WSPS

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WSPS
Currently silent
CityBow, New Hampshire
Broadcast areaConcord, New Hampshire
Frequency91.5 MHz
BrandingClassical New Hampshire
Programming
FormatClassical music
Ownership
OwnerNew Hampshire Public Radio, Incorporated
History
First air date
2011
Call sign meaning
Swapped from the station owned by St. Paul's School in 2021
Technical information
Facility ID172814
ClassA
ERP190 watts
HAAT144 meters

WSPS is an FM radio station airing licensed to Bow, New Hampshire, broadcasting on 91.5 MHz. The station serves the Concord, New Hampshire area, and is owned by New Hampshire Public Radio, Incorporated.[1]

History[]

In 2000, Highland Community Broadcasting was created after New Hampshire Public Radio dropped all classical music programming. The group incorporated as a non-profit and applied for a low-power FM license in August 2000. In July 2003 the FCC granted a license to Highland, for 94.7 in Concord. After 6 months of raising funds, WCNH-LP was constructed and went on the air at 2 p.m. on February 29, 2004. In October 2008 Highland was granted a construction permit for a new non-commercial license for 91.5 MHz in Bow, New Hampshire. In October 2011 that new frequency was launched as WCNH, and the low-power FM station was sold.[2]

In June 2014, Highland sold WCNH to New Hampshire Public Radio, Incorporated for $75,000. The sale was consummated on August 19, 2014.

WCNH operated at only 190 watts due to the crowded state of the noncommercial end of the FM dial in New England; its coverage area is effectively limited to Concord and surrounding areas of Merrimack County. To make up for the shortfall in coverage, it was simulcast on sister station WEVO's second HD channel. When St. Paul's School could no longer operate its station at 90.5 MHz and donated it to NHPR, the network orchestrated a reconstruction of that facility with higher power and moved Classical NH and the WCNH call sign down the dial on April 5, 2021—a change that added 80,000 people to WCNH's coverage area.[3] As a result, 91.5 FM, which went silent to allow NHPR to identify future uses,[4] became WSPS on April 22, 2021.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ WCNH fcc.gov. Retrieved November 10, 2012
  2. ^ About us Classical NH. Accessed November 11, 2012
  3. ^ McLaughlin, Patricia (March 30, 2021). "Soothing Sounds in the Capitol Region". New Hampshire Public Radio. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  4. ^ "BLSTA-20210416AAE Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA". Federal Communications Commission. April 16, 2021. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  5. ^ "Media Bureau Call Sign Actions" (PDF). Federal Communications Commission. May 14, 2021.

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