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WPKC (1540
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) is an AM radio station
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to
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, and covering the New Hampshire Seacoast region and Southern
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. The station's
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, supplied from the
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network. The station's license is held by the
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. The station
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s its
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, 92.1
WPKC-FM WPKC-FM (92.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to Sanford, Maine, United States. The station serves the Southern Maine Coast and the Seacoast Region of New Hampshire with a contemporary Christian music format, supplied by the K-Love network. ...
in
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. In addition, WPKC operates two FM
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: W246BP (97.1
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) in Exeter, and W298CU (101.5) in
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.
AM 1540 The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 1540 kHz: 1540 AM is a United States clear-channel frequency. KXEL Waterloo, Iowa, and ZNS-1 Nassau, Bahamas, share Class A status on 1540 AM. Argentina * LU 28 in General Madariaga, ...
is a
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frequency reserved for Class A stations
KXEL KXEL (1540 AM), branded as ''News/Talk 1540'', is a Class A, clear-channel radio station serving the Waterloo and Cedar Rapids metropolitan areas with a All-news radio/Talk radio format. KXEL is one of two FCC Class 1-A stations in Iowa, th ...
in
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, and
ZNS-1 ZNS-1 (branded as ''Radio Bahamas'') is the oldest broadcast station in the Bahamas. It has a news–talk format, and broadcasts on 1540 kHz and 104.5 MHz in Nassau, with a repeater in Freeport on 107.7 MHz. It is under ownership of the Broa ...
in
Nassau, Bahamas Nassau ( ) is the capital and largest city of The Bahamas. It is on the island of New Providence, which had a population of 246,329 in 2010, or just over 70% of the entire population of The Bahamas. As of April 2023, the preliminary results of ...
. WPKC broadcasts at 5,000 watts during the daytime hours only.


History

The AM 1540 frequency in Exeter went on the air on June 4, 1966, as WKXR. It was owned by Frank Estes, who also owned
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in
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. Estes sold the station in 1978, and on March 10, 1982, the station was renamed WMYF. The
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stood for "
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format. In 1998, Capstar acquired WMYF from CBS Radio. (CBS had obtained the station after its purchase of
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.) The station began to simulcast the
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format of WGIR, a sister station in
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; a call sign change to WGIP followed on October 2. The WMYF call sign would later be moved down the AM dial to
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, which would retain it until that station's closure in 2015. Capstar and Chancellor Media announced in August 1998 that they would merge (
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was a major shareholder in both companies); upon the merger's completion in July 1999, the combined company was named AMFM Inc. AMFM was in turn acquired by Clear Channel Communications in a deal announced on October 4, 1999, and completed in August 2000. After WGIP was placed into the
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in 2008 as a result of the privatization of Clear Channel (now iHeartMedia, Inc.), the station was sold to Aruba Capital Holdings, LLC in 2009. After Aruba closed on the sale on March 9, 2009, the call sign was changed to WXEX and the WGIR simulcast was discontinued. WXEX relaunched with an oldies format on March 16, 2009. On August 11, 2011, the station began simulcasting with 92.1 WXEX-FM in Sanford, Maine, which Aruba had acquired earlier in the year. On April 14, 2015, WXEX owner Aruba Capital Holdings LLC entered into a
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(LMA) with
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WWSF WWSF (1220 AM, "104.3 Seacoast Oldies") is a radio station airing an oldies format. Established in 1957 as WSME, the station is licensed to serve Sanford, Maine, United States. WWSF is owned by Port Broadcasting. History WWSF signed on as WSME ...
owner Port Broadcasting LLC whereby the latter assumed operational control of WXEX and WXEX-FM. On August 20, 2015, WXEX and its FM sister station shifted their format from classic hits to
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, branded as "Classic Rock 92.1"; the move was made to distinguish WXEX from WWSF's oldies format. Effective January 31, 2017, Aruba Capital sold WXEX, WXEX-FM, and W246BP to LMA partner Port Broadcasting. In return, Aruba Capital received a 26.9 percent stake in Port Broadcasting, giving Aruba Capital principal Andrew Hartmann a controlling interest in the new licensee. During
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in 2018, WXEX and WXEX-FM stunted with a broadcast of the
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documentary ''
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''. On September 3, 2018, the stations changed to an oldies format, branded as ''Seacoast Oldies'', in effect reversing the 2015 format change.WXEX Flips to Seacoast Oldies
Radioinsight - September 4, 2018
Port Broadcasting agreed to sell WXEX, WXEX-FM, and translators W246BP and W298CU to the
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(EMF) for $690,000 in April 2023. EMF already operated
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station
WNHI WNHI (106.5 FM) is a Christian worship formatted radio station. Licensed to Farmington, New Hampshire, the station's transmitter is located in New Durham. The station serves the Lakes and Seacoast Regions of New Hampshire, and is owned by Educa ...
in Farmington, with its
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network only available via stations in surrounding markets. Following the sale's completion on July 24, 2023, the "Seacoast Oldies" programming moved to WWSF on July 24, 2023, and WXEX joined K-Love; the station's call sign was changed to WPKC on August 1, 2023.


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