WKNE

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WKNE
Broadcast areaKeene-Brattleboro area
Frequency 103.7 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding103.7 KNE-FM
Programming
Format CHR
Subchannels
  • HD2: Soft AC "EZ Favorites 100.3/107.5"
  • HD3: Oldies "Pure Oldies 104.1"
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Saga Communications
  • (Saga Communications of New England, LLC)
WINQ, WINQ-FM, WKBK, WKVT-FM, WSNI, WZBK
History
First air date
May 1964 [1]
Former call signs
  • WKNE-FM (1964–1974)
  • WNBX-FM (1974–1985)
  • WKNE-FM (1985–2003) [2]
Call sign meaning
"Keene"
Technical information [3]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 36834
Class B
ERP 12,000 watts
HAAT 302 meters (991 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 43°2′0″N72°22′2″W / 43.03333°N 72.36722°W / 43.03333; -72.36722 (WKNE)
Translator(s) See § Translators
Links
Public license information
Webcast
Website

WKNE (103.7 FM, "103.7 KNE-FM") is a radio station licensed to serve Keene, New Hampshire. 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 music format. [4] WKNE transmits in HD Digital.

Contents

The station has been assigned the WKNE call sign by the Federal Communications Commission 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. [2]

Translators

WKNE used to be heard on translators W227AW in Peterborough and W255BQ in Claremont. Saga moved the translators into Keene proper and repurposed them to relay the HD2 and HD3 streams of WKNE within the city.

In December 2018, WKNE's HD2 subchannel relaunched as soft adult contemporary, branded as "EZ Favorites 100.3/107.5" and simulcast over WKVT-FM's HD2 channel and 100.3 W262CL (meanwhile, the WRSI simulcast moved to WSNI's HD2 subchannel) [5] 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 format, branded as "Pure Oldies 104.1", could debut on WKNE's HD3 subchannel. [6]

Broadcast translators for WKNE
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class Transmitter coordinatesFCC infoNotes
W298BT107.5 FM Keene, New Hampshire 140893250−92.6  m (−304  ft)D 42°55′50.3″N72°17′58.3″W / 42.930639°N 72.299528°W / 42.930639; -72.299528 (W298BT) LMS Relays HD2
W281AU104.1 FM Keene, New Hampshire 1409062500 m (0 ft)D 43°1′8.2″N72°21′27.3″W / 43.018944°N 72.357583°W / 43.018944; -72.357583 (W281AU) LMS Relays HD3

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References

  1. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-281. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  3. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WKNE". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ↑ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  5. 1 2 Venta, Lance (December 30, 2018). "Saga Brings EZ Favorites To Brattleboro & Keene". RadioInsight. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
  6. 1 2 Venta, Lance (December 5, 2018). "Saga Shuffles Translators In Keene". RadioInsight. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
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