WHMP (1400 AM) is a

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broadcasting a

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format. Licensed to

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, it serves the

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. It is currently owned by Saga Communications, and is repeated on WHMQ (1240 AM) in

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. In February 2014, WHMP on weekdays, is broadcasting a mix of general interest and politically progressive oriented talk shows. These include the

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tech gadgets show, ''

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'', the ''

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'', and the ''

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Show''. WHNP and WHMQ previously simulcast sister FM stations; WHNP was a simulcast of WAQY-FM (as WAQY, WMRE, and WPNT) until 2000 (it carried a promotional loop for

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for several months after dropping the WAQY simulcast), while WHMQ repeated WHAI-FM (as WHAI) until 2001. The three stations constitute part of a network of progressive talk stations throughout the northeastern United States that are owned by Saga Communications (others include

WNYY WNYY (1470 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an oldies format. Licensed to Ithaca, New York, United States, the station serves the Ithaca area. The station is owned by the Cayuga Radio Group subsidiary of Saga Communications and features progra ...

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and WKVT in

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); 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 will be the first to change, with most of the other stations in the network likely to follow. As part of the expected format change, WHNP will receive WNYY's

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under a policy that allows translators to be moved up to 250 miles from their original city of license. On February 3, 2017 WHNP dropped out of the simulcast with WHMP and switched to a simulcast of

WLZX-FM WLZX-FM (99.3 MHz) is a radio station in Northampton, Massachusetts. The station has an active rock format, and is owned by Saga Communications. The station is also simulcast on WLZX (1600 AM) and translator station W253CD (98.5 FM), both in ...

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As of September 2018, there have been claims that

WAQY WAQY (102.1 FM) is a radio station in Springfield, Massachusetts, broadcasting a classic rock format. Since the late 1980s, the station has been known as "Rock 102". History 102.1 FM in Springfield signed on December 17, 1966, as WCRX. The call ...

is supposedly simulcasting two sister stations over HD subchannels (i.e. WLZX via HD2 and WHMP via HD3).

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