WINQ-FM

WINQ-FM (98.7 MHz, "WINK Country 98.7") is a radio station licensed to serve Winchester, New Hampshire. The station is owned by Saga Communications licensed to Saga Communications of New England, LLC, and operates as part of its Monadnock Broadcasting Group. It airs a country music format.[2]

For the station on 97.7 FM that held the WINQ and WINQ-FM call signs from 1982 to 2005, see WSNI.
WINQ-FM
Broadcast areaKeene, New Hampshire/Brattleboro, Vermont
Frequency98.7 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding"98.7 WINK Country"
Programming
FormatCountry
SubchannelsHD2: Classic country "WINK Classic Country 103.1 FM"
AffiliationsWestwood One
Ownership
Owner
  • Saga Communications
  • (Saga Communications of New England, LLC)
WINQ, WKBK, WKVT-FM, WKNE, WSNI, WZBK
History
First air date
1991 (1991) (as WKBK-FM)
Former call signs
  • WKBK-FM (1991)
  • WXOD (1991–2002)
  • WOQL (2002–2005)
  • WINQ (2005–2018)[1]
Call sign meaning
"wink"
Technical information
Facility ID57228
ClassA
ERP2,150 watts
HAAT169 meters (554 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
42°54′57″N 72°19′48″W
Translator(s)HD2: 103.1 W276CB (Keene)
Repeater(s)1490 WINQ (Brattleboro, Vermont)
Links
Webcast
Website

The station first signed on as WKBK-FM offering the same programming as WKBK (1220 AM, now WZBK) until its sale. It then became oldies WXOD on October 1, 1991.

The station changed its call sign to WINQ on January 1, 2005. It changed its call sign to the current WINQ-FM on June 19, 2018.[1]

Translators

W270AH, the former WZID translator in Peterborough, is now W276CB 103.1 Keene, which, after having relayed WKNE-HD3 for a while, has been relaying WINQ-HD2, since December 2018.

Broadcast translator for WINQ-FM
Call signFrequencyCity of licenseFIDERP (W)HAATClassTransmitter coordinatesFCC infoNotes
W276CB 103.1 FMKeene, New Hampshire81840250−92.6 m (−304 ft)D42°55′50″N 72°18′0″WLMSRelays HD2

References
  1. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.


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