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WYRY
Broadcast areaKeene, New Hampshire
Frequency104.9 MHz
Branding104.9 Nash Icon
Programming
FormatCountry
AffiliationsWestwood One
Ownership
Owner
  • William Tucker and William Steele, Jr.
  • (Tri-Valley Broadcasting, LLC)
History
First air date
1987
Technical information
Facility ID67813
ClassA
ERP4,100 watts
HAAT122 meters (400 ft)
Transmitter coordinates
42°46′33″N 72°27′17″W / 42.77583°N 72.45472°W / 42.77583; -72.45472
Translator(s)See § Translators
Links
Websitewww.1049nashiconradio.com

WYRY (104.9 MHz, "104.9 Nash Icon") is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Hinsdale, New Hampshire, and serving parts of New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts. The station is owned by William Tucker and William Steele, Jr., through licensee Tri-Valley Broadcasting, LLC. It airs a country music radio format.[1] Many of the shows are syndicated from Westwood One's Nash Icon Network.

The station has been assigned the WYRY call letters by the Federal Communications Commission since May 14, 1984.[2]

The transmitter site is on Gunn Mountain, off Old Hinsdale Road in Winchester.[3] There are incorrect reports circulating that it is on the same land that was home to WRLP-TV, channel 32's transmitter, a local NBC affiliate repeating WWLP-TV's programming, until April 1978, when the channel 32 transmitter was dismantled and shipped to Utah, where channel 32's owner, William L. Putnam, was starting a new station.

On August 3, 2015, WYRY rebranded as "104.9 Nash Icon."[4]

Translators

WYRY also broadcasts on the following translators:

Broadcast translators for WYRY
Call sign Frequency City of license FID ERP (W) Class FCC info
W275AS 102.9 FM Greenfield, Massachusetts 147371 95 D LMS
W288BN 105.5 FM Keene, New Hampshire 147055 10 D LMS

References

  1. ^ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  2. ^ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  3. ^ Radio-Locator.com/WYRY
  4. ^ Nash Icon Comes to Brattleboro/Keene