in Campton, New Hampshire, Campton, serving the White Mountains Region, White Mountains and Lakes Region (New Hampshire), Lakes Region. History Early years The station began operations March 7, 1972, as WKXL-FM, the FM sister station to WKXL (1450 AM), under the ownership of Frank Estes, who also owned WPKC (AM), WKXR in Exeter, New Hampshire. In 1980, Estes sold the WKXL stations to a group of station employees. The Music Zone The 102.3 FM signal was largely a repeater of the 1450 AM broadcast until 1986 when the owners launched a "light alternative" adult album alternative format. The format was led by Program Director Renee Blake, Production Director Taft Moore, on-air talent including Dave Doud, Julia Figueras, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WFNQ
WFNQ (106.3 FM broadcasting, FM; "Frank FM") is a radio station in Nashua, New Hampshire, serving the Manchester, New Hampshire, Manchester area with a classic hits radio format. It is owned by Binnie Media. The station's studios are on Church Street in Concord, New Hampshire, Concord, and its transmitter is located in Merrimack, New Hampshire, Merrimack, just west of the Merrimack Premium Outlets. WFNQ can also be received in the northern portion of the Boston media market. The station has FM co-channel interference with Providence, Rhode Island, Providence-market WWKX past this area. WFNQ is the flagship (broadcasting), flagship station of a three-station network under the Frank FM branding. WLNH-FM (98.3) in Laconia, New Hampshire, Laconia (serving the Lakes Region (New Hampshire), Lakes Region) and WBYY (98.7) in Somersworth, New Hampshire, Somersworth (serving the Seacoast Region (New Hampshire), Seacoast Region) share WFNQ's playlist and branding, but have separate comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nassau Broadcasting Partners
Nassau Broadcasting Partners LP was a company based in Princeton, New Jersey that owned radio stations in New England and the Mid-Atlantic United States. Nassau's stations, which included both AM and FM frequencies, were located in Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The company was owned and headed by Louis F. Mercatanti. Nassau was predominantly an operator of radio stations in medium and small markets. Nassau formerly owned radio station WCRB in Waltham, a Boston suburb, and located in the Boston market, the 11th largest radio market in the US, according to BIA Financial Network. However that station was sold to WGBH in 2009. Nassau operated radio stations in substantially all of the major formats. The company's most common format was classic rock/ classic hits. On October 13, 2011 Nassau Broadcasting entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after their senior lenders petitioned for an involuntary Chapter 7 liquidation in September. The stations were auctioned to variou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WEEI (AM)
WEEI (850 kHz) is a commercial sports gambling AM radio station licensed to Boston, Massachusetts, serving Greater Boston and much of New England New England is a region consisting of six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York (state), New York to the west and by the .... Owned by Audacy, Inc., WEEI is the Boston affiliate for the Audacy-owned BetQL Network and Infinity Sports Network, serving as a gambling-focused brand extension of its main sports radio station in the market, WEEI-FM. The WEEI studios are located in Boston's Brighton, Boston, Brighton neighborhood, while the station transmitter resides in the Boston suburb of Needham, Massachusetts, Needham. In addition to a standard analog transmission, WEEI is available online via Audacy. Historically, the station is perhaps best known by its former WHDH call letters, under which it operated fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sports Radio
Sports radio (or sports talk radio) is a radio format devoted entirely to discussion and broadcasting of sport, sporting events. A widespread programming genre that has a narrow audience appeal, sports radio is characterized by an often-low comedy, boisterous on-air style and extensive debate and analysis by both :wikt:host, hosts and caller (telecommunications), callers. Many sports talk stations also carry play-by-play (live commentary) of local sports teams as part of their regular programming. History In 1955, WHN New York launched the first regular sports talk program featuring a broadcaster/journalist roundtable that aired before and after Brooklyn Dodgers games. By the early 1960s, sports talk content, ranging from individual commentary to roundtable discussions, began appearing in major US markets, initially tied to play-by-play broadcasts but gradually developing unique styles and characters. Art Rust Jr. launched New York’s first interactive call-in show (WMCA) in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
