WKNE (103.7 FM, "103.7 KNE-FM") is a

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licensed to serve

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. 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

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music format. WKNE transmits in HD Digital. The station has been assigned the WKNE call sign by the

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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 WRSI (93.9 FM, "93.9 The River") is a radio station licensed to serve Turners Falls, Massachusetts. The station is owned by Saga Communications and licensed to Saga Communications of New England, LLC. It airs an adult album alternative music fo ...

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", could debut on WKNE's HD3 subchannel (simulcast on translator W281AU 104.1 FM Keene).

Translators

WKNE used to be heard on translators W227AW in

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and W255BQ in

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. Recently, however, Saga moved the translators into Keene proper and repurposed them to relay the HD2 and HD3 streams of WKNE within the city. * W255BQ is now W298BT 107.5 Keene, which, after having relayed

WKBK WKBK (1290 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. Licensed to Keene, New Hampshire, United States, the station is currently owned by Saga Communications (through its Monadnock Radio Group) and licensed to Saga Communications of ...

for a while, has been relaying WKNE-HD2, since December 2018. * W227AW is now W281AU 104.1 Keene, which, after having relayed

WZBK WZBK (1220 AM; "Rewind 92.7 & 102.3") is a radio station licensed to serve Keene, New Hampshire, United States. The station is owned by Saga Communications (through its Monadnock Radio Group) and licensed to Saga Communications of New England, ...

for a while, has been relaying WKNE-HD3, since December 2018.

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Monadnock Broadcasting Group

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