WINQ (AM)

WINQ (1490 kHz; "WINK Country") is an AM radio station licensed to serve Brattleboro, Vermont. The station is owned by Saga Communications and licensed to Saga Communications of New England, LLC; it operates as part of its Monadnock Broadcasting Group. WINQ simulcasts the country music programming of Keene, New Hampshire, sister station WINQ-FM.

For the station in Tampa, Florida, that held the WINQ calls in the 1960s and 1970s, see WJBR (AM).
WINQ
Simulcasting WINQ-FM Winchester, New Hampshire
Frequency1490 kHz
Branding"WINK Country"
Programming
FormatCountry
Ownership
Owner
  • Saga Communications
  • (Saga Communications of New England, LLC)
WKVT-FM, WRSY
History
First air date
November 29, 1959 (1959-11-29) (as WKVT)[1]
Former call signs
WKVT (1959–2018)
Call sign meaning
"wink"
Technical information
Facility ID57781
ClassC
Power1,000 watts (unlimited)
Transmitter coordinates
42°50′51″N 72°34′56″W
Translator(s)106.9 W295CO (Brattleboro)
Links
WebcastListen live
Website987wink.com

The station had previously been assigned the WKVT call letters by the Federal Communications Commission.[2]

Last logo as WKVT

WKVT was part of a network of progressive talk stations throughout the northeastern United States that are owned by Saga Communications (others including WNYY in Ithaca, New York, WHMP in Northampton, Massachusetts, WHNP in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, and WHMQ in Greenfield, Massachusetts); 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,[3] followed by WHNP,[4] with most of the other stations in the network likely to follow.[5]

On May 30, 2018, WKVT dropped its syndicated programming, including Stephanie Miller and Thom Hartmann, and began to carry the country music programming of Keene-based WINQ; WKVT's local morning drive time program, Green Mountain Mornings, was retained following the format change.[6] 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.[7]

Translators

In addition to the main station, WINQ is relayed by an FM translator.

Broadcast translator for WINQ
Call signFrequencyCity of licenseFIDERP (W)HAATClassTransmitter coordinatesFCC info
W295CO 106.9 FMBrattleboro, Vermont200013850 m (0 ft)D42°50′47″N 72°41′17″WLMS

Until December 2018, WINQ was heard on FM translator W262CL (100.3 FM). This translator was converted to a soft adult contemporary station, fed via the HD2 channel of WKVT-FM (which is, in turn, a simulcast of the HD2 channel of WKNE), 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.[8]

References
  1. Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-456. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  2. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  3. Reynolds, Nick (January 11, 2017). "A Progressive Talk Station Goes Off Air. No, It's Not A Conspiracy". Ithaca Times. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  4. Lazer 99.3 adds second signal
  5. Fybush, Scott (January 16, 2017). Prog Talk Fades Away. NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
  6. Walters, John (June 6, 2018). "Gubernatorial Moneyball: Will Outside Money Flood Vermont Again?". Seven Days. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  7. "Local media outlets collaborate over growing concern". Brattleboro Reformer. January 4, 2019. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  8. Venta, Lance (December 30, 2018). "Saga Brings EZ Favorites To Brattleboro & Keene". RadioInsight. Retrieved January 4, 2019.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.