WKNE (103.7 FM, "103.7 KNE-FM") is a

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licensed to serve

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. The station is owned by Saga Communications (which operates it as part of its Monadnock Broadcasting Group) and licensed to Saga Communications of New England, LLC. It airs a

hot adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul ...

music format. WKNE transmits in HD Digital. The station has been assigned the WKNE call sign by the

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since January 21, 2003. Prior to that it held the WKNE-FM call sign since May 1985 (and prior to 1974), and WNBX-FM from 1974 to 1985.

Translators

WKNE used to be heard on translators W227AW in

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and W255BQ in

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. Saga moved the translators into Keene proper and repurposed them to relay the HD2 and HD3 streams of WKNE within the city. * W255BQ is now W298BT 107.5 Keene, which, after having relayed WKBK for a while, has been relaying WKNE-HD2, since December 2018. * W227AW is now W281AU 104.1 Keene, which, after having relayed WZBK for a while, has been relaying WKNE-HD3, since December 2018. In December 2018, WKNE's HD2 subchannel relaunched as

soft adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul ...

, branded as "EZ Favorites 100.3/107.5" and simulcast over WKVT-FM's HD2 channel and 100.3 W262CL (meanwhile, the

WRSI WRSI (93.9 FM broadcasting, FM, "93.9 The River") is a radio station city of license, licensed to serve Turners Falls, Massachusetts. The station is owned by Saga Communications and licensed to Saga Communications of New England, LLC. It airs a ...

simulcast moved to

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's HD2 subchannel) and the classic country "WINK Classic Country 103.1 FM" service that had been airing over WKNE's HD3 subchannel was moved to WINQ-FM's HD2 subchannel so that a new

oldies Oldies is a term for musical genres such as pop music, rock and roll, doo-wop, surf music from the second half of the 20th century, specifically from around the mid-1950s to the 1980s, as well as for a radio format playing this music. Since 2 ...

format, branded as "Pure Oldies 104.1", could debut on WKNE's HD3 subchannel.

References

External links

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Monadnock Broadcasting Group

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