WINQ (AM)

WINQ
Simulcasting WINQ-FM Keene, NH
City	Brattleboro, Vermont
Frequency	1490 kHz
Branding	"WINK Country"
Programming
Format	Country
Ownership
Owner	Monadnock Broadcasting Group; (Saga Communications) ; (Saga Communications of New England, LLC)
Sister stations	WKVT-FM, WRSY
History
First air date	November 29, 1959 (as WKVT)
Former call signs	WKVT (1959–2018)
Technical information
Facility ID	57781
Class	C
Power	1,000 watts (unlimited)
Transmitter coordinates	42°50′51″N 72°34′56″W / 42.84750°N 72.58222°WCoordinates: 42°50′51″N 72°34′56″W / 42.84750°N 72.58222°W
Translator(s)	106.9 W295CO (Brattleboro)
Links
Webcast	Listen live
Website	987wink.com

WINQ (1490 AM; "WINK Country") is a radio station licensed to serve Brattleboro, Vermont. The station is owned by the Monadnock Broadcasting Group subsidiary of Saga Communications and licensed to Saga Communications of New England, LLC. WINQ simulcasts the country music programming of Keene, New Hampshire sister station WINQ-FM.

The station had previously been assigned the WKVT call letters by the Federal Communications Commission.^[2]

Last logo as WKVT

WKVT was part of a network of progressive talk stations throughout the northeastern United States that are owned by Saga Communications (others including WNYY in Ithaca, New York, WHMP in Northampton, Massachusetts, WHNP in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts and WHMQ in Greenfield, Massachusetts); these, in turn, were among the last progressive talk stations still on the air in early 2017. Because of the migration of most progressive talk shows to off-air platforms, Saga announced plans to begin dropping the format in February 2017; WNYY was the first to change,^[3] followed by WHNP,^[4] with most of the other stations in the network likely to follow.^[5]

On May 30, 2018, WKVT dropped its syndicated programming, including Stephanie Miller and Thom Hartmann, and began to carry the country music programming of Keene-based WINQ; WKVT's local morning drive time program, Green Mountain Mornings, was retained following the format change.^[6] The station changed its call sign to WINQ on June 19, 2018. Green Mountain Mornings, which was hosted by Olga Peters, was cancelled in December 2018.^[7]

Translators[]

In addition to the main station, WINQ is relayed by an FM translator.

Broadcast translators of WINQ
Call sign	Frequency (MHz)	City of license	Facility ID	ERP (W)	Height (m (ft))	Class	Transmitter coordinates	FCC info
W295CO	106.9	Brattleboro, Vermont	200013	85	0 m (0 ft)	D	42°50′47″N 72°41′17″W / 42.84639°N 72.68806°W / 42.84639; -72.68806 (W295CO)	FCC LMS

Until December 2018, WINQ was heard on FM translator W262CL (100.3 FM). This translator was converted to a soft adult contemporary station, fed via the HD2 channel of WKVT-FM (which is, in turn, a simulcast of the HD2 channel of WKNE), after WINQ signed on a new translator, W295CO (106.9 FM); this translator was obtained in an FCC filing window that requires W295CO to permanently be associated with WINQ.^[8]

References[]

^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-456. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
^ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
^ Reynolds, Nick (January 11, 2017). "A Progressive Talk Station Goes Off Air. No, It's Not A Conspiracy". Ithaca Times. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
^ Lazer 99.3 adds second signal
^ Fybush, Scott (January 16, 2017). Prog Talk Fades Away. NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
^ Walters, John (June 6, 2018). "Gubernatorial Moneyball: Will Outside Money Flood Vermont Again?". Seven Days. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
^ "Local media outlets collaborate over growing concern". Brattleboro Reformer. January 4, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
^ Venta, Lance (December 30, 2018). "Saga Brings EZ Favorites To Brattleboro & Keene". RadioInsight. Retrieved January 4, 2019.

External links[]

Official website
WINQ in the FCC AM station database
WINQ on Radio-Locator
WINQ in Nielsen Audio's AM station database

W295CO in the FCC FM station database
W295CO on Radio-Locator
Monadnock Broadcasting Group

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[by1999-1] Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-456. Retrieved March 24, 2018.

[fcc1-2] "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.

[it-wnyyoldies-3] Reynolds, Nick (January 11, 2017). "A Progressive Talk Station Goes Off Air. No, It's Not A Conspiracy". Ithaca Times. Retrieved January 13, 2017.

[4] Lazer 99.3 adds second signal

[5] Fybush, Scott (January 16, 2017). Prog Talk Fades Away. NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved January 19, 2017.

[7days-winqonwkvt-6] Walters, John (June 6, 2018). "Gubernatorial Moneyball: Will Outside Money Flood Vermont Again?". Seven Days. Retrieved June 27, 2018.

[br-gmmcancelled-7] "Local media outlets collaborate over growing concern". Brattleboro Reformer. January 4, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2019.

[ri-wkbk94.1-8] Venta, Lance (December 30, 2018). "Saga Brings EZ Favorites To Brattleboro & Keene". RadioInsight. Retrieved January 4, 2019.

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