WXXS is a
hot AC
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/
full-service formatted
broadcast
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radio station
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licensed to
Lancaster, New Hampshire
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, serving northern New Hampshire and the
Northeast Kingdom
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of
Vermont
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.
History
WXXS has been owned and operated by Barry P. Lunderville since May 1998. WXXS was the first station he purchased. In early 2008, Lunderville founded Radio New England Broadcasting, LLC. In August 1997, a construction permit to build a Class A
radio station
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in
Lancaster, New Hampshire
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was obtained. First signing on in late 1997 as WNHT with an
Adult Contemporary
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/
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Radio Station
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format at 700
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s, the station soon boosted their power to 1,500
watt
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s. On January 30, 1998 the calls were switched to WXXS.
[http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=77920&Callsign=WXXS ] WXXS would later obtain Class C3 status from their previous Class A. Around the time of their power upgrade, WXXS switched from their
Adult Contemporary
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/
Country
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hybrid format for its current
hot AC
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quiet s ...
/
full-service format. From August 2009 to Summer 2010
WKDR in
Berlin
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simulcasted WXXS. In the Summer of 2010 WKDR became a simulcast of
WOTX and currently, WXXS is simulcast on
WMOU
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in
Berlin
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except WXXS does not carry local sports of WMOU and WMOU simulcasts
WLTN-FM's morning show.
Translators
In addition to the main station, WXXS is relayed by several translators.
References
External links
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Coös County, New Hampshire
Radio stations established in 1998
Contemporary hit radio stations in the United States
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