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WZID
WZID (95.7 FM) is an American radio station with an adult contemporary format. WZID is located on Commercial Street in Manchester, New Hampshire. Its signal can be heard as far south as the Massachusetts Turnpike, as far east as southern Maine and as far west as Vermont. WZID also broadcasts in HD Radio. History The station signed on October 2, 1947, as WKBR-FM. Throughout the 1960s, and very early 1970s, WKBR-FM simulcast the top 40 format of WKBR 1250 (now WGAM), providing that station with significant extended coverage. In July 1971, WKBR-FM became WZID, and the format was flipped to beautiful music. In the 1980s, instrumental easy listening music was scaled back, with soft vocal hits added, to the point where the station evolved into an adult contemporary station. In October 1990, Sunshine Broadcasting of New Hampshire Inc. announced the sale of WZID and 1370 WFEA (AM) to Saga Communications Inc. of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan. The sale was finalized April 16, 1991. Saga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WFEA
WFEA (1370 AM) is a talk radio station in Manchester, New Hampshire. WFEA's studios and offices are on N. Commercial St. in Manchester. Its AM transmitter is located in Merrimack at the location of its original studio building. Its signal is simulcast on translator station W260CF at 99.9 MHz. The FM transmitter is located on Mount Uncanoonuc in Goffstown. WFEA operates with a directional antenna both day and night. One of the towers in the Merrimack array is a diamond-shaped " Blaw-Knox", a smaller version of the famous Blaw Knox tower of WLW in Cincinnati, Ohio. WFEA is owned and operated by Saga Communications of New England LLC, which also owns 95.7 WZID and 96.5 WMLL. WFEA is simulcast on the HD2 channel of WMLL. Until February 1, 2017, it was on the HD3 channel of WZID. Programming On weekdays, WFEA carries syndicated shows hosted by Doug Stephan, Hugh Hewitt, Clark Howard, Boston-based Howie Carr, Mark Levin, John Batchelor and Red Eye Radio. On weekends, shows on m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WFEA (AM)
WFEA (1370 AM) is a talk radio station in Manchester, New Hampshire. WFEA's studios and offices are on N. Commercial St. in Manchester. Its AM transmitter is located in Merrimack at the location of its original studio building. Its signal is simulcast on translator station W260CF at 99.9 MHz. The FM transmitter is located on Mount Uncanoonuc in Goffstown. WFEA operates with a directional antenna both day and night. One of the towers in the Merrimack array is a diamond-shaped " Blaw-Knox", a smaller version of the famous Blaw Knox tower of WLW in Cincinnati, Ohio. WFEA is owned and operated by Saga Communications of New England LLC, which also owns 95.7 WZID and 96.5 WMLL. WFEA is simulcast on the HD2 channel of WMLL. Until February 1, 2017, it was on the HD3 channel of WZID. Programming On weekdays, WFEA carries syndicated shows hosted by Doug Stephan, Hugh Hewitt, Clark Howard, Boston-based Howie Carr, Mark Levin, John Batchelor and Red Eye Radio. On weekends, shows on m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manchester, New Hampshire
Manchester is a city in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. It is the most populous city in New Hampshire. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 115,644. Manchester is, along with Nashua, one of two seats of New Hampshire's most populous county, Hillsborough County. Manchester lies near the northern end of the Northeast megalopolis and straddles the banks of the Merrimack River. It was first named by the merchant and inventor Samuel Blodgett, namesake of Samuel Blodget Park and Blodget Street in the city's North End. His vision was to create a great industrial center similar to that of the original Manchester in England, which was the world's first industrialized city. History The native Pennacook people called Amoskeag Falls on the Merrimack River—the area that became the heart of Manchester—''Namaoskeag'', meaning "good fishing place". In 1722, John Goffe, John Goffe III settled beside Cohas Brook, later building a dam and sawmill at what was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WINQ-FM
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 country music format. 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. Translators W270AH, the former WZID WZID (95.7 FM) is an American radio station with an adult contemporary format. WZID is located on Commercial Street in Manchester, New Hampshire. Its signal can be heard as far south as the Massachusetts Turnpike, as far east as southern Maine a ... translator in Peterborough, is now W276CB 103.1 Keene, which, after having relayed WKNE-HD3 for a while, has been relaying WINQ-HD2, since D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WMLL
WMLL (96.5 FM; "96.5 The Mill") is an American radio station licensed to Bedford, New Hampshire, with studios located on Commercial Street in Manchester, New Hampshire. WMLL is owned by Saga Communications, via subsidiary Saga Communications of New England LLC. History The 96.5 FM frequency first signed on in May 1996 with test broadcasts under the call letters WAEF. Regular broadcasting began on June 27, with a rock format branded "96.5 The Fox;" the call letters were soon changed to WOXF. The station was originally owned by Donna MacNeil. On July 1, 1997, Saga Communications announced that it had signed a time brokerage agreement to take over WOXF's operations; on July 29, Saga relaunched the station as "Cool 96.5," an oldies station. The call letters were changed to WQLL on August 15, 1997; that month, Saga bought the station outright in a $3.3 million deal that was concluded on November 21, 1997. The station switched to classic rock, branded as "96.5 The Mill", in March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WGAM
WGAM (1250 AM) and WGHM (900 AM) are simulcasting radio stations broadcasting an oldies format named "Oldies Radio WGAM". WGAM is licensed to Manchester, New Hampshire, WGHM to Nashua, New Hampshire, United States. The stations serve southern New Hampshire. The stations are locally owned by Absolute Broadcasting, LLC. History WGAM WGAM was previously known as WKBR, which had been a popular Top 40 music statioin earlier decades, then switched to carrying One on One Sports and a country music format then finally satellite delivered oldie On March 20, 2006, the station switched to sports radio with the slogan New Hampshire Sports Radio, WGAM, The GameInitially affiliated with Fox Sports Radio, the station switched to ESPN Radio in October 2009. On July 3, 2017, WGAM and WGHM changed their format from ESPN sports to oldies, branded as "Oldies Radio WGAM". WGHM In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the station flipped formats several times, including oldies, both on their own and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WJYY
WJYY (105.5 FM, "105.5 JYY") is a radio station broadcasting a Rhythmic-leaning Top 40 (CHR) format. Licensed to Concord, New Hampshire, United States, the station serves the Concord and Manchester areas. The station is owned by Binnie Media and licensed to WBIN Media Co., Inc. History The station was assigned the WJYY call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on January 31, 1983 The station was originally branded as JOY 105.5 FM. WJYY was also simulcasted on a sister station 92.1 WNHQ, which improved its signal in the southern parts of the Manchester metro. This lasted until December 1999, when WNHQ flipped to WFEX, an alternative rock format that also simulcasted the Boston, Massachusetts alternative rock station WFNX. WJYY, along with 16 other stations in northern New England formerly owned by Nassau Broadcasting Partners, was purchased at bankruptcy auction by WBIN Media Company, a company controlled by Bill Binnie, on May 22, 2012. Binnie already owned WBI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hits Now!
Hits Now! is a 24-hour music format produced by Dial Global. Its playlist is composed of mostly Top 40 (CHR) music from artists such as Rihanna, Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Ke$ha, The Black Eyed Peas, and Usher among others, that mainly targets listeners ages 18–49. Hits Now! is the only 24-hour CHR/Top 40 music format currently offered via satellite in the United States; Cumulus Media offers a Hot AC format, and Dial Global offers two (one Total and one Local). However, ABC Radio offered a satellite-delivered CHR format in the early 1990s called "The Heat." The "Hits Now!", Jack FM, and KPIG formats were new to Dial Global in 2008 (KPIG has since been discontinued). From 2007 to 2008, a format known as "Rhythm Mix AC" aired in Hits Now!'s slot; Rhythm Mix AC was a rhythmic adult contemporary format inspired by formats such as MOViN. Prior to 2007, the slot was held by a soft adult contemporary music Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dial Global
Westwood One is an American radio network owned by Cumulus Media. The company syndicates talk, music, and sports programming. The company takes its name from an earlier network also named Westwood One, a company founded in 1978. The company was, at various times, managed by CBS Radio, the radio arm of CBS Corporation and Viacom. It was later purchased by the private equity firm The Gores Group before merging with Dial Global in 2011. In December 2013, Dial Global was, in turn, acquired by Cumulus Media. Prior to the sale's completion, Dial Global re-assumed the Westwood One name. After the completion of the purchase, Westwood One was merged into the Cumulus Media Networks division (the former ABC Radio Networks). Content syndicated by Westwood One includes talk shows, music programs and 24-hour formats. It is particularly prominent in sports radio, distributing the CBS Sports Radio network and holding various play-by-play rights, including the National Football League's ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WKNE
WKNE (103.7 FM, "103.7 KNE-FM") is a radio station licensed to serve Keene, New Hampshire. The station is owned by Saga Communications (which operates it as part of its Monadnock Radio Group) and licensed to Saga Communications of New England, LLC. It airs a hot adult contemporary music format. WKNE transmits in HD Digital. The station has been assigned the WKNE call sign by the Federal Communications Commission since January 21, 2003. Prior to that it held the WKNE-FM call sign since May 1985 (and prior to 1974), and WNBX-FM from 1974 to 1985. In December 2018, WKNE's HD2 subchannel relaunched as soft adult contemporary, branded as "EZ Favorites 100.3/107.5" and simulcast over WKVT-HD2/100.3 W262CL (meanwhile, the WRSI simulcast moved to WSNI's HD2 subchannel) and the classic country "WINK Classic Country 103.1 FM" service that had been airing over WKNE's HD3 subchannel was moved to WINQ-FM's HD2 subchannel so that a new oldies format, branded as "Pure Oldies 104.1", cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keene, New Hampshire
Keene is a city in, and the County seat, seat of Cheshire County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 23,047 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, down from 23,409 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. Keene is home to Keene State College and Antioch University New England. It hosted New Hampshire Pumpkin Festival, the state's annual pumpkin festival from 1991 to 2014, several times setting a world record for most jack-o'-lanterns on display. The grocery wholesaler C&S Wholesale Grocers is based in Keene. History In 1735, colonial Governor Jonathan Belcher granted lots in the township of "Upper Ashuelot" to 63 settlers who paid £5 each. Settled after 1736 on Equivalent Lands,Equivalent Lands webpage; Vermont History on-line; accessed April 26, 2020 it was int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peterborough, New Hampshire
Peterborough is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 6,418 at the 2020 census. The main village, with 3,090 people at the 2020 census, is defined as the Peterborough census-designated place (CDP) and is located along the Contoocook River at the junction of U.S. Route 202 and New Hampshire Route 101. Peterborough is west of Manchester and northwest of Boston. History Granted by Massachusetts in 1737, it was first permanently settled in 1749. The town suffered several attacks during the French and Indian War. Nevertheless, by 1759, there were fifty families settled. Incorporated on January 17, 1760, by Governor Benning Wentworth, it was named after Lieutenant Peter Prescott (1709–1784) of Concord, Massachusetts, a prominent land speculator. The Contoocook River and Nubanusit Brook offered numerous sites for watermills, and Peterborough became a prosperous mill town. In 1810, the first cotton factory was established. By 1859, when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
