WCNH was an FM

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licensed to

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, broadcasting on 91.5 MHz. The station served the

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area, and was owned by New Hampshire Public Radio, Incorporated. It served as the second home for the "Classical New Hampshire"

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service, operating from 2011 to 2021.

History

In 2000, Highland Community Broadcasting was created after

New Hampshire Public Radio New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR) is the National Public Radio member network serving the state of New Hampshire. NHPR is based in Concord and operates eight transmitters and six translators covering nearly the whole state, as well as portions of ...

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 MHz in Concord. After six 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. 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 was 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 WEVO (89.1 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Concord, New Hampshire and serving the Manchester-Nashua-Concord area. The station is owned by New Hampshire Public Radio, and is the flagship affiliate of their public radio network. The station ...

's second HD channel. When St. Paul's School could no longer operate its station at 90.5 MHz and donated it to NHPR effective March 25, 2021, the network orchestrated a reconstruction of that facility with higher power and moved Classical NH and the

WCNH WCNH (90.5 FM) is a radio station airing a classical music format licensed to Concord, New Hampshire, broadcasting on 90.5 MHz. The station is owned by New Hampshire Public Radio, Incorporated. History This frequency was started by St. ...

call sign down the dial on April 5, 2021—a change that added 80,000 people to WCNH's coverage area. As a result, 91.5 FM, which went silent to allow NHPR to identify future uses, became WSPS on April 22, 2021. No other use for the frequency was identified, and NHPR submitted the license for cancellation on April 7, 2022.

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* Classical music radio stations in the United States CNH Bow Merrimack County, New Hampshire Radio stations established in 2011 Radio stations disestablished in 2022 Defunct radio stations in the United States CNH 2011 establishments in New Hampshire 2022 disestablishments in New Hampshire {{NewHampshire-radio-station-stub