WYKR-FM

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WYKR-FM
Broadcast areaNortheast Vermont & Northwest New Hampshire
Frequency 101.3 MHz
BrandingWYKR Country 101.3
Programming
Format Country
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
  • Joshua Smith
  • (Yankee Kingdom Media Corp.)
History
First air date
February 19, 1990 (1990-02-19)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 53866
Class A
ERP 3,000 watts
HAAT 12 meters (39 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
 44°6′49.2″N71°58′52.3″W / 44.113667°N 71.981194°W / 44.113667; -71.981194
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Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website www.wykr.com
Simulcast
WTWN
Frequency 1100 kHz
Ownership
Owner
  • Joshua Smith
  • (Yankee Kingdom Media Corp.)
History
First air date
October 3, 1976 (1976-10-03)
Former call signs
WYKR (1976–1999)
Former frequencies
1490 kHz (1976–1987)
Call sign meaning
"Twin State" [2]
Technical information [3]
Facility ID 53865
Class D
Power
Transmitter coordinates
 44°8′55.23″N72°4′0.33″W / 44.1486750°N 72.0667583°W / 44.1486750; -72.0667583 (WTWN)
Translator(s) 105.1 W286DE (Wells River)
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Public license information

WYKR-FM (101.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Haverhill, New Hampshire. It airs a country music format. [4] WYKR-FM's programming is also heard on daytime-only station WTWN (1100 AM) and FM translator W286DE (105.1) in Wells River, Vermont. Both WYKR-FM and WTWN are owned by Joshua Smith's Yankee Kingdom Media Corp.

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History

WYKR went on the air October 3, 1976, under the ownership of Eugene and Harold Puffer, doing business as the Puffer Brothers. [5] [6] The station's studios were located in the former Wells River Graded School. [5] Harold Puffer left the station in 1981 to return to the insurance business; the following year, Eugene Puffer—who had previously worked at WCVR in Randolph—transferred WYKR's license to a new company, Puffer Broadcasting. [5] WYKR was a 1,000-watt station at 1490 kHz until 1987, when it moved to 1100 kHz and boosted power to 5,000 watts. [5]

In the late 1980s, Puffer Broadcasting obtained a construction permit for an FM station at 101.3 MHz, with the intent of simulcasting WYKR's country music programming. [5] The new station was assigned the WYKR-FM call sign by the Federal Communications Commission on November 10, 1988, [7] and went on the air February 19, 1990. [8] The AM station changed its call sign from WYKR to WTWN, for "Twin State", [2] on April 16, 1999; [9] by June 2000, WTWN was a Christian radio station. [10]

Puffer Broadcasting sold WYKR-FM and WTWN to Joshua Smith, through his Yankee Kingdom Media Corp., for $125,000 in 2023; the stations' towers, which the Puffers had separately held through Mill Street Enterprises, were also concurrently acquired by Smith. [11]

Translator

Broadcast translator for WTWN
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) Class Transmitter coordinatesFCC info
W286DE105.1 FM Wells River, Vermont 200081250D 44°6′49″N71°58′52″W / 44.11361°N 71.98111°W / 44.11361; -71.98111 (W286DE) LMS

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WYKR-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. 1 2 "Call Letter Changes". The M Street Journal. May 5, 1999. p. 6.
  3. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for WTWN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  4. ↑ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Voices From The Hills" (PDF). Vermont Association of Broadcasters. May 19, 1989. p. 43. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
  6. ↑ "WYKR (WTWN) history cards" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  7. ↑ "WYKR-FM Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  8. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-280. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
  9. ↑ "WTWN Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission . Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  10. ↑ Fybush, Scott (June 23, 2000). "CRTC Picks Three in Toronto". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  11. ↑ Venta, Lance (May 26, 2023). "Station Sales Week Of 5/26". RadioInsight. Retrieved May 21, 2024.


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