WINQ-FM

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WINQ-FM
Broadcast area
Frequency 98.7 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding98.7 WINK Country
Programming
Format Country
Subchannels HD2: Classic country "WINK Classic Country 103.1 FM"
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Saga Communications
  • (Saga Communications of New England, LLC)
WINQ, WKBK, WKVT-FM, WKNE, WSNI, WZBK
History
First air date
1991;34 years ago (1991) (as WKBK-FM)
Former call signs
  • WKBK-FM (1991)
  • WXOD (1991–2002)
  • WOQL (2002–2005)
  • WINQ (2005–2018) [1]
Call sign meaning
"Wink"
Technical information [2]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 57228
Class A
ERP 2,150 watts
HAAT 169 meters (554 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 42°54′57.3″N72°19′51.3″W / 42.915917°N 72.330917°W / 42.915917; -72.330917
Translator(s) HD2: 103.1 W276CB (Keene)
Repeater(s) 1490  WINQ (Brattleboro, Vermont)
Links
Public license information
Webcast
Website

WINQ-FM (98.7 MHz, "WINK Country 98.7") is a radio station licensed to serve Winchester, New Hampshire. The station is owned by Saga Communications licensed to Saga Communications of New England, LLC, and operates as part of its Monadnock Broadcasting Group. It airs a country music format. [3]

Contents

The station first signed on as WKBK-FM offering the same programming as WKBK (1220 AM, now WZBK) until its sale. It then became oldies WXOD on October 1, 1991.

The station changed its call sign to WINQ on January 1, 2005. It changed its call sign to the current WINQ-FM on June 19, 2018. [1]

Translators

W270AH, the former WZID translator in Peterborough, is now W276CB (103.1 FM) in Keene. After having relayed WKNE-HD3 for a while, W276CB has been relaying WINQ-FM's second HD Radio channel since December 2018.

Broadcast translator for WINQ-FM
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class Transmitter coordinatesFCC infoNotes
W276CB103.1 FM Keene, New Hampshire 81840250−92.6  m (−304  ft)D 42°55′50.3″N72°17′58.3″W / 42.930639°N 72.299528°W / 42.930639; -72.299528 (W276CB) LMS Relays HD2

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References

  1. 1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WINQ-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  3. ↑ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.


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