WEMJ (1490 AM) is a

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to

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, United States, the station is owned by Binnie Media and licensed to WBIN Media Co., Inc. WEMJ features programming from

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. WEMJ is known on-air as ''107.3 WEMJ'' (after its translator frequency). It is part of the "Pulse of NH" trimulcast with 107.7

WTPL WTPL (107.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. Licensed to Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, it serves the Manchester and Concord areas. The station is owned by Bill Binnie's Binnie Media, through licensee WBIN Med ...

in the

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market and 98.1 WTSN in the Seacoast Region. WEMJ, along with 16 other stations in northern New England formerly owned by

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, was purchased at bankruptcy auction by WBIN Media Company, a company controlled by

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, on May 22, 2012. Binnie already owned WBIN-TV in

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and WYCN-CD in

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. The deal was completed on November 30, 2012. In March 2016, WEMJ began a simulcast on W297BS (107.3 FM, referred to as "WEMJ-FM" by the New Hampshire Association of Broadcasters) and updated their branding to reflect this new over-the-air listening option. WEMJ dropped its news/talk programming on May 23, 2019, becoming a Lakes Region simulcast of Binnie's

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station in Concord,

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 an ...

(105.5 FM). In October 2020, coinciding with the launch of a late morning talk show hosted by former WGIR morning host Jack Heath (which airs on WEMJ, WTPL, and WTSN), WEMJ returned to a news/talk format.

Translators

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

Previous logos

File:WEMJ AM 1490 logo.png, Logo prior to the addition of the FM translator File:WEMJ 107.3 FM Logo (March 16, 2016).png, Logo prior to the WJYY simulcast File:WEMJ 1500w.png, Logo prior to the addition of a simulcast on

WLNH-FM WLNH-FM (98.3 MHz) — branded as Frank FM — is a radio station located in Laconia, New Hampshire, United States. The station broadcasts to the Lakes Region and Concord, New Hampshire. The format is hot adult contemporary music, and on air ...

HD2

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* * * EMJ News and talk radio stations in the United States Laconia, New Hampshire Belknap County, New Hampshire Radio stations established in 1961 1961 establishments in New Hampshire {{NewHampshire-radio-station-stub