WZBK

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WZBK
Simulcasting WKVT-FM Brattleboro, Vermont
Broadcast area Monadnock Region
Frequency 1220 kHz
BrandingRewind 92.7 & 102.3
Programming
Format Classic hits
Ownership
Owner
  • Saga Communications
  • (Saga Communications of New England, LLC)
WINQ, WINQ-FM, WKBK, WKNE, WKVT-FM, WSNI
History
First air date
May 1959;64 years ago (1959-05) (as WKBK) [1]
Former call signs
WKBK (1959–2002) [2]
Call sign meaning
similar to WKBK
Technical information [3]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID 57227
Class D
Power 1,000 watts day
146 watts night
Transmitter coordinates
42°55′50″N72°18′0″W / 42.93056°N 72.30000°W / 42.93056; -72.30000
Translator(s) 102.3 W272DZ (Keene)
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen live
Website myrewindradio.com

WZBK (1220 AM; "Rewind 92.7 & 102.3") is a radio station licensed to serve Keene, New Hampshire, United States. The station is owned by Saga Communications (through its Monadnock Broadcasting Group) and licensed to Saga Communications of New England, LLC. It airs a classic hits format. [4] The station was assigned the WZBK call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on August 14, 2002. [2]

Contents

In October 2008, WZBK dropped its adult standards format in favor of a simulcast of the news/talk programming of sister station WKVT from Brattleboro, Vermont. [5] On March 31, 2011, the simulcast of WKVT was replaced by a sports radio format, largely from ESPN Radio with a local afternoon drive show and local sports. In January 2017, the station dropped ESPN Radio for Fox Sports Radio.

On July 27, 2021, WZBK changed its format from sports to a simulcast of classic hits-formatted WKVT-FM 92.7 Brattleboro, Vermont, branded as "Rewind 92.7 & 102.3". [6]

Translators

After a decision by the Federal Communications Commission, WZBK began broadcasting at 103.1 FM on FM translator W276CB on May 16, 2008. In January 2009, the FM simulcast was dropped and replaced by an oldies format branded as "Cool 103.1".

Until December 2018, WZBK was heard on FM translator W281AU (104.1 FM). This translator was converted to an oldies station, fed via the HD3 channel of WKNE, after WZBK signed on a new translator, W272DZ (102.3 FM); this translator was obtained in an FCC filing window that requires W272DZ to permanently be associated with WZBK. [7]

Broadcast translator for WZBK
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class Transmitter coordinatesFCC info
W272DZ102.3 FM Keene, New Hampshire 2013722500  m (0  ft)D 42°55′50″N72°18′0″W / 42.93056°N 72.30000°W / 42.93056; -72.30000 (W272DZ) LMS

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