WZBK (1220 AM; "Rewind 92.7 & 102.3") is a

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licensed to serve

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, United States. The station is owned by Saga Communications (through its Monadnock Radio Group) and licensed to Saga Communications of New England, LLC. It airs a

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format. The station was assigned the WZBK call letters by the

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on August 14, 2002. In October 2008, WZBK dropped its adult standards format in favor of a simulcast of the

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programming of sister station WKVT from

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. On March 31, 2011, the simulcast of WKVT was replaced by a

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format, largely from ESPN Radio with a local afternoon drive show and local sports. In January 2017, the station dropped ESPN Radio for Fox Sports Radio. On July 27, 2021, WZBK changed its format from sports to a simulcast of classic hits-formatted

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 ...

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Translators

After a decision by the

, WZBK began broadcasting at 103.1 FM on FM translator W276CB on May 16, 2008. In January 2009, the FM simulcast was dropped and replaced by an

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format branded as "Cool 103.1". Until December 2018, WZBK was heard on FM translator W281AU (104.1 FM). This translator was converted to an

station, fed via the HD3 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 WZBK signed on a new translator, W272DZ (102.3 FM); this translator was obtained in an FCC filing window that requires W272DZ to permanently be associated with WZBK.

Former logos

File:WZBK (AM) logo.png, Logo used between March 31, 2011 and January 2015, before the addition of 104.1 W281AU-FM. File:WZBK-AM & W281AU-FM Logo.png File:WZBK Fox Sports Keene 102.3 1220 logo.png

References

External links

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Monadnock Broadcasting Group
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