WINQ (AM)

WINQ
City Brattleboro, Vermont
Branding "WINK Country"
Frequency 1490 kHz
First air date November 29, 1959 (1959-11-29)[1]
Format Country music
Power 1,000 watts (unlimited)
Class C
Facility ID 57781
Transmitter coordinates 42°50′51″N 72°34′56″W / 42.84750°N 72.58222°W / 42.84750; -72.58222Coordinates: 42°50′51″N 72°34′56″W / 42.84750°N 72.58222°W / 42.84750; -72.58222
Former callsigns WKVT (1959–2018)
Owner Saga Communications
(Saga Communications of New England, LLC)
Sister stations WINQ-FM, WKBK, WKNE, WKVT-FM, WSNI, WZBK
Webcast Listen Live
Website wkvtradio.com

WINQ (1490 AM; "WINK Country") is a radio station licensed to serve Brattleboro, Vermont. The station is owned by Saga Communications and licensed to Saga Communications of New England, LLC. WINQ simulcasts the country music programming of Keene, New Hampshire sister station WINQ-FM.

The station had previously been assigned the WKVT call letters by the Federal Communications Commission.[2]

Last logo as WKVT

WKVT was part of a network of progressive talk stations throughout the northeastern United States that are owned by Saga Communications (others including WNYY in Ithaca, New York, WHMP in Northampton, Massachusetts, WHNP in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts and WHMQ in Greenfield, Massachusetts); these, in turn, were among the last progressive talk stations still on the air in early 2017. Because of the migration of most progressive talk shows to off-air platforms, Saga announced plans to begin dropping the format in February 2017; WNYY was the first to change,[3] followed by WHNP,[4] with most of the other stations in the network likely to follow.[5]

On May 30, 2018, WKVT dropped its syndicated programming, including Stephanie Miller and Thom Hartmann, and began to carry the country music programming of Keene-based WINQ; WKVT's local morning drive time program, Green Mountain Mornings, was retained following the format change.[6] The station changed its call sign to WINQ on June 19, 2018.

References

  1. ↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-456. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  3. ↑ Reynolds, Nick (January 11, 2017). "A Progressive Talk Station Goes Off Air. No, It's Not A Conspiracy". Ithaca Times. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
  4. ↑ Lazer 99.3 adds second signal
  5. ↑ Fybush, Scott (January 16, 2017). Prog Talk Fades Away. NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved January 19, 2017.
  6. ↑ Walters, John (June 6, 2018). "Gubernatorial Moneyball: Will Outside Money Flood Vermont Again?". Seven Days. Retrieved June 27, 2018.


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