WINQ (1490 AM; "WINK Country") is a

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licensed to serve

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. The station is owned by the Monadnock Broadcasting Group subsidiary of Saga Communications and licensed to Saga Communications of New England, LLC. WINQ simulcasts the

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programming of

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, sister station

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 ai ...

. The station had previously been assigned the WKVT call letters by the

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. WKVT was part of a network of progressive talk stations throughout the northeastern United States that are owned by Saga Communications (others including

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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WHMP WHMP (1400 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. Licensed to Northampton, Massachusetts, it serves the Pioneer Valley. It is currently owned by Saga Communications, and is repeated on WHMQ (1240 AM) in Greenfield, Massachusett ...

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, WHNP in

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, and WHMQ 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 was the first to change, followed by WHNP, with most of the other stations in the network likely to follow.Fybush, Scott (January 16, 2017)
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''NorthEast Radio Watch''. Retrieved January 19, 2017. On May 30, 2018, WKVT dropped its syndicated programming, including

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and

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, and began to carry the

programming of Keene-based WINQ; WKVT's local morning

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program, ''Green Mountain Mornings'', was retained following the format change. The station changed its call sign to WINQ on June 19, 2018. ''Green Mountain Mornings'', which was hosted by Olga Peters, was cancelled in December 2018.

Translators

In addition to the main station, WINQ is relayed by an FM translator. Until December 2018, WINQ was heard on FM translator W262CL (100.3 FM). This translator was converted to a

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station, fed via the HD2 channel of

WKVT-FM WKVT-FM (92.7 FM, "Rewind 92.7 & 102.3") is a radio station licensed to serve Brattleboro, Vermont. The station is owned by the Monadnock Broadcasting Group subsidiary of Saga Communications and licensed to Saga Communications of New England, LLC ...

(which is, in turn, a simulcast of the HD2 channel of

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, L ...

), after WINQ signed on a new translator, W295CO (106.9 FM); this translator was obtained in an FCC filing window that requires W295CO to permanently be associated with WINQ.

References

External links

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