WPNH (1300 AM) and WFTN (1240 AM) are commercial radio stations in Central

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. WPNH is

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, and WFTN is licensed to

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. The stations are branded as "Oldies 92.9" and

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, featuring an unusually deep and vast playlist offering the first generation of rock and roll of the 1960s. WPNH and WFTN also offer select hits from the late 1950s and the early to mid 1970s. The stations also carry

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during the baseball season. The studios are in Franklin, along with co-owned WPNH-FM,

WFTN-FM WFTN-FM (Mix 94.1 FM) is a radio station based in central New Hampshire which airs a CHR music format. Broadcasting with 6,000 watts from Calef Hill in Tilton, the station's signal is perfectly situated to cover Central New Hampshire, including ...

and WSCY. Prior to the addition of both of their 92.9 FM translators, WFTN and WPNH featured programming from

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's "

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format. WPNH is a Class D station with 5,000 watts days and 88 watts at night, non directional while WFTN is a Class C station with 1,000 watts 24 hours a day. The stations also can be heard on FM via two

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, both at 92.9

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: W225CB in

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(relaying WFTN), and W225CT in Plymouth, New Hampshire (relaying WPNH). The "Oldies 92.9" branding is derived from the translators' frequency. The stations do not stream their programming over the internet.

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