WINQ-FM

WINQ-FM
City Winchester, New Hampshire
Broadcast area Keene, New Hampshire
Branding "98-7 WINK Country"
Slogan "Today's Hot New Country"
Frequency 98.7 MHz (Channel 254)
(also on HD Radio)
First air date 1991 (1991) (as WKBK-FM)
Format New Country
ERP 2,150 watts
HAAT 169 meters
Class A
Facility ID 57228
Transmitter coordinates 42°54′57″N 72°19′48″W / 42.91583°N 72.33000°W / 42.91583; -72.33000Coordinates: 42°54′57″N 72°19′48″W / 42.91583°N 72.33000°W / 42.91583; -72.33000
Callsign meaning "wink"
Former callsigns WKBK-FM (1991)
WXOD (1991-2002)
WOQL (2002–2005)
WINQ (2005-2018)[1]
Affiliations Westwood One
Owner Saga Communications
(Saga Communications of New Hampshire, LLC)
Sister stations WINQ, WKBK, WKVT-FM, WKNE, WSNI, WZBK
Webcast Listen Live
Website 987wink.com

WINQ-FM (98.7 FM, "WINK Country 98.7") is a radio station licensed to serve Winchester, New Hampshire. The station is owned by Saga Communications (though its Monadnock Radio Group) and licensed to Saga Communications of New Hampshire, LLC. It airs a New Country music format.[2]

The station first signed on as WKBK-FM offering the same programming as WKBK (1220 AM, now WZBK) until its sale. It then became oldies WXOD on October 1, 1991.

The station changed its call sign to WINQ on January 1, 2005. It changed its call sign to the current WINQ-FM on June 19, 2018.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. ↑ "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.


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