WZBK
WZBK (1220 AM; "Fox Sports Keene") is a radio station licensed to serve Keene, New Hampshire, United States. The station is owned by Saga Communications (through its Monadnock Radio Group) and licensed to Saga Communications of New Hampshire, LLC. It airs a sports radio format supplied by Fox Sports Radio.[3] The station was assigned the WZBK call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on August 14, 2002.[2]
City | Keene, New Hampshire |
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Broadcast area | Monadnock Region |
Branding | Fox Sports Keene |
Slogan | Keene's Sports Authority |
Frequency | 1220 kHz |
Translator(s) | 102.3 W272DZ (Keene) |
First air date | May 1959[1] |
Format | Sports |
Power | 1,000 watts (day) 146 watts (night) |
Class | D |
Facility ID | 57227 |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°55′50″N 72°18′0″W |
Call sign meaning | similar to WKBK |
Former call signs | WKBK (1959–2002)[2] |
Affiliations | Fox Sports Radio |
Owner | Saga Communications (Saga Communications of New Hampshire, LLC) |
Sister stations | WINQ, WINQ-FM, WKBK, WKNE, WKVT-FM, WSNI |
Website | foxsportskeene |
In October 2008, WZBK dropped its adult standards format in favor of a simulcast of the news/talk programming of sister station WKVT from Brattleboro, Vermont.[4] On March 31, 2011, the simulcast of WKVT was replaced by a sports radio format, largely from ESPN Radio with a local afternoon drive show and local sports. In January 2017, the station dropped ESPN Radio for Fox Sports Radio.
Translators
After a decision by the Federal Communications Commission, WZBK began broadcasting at 103.1 FM on FM translator W276CB on May 16, 2008. In January 2009, the FM simulcast was dropped and replaced by an oldies format branded as "Cool 103.1".
Until December 2018, WZBK was heard on FM translator W281AU (104.1 FM). This translator was converted to an oldies station, fed via the HD3 channel of WKNE, after WZBK signed on a new translator, W272DZ (102.3 FM); this translator was obtained in an FCC filing window that requires W272DZ to permanently be associated with WZBK.[5]
Call sign | Frequency (MHz) | City of license | Facility ID | ERP (W) | Height (m (ft)) | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
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W272DZ | 102.3 | Keene, New Hampshire | 201372 | 250 | 0 m (0 ft) | D | 42°55′50″N 72°18′0″W | FCC |
Former logos
- Logo used between March 31, 2011 and January 2015, before the addition of 104.1 W281AU-FM.
References
- Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-280. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
- "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- "Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
- "Keene Radio Listeners To Be Hit With A "Left" And A "Right"". WKBK. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
- Venta, Lance (December 5, 2018). "Saga Shuffles Translators In Keene". RadioInsight. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for WZBK
- Radio-Locator Information on WZBK
- Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WZBK
- Query the FCC's FM station database for W272DZ
- Radio-Locator information on W272DZ
- Monadnock Broadcasting Group