WINQ-FM

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WINQ-FM
WINQ logo.png
CityWinchester, New Hampshire
Broadcast areaKeene, New Hampshire
Frequency98.7 MHz (Channel 254)
(HD Radio)
Branding"98.7 WINK Country"
"WINK Classic Country 103.1 FM" (HD2)
Programming
FormatNew Country
SubchannelsHD2: Classic country
AffiliationsWestwood One
Ownership
OwnerSaga Communications
(Saga Communications of New England, LLC)
WINQ, WKBK, WKVT-FM, WKNE, WSNI, WZBK
History
First air date
1991 (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
Facility ID57228
ClassA
ERP2,150 watts
HAAT169 meters
Transmitter coordinates
42°54′57″N 72°19′48″W / 42.91583°N 72.33000°W / 42.91583; -72.33000Coordinates: 42°54′57″N 72°19′48″W / 42.91583°N 72.33000°W / 42.91583; -72.33000
Links
WebcastListen live
WebsiteFM/HD1: 987wink.com
HD2: countryclassics1031.com

WINQ-FM (98.7 FM, "WINK Country 98.7") is a radio station licensed to serve Winchester, New Hampshire. The station is owned by Saga Communications (though its Monadnock Radio Group) and licensed to Saga Communications of New England, LLC. It airs a New Country music format.[2]

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 Keene, which, after having relayed WKNE-HD3 for a while, has been relaying WINQ-HD2, since December 2018.

Broadcast translators of WINQ-FM
Call sign Frequency
(MHz)		 City of license Facility
ID		 ERP
(W)		 Height
(m (ft))		 Class Transmitter coordinates FCC info Notes
W276CB 103.1 Keene, New Hampshire 81840 250 −92.6 m (−304 ft) D 42°55′50″N 72°18′0″W / 42.93056°N 72.30000°W / 42.93056; -72.30000 (W276CB) FCC LMS Relays HD2

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. ^ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.

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