WKKN
| Broadcast area | Keene, New Hampshire |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 101.9 MHz |
| Branding | The Peak 101.9 and 100.7 |
| Programming | |
| Format | AAA |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Great Eastern Radio, LLC |
| WEEY | |
| History | |
First air date | 1971 (as WCNL-FM at 101.7)[1] |
Former call signs | WCNL-FM (1971–1988) WXXK-FM (1988–1997) WVRR (1997–2008) |
Former frequencies | 101.7 MHz (1971–2008) |
Call sign meaning | W K KeeNe |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 46334 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 1,050 watts |
| HAAT | 236 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°2′0.00″N 72°22′3.70″W / 43.0333333°N 72.3676944°W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | thepeakradio.com |
WKKN (101.9 FM; "The Peak") is a radio station licensed to Westminster, Vermont, USA, with studios located in Keene, New Hampshire. The station is currently owned by Great Eastern Radio, LLC.[2] The station is simulcast on WTHK (100.7 FM) in Wilmington, Vermont.
History
The station went on the air as WCNL-FM in 1971,[1] on 104.9 MHz [3] and was originally licensed to Newport, New Hampshire, and was on 101.7 FM with transmitting facilities atop Green Mountain in Claremont. On August 1, 1988, the station changed its call sign to WXXK-FM, and was the original home of the successful country station "Kixx" before moving to the more powerful 100.5 frequency in Lebanon, New Hampshire. On March 31, 1997, the call sign changed to WVRR and operated under the moniker V-101. In 2002, Clear Channel flipped V-101 off the bird and merged with WMXR to become locally produced Rock 93.9 & 101.7. The station was granted a move by the FCC to change the city of license to Westminster, Vermont and move to its present frequency of 101.9 FM. After the move was completed, on April 14, 2008, the call sign was changed to the current WKKN;[4] the station then introduced a Keene-focused rock format branded "K-Rock".
On October 1, 2012 WKKN changed its format to country, simulcasting WXXK; this change came after the bankruptcy of Nassau Broadcasting led to the sale of WHDQ (a classic rock station in Claremont that has long considered Keene to be part of its broadcast area) to Great Eastern Radio.[5] The WXXK simulcast ended on March 16, 2015, when WKKN, along with WTHK in Wilmington (which had also been serving as a WXXK simulcast), launches an adult album alternative format branded as "The Peak."[6]
Previous Logos
References
- ^ a b Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-282. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
- ^ "WKKN Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1973/B%202%20YB%201973.pdf
- ^ "WKKN Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ WKKN Shifts to WXXK Simulcast
- ^ Venta, Lance (March 14, 2015). "AAA Peak Rising In Brattleboro/Keene". RadioInsight. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
External links
- Official website
- Facility details for Facility ID WKKN ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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