WFEA

WFEA
City Manchester, New Hampshire
Broadcast area Merrimack Valley
Branding 99.9 FM and 1370 WFEA
Slogan More Stimulating Talk Radio
Frequency 1370 kHz
(also on HD Radio via WMLL-HD2)
Translator(s) 99.9 W260CF (Manchester)
First air date March 1, 1932
Format News/Talk
Power 5,000 watts
Class B
Facility ID 58543
Transmitter coordinates 42°54′26″N 71°27′45″W / 42.90722°N 71.46250°W / 42.90722; -71.46250Coordinates: 42°54′26″N 71°27′45″W / 42.90722°N 71.46250°W / 42.90722; -71.46250
Affiliations CBS News Radio
Owner Saga Communications
(Saga Communications of New England, LLC)
Sister stations WZID, WMLL
Webcast Listen Live
Website 1370wfea.com

WFEA (1370 AM 99.9 FM) is a talk radio station in Manchester, New Hampshire. The studios for WFEA are at 500 N. Commercial St. in Manchester, and its transmitter is located in Merrimack, at the original studio building location.

WFEA operates with a directional pattern both day and night. One of the towers in the array is the famous diamond-shaped "Blaw-Knox", a smaller version of another famous Blaw Knox tower, that of WLW in Cincinnati, Ohio. WFEA is owned by Saga Communications, which also owns WZID and WMLL. WFEA is simulcast on the HD2 channel of WMLL (until February 1, 2017, it was on the HD3 channel of WZID), as well as translator station W260CF (99.9 FM), broadcasting from Mt. Uncanoonuc in Goffstown.

History

WFEA has been broadcasting continuously since 9:00 a.m. on March 1, 1932, making it New Hampshire's oldest radio station. It has always had the same call letters. During its long life, WFEA has had 10 owners. Saga Communications of New England LLC has operated WFEA since April 1991.[1]

On March 1, 1932, WFEA became an affiliate of the Yankee Network and CBS.[2]

Over the years, WFEA had a diversified format evolving into Top 40 in the early 1960s. The format evolved into more of a Hot AC format by the mid-1980s and a straight Adult Contemporary format by 1989. In 1990, the adult contemporary format was dropped in favor of a satellite delivered Adult Standards format. WFEA flipped to talk in February 2015.

Programming

Until February 2015, WFEA employed an Adult Standards syndicated format known as "America's Best Music". Heard on WFEA were such artists as Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, The Carpenters, Dionne Warwick, Barry Manilow, Neil Diamond, Elvis Presley, Barbra Streisand, Nat "King" Cole and others.

WFEA had broadcast the Manchester Wolves arena football league games before the team folded at the end of the 2009 season, and the University of New Hampshire Sports Network covering football, hockey, basketball, etc.

Since switching to the talk format, WFEA broadcasts syndicated shows hosted by Doug Stephan, Laura Ingraham, Jonathan Brandmeier, Howie Carr, Mark Levin, John Batchelor and Jon Grayson.

Translator

Broadcast translators of WFEA
Call signFrequency
(MHz)		City of licenseFacility
ID		ERP
W		ClassTransmitter coordinatesFCC info
W260CF99.9Manchester, New Hampshire154234110D42°59′2″N 71°35′22″W / 42.98389°N 71.58944°W / 42.98389; -71.58944 (W260CF)FCC

References

  1. ↑ WFEA History (1/1/08)
  2. ↑ "WFEA Joins Net" (PDF). Broadcasting. March 15, 1932. Retrieved 1 October 2014.


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