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Coordinates: 42°55′50″N 72°18′0″W / 42.93056°N 72.30000°W / 42.93056; -72.30000
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For the Brookfield, Wisconsin, radio station that held the call sign WZBK-FM at 106.9 FM from 2010 to 2012, see WRXS.
WZBK
Simulcasting WKVT-FM Brattleboro, VT
Broadcast areaMonadnock Region
Frequency1220 kHz
BrandingRewind 92.7 & 102.3
Programming
FormatClassic hits
Ownership
Owner
  • Saga Communications
  • (Saga Communications of New England, LLC)
WINQ, WINQ-FM, WKBK, WKNE, WKVT-FM, WSNI
History
First air date
May 1959; 65 years ago (1959-05) (as WKBK)[1]
Former call signs
WKBK (1959–2002)[2]
Call sign meaning
similar to WKBK
Technical information
Facility ID57227
ClassD
Power1,000 watts (day)
146 watts (night)
Transmitter coordinates
42°55′50″N 72°18′0″W / 42.93056°N 72.30000°W / 42.93056; -72.30000
Translator(s)102.3 W272DZ (Keene)
Links
WebcastListen live
Websitemyrewindradio.com

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, LLC. It airs a classic hits format.[3] The station was assigned the WZBK call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on August 14, 2002.[2]

In October 2008, WZBK dropped its adult standards format in favor of a simulcast of the news/talk programming of sister station WKVT from Brattleboro, Vermont.[4] On March 31, 2011, the simulcast of WKVT was replaced by a sports radio 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 92.7 Brattleboro, Vermont, branded as "Rewind 92.7 & 102.3".[5]

Translators

After a decision by the Federal Communications Commission, 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 oldies 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 oldies station, fed via the HD3 channel of WKNE, 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.[6]

Broadcast translator for WZBK
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) HAAT Class Transmitter coordinates FCC info
W272DZ 102.3 FM Keene, New Hampshire 201372 250 0 m (0 ft) D 42°55′50″N 72°18′0″W / 42.93056°N 72.30000°W / 42.93056; -72.30000 (W272DZ) LMS

Former logos

  • Logo used between March 31, 2011 and January 2015, before the addition of 104.1 W281AU-FM.
    Logo used between March 31, 2011 and January 2015, before the addition of 104.1 W281AU-FM.

References

  1. ^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-280. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  3. ^ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. ^ "Keene Radio Listeners To Be Hit With A "Left" And A "Right"". WKBK. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
  5. ^ Saga Goes In Rewind In Brattleboro & Keene Radioinsight - August 2, 2021
  6. ^ Venta, Lance (December 5, 2018). "Saga Shuffles Translators In Keene". RadioInsight. Retrieved December 25, 2018.


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