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| Broadcast area | Lakes Region |
| Frequency | 1350kHz |
| Branding | The Moose 103.3 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic hits |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | August 22,1922 (as WKAV) |
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Call sign meaning | "Moose New Hampshire" (backwards) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 23321 |
| Class | D |
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Transmitter coordinates | 43°30′27″N71°31′00″W / 43.50750°N 71.51667°W /43.50750; -71.51667 |
| Translator | 103.3 W277DJ (Laconia) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | themoose1033.com |
WHNM (1350AM) is abroadcast radio station licensed toLaconia, New Hampshire, serving theLakes Region, including Laconia andFranklin. The station's programming is also carried onFM translator W277DJ (103.3). WHNM is owned by Patrick Costa, through license Costa-Eagle Radio Ventures Limited Partnership.
WHNM traces its origins to New Hampshire's first broadcast radio station, WKAV, an experimental station run by a local radio club, which went on the air in 1922 but went dark about a decade later after a myriad of financial problems. In 1934, the station was reborn under a new license as WLNH at 1310 kHz on the AM dial, moving to 1340 in 1941 and to the current 1350 frequency in 1954.
The call letters changed to WKZU in 1983[2] and WMRS in 1985,[3] before returning to WLNH in 1987 and becoming WEZS in June 1994.[4] As WEZS, the station featured abeautiful music/easy listening format, thensmooth jazz. WEZS was a rare AM station to play smooth jazz, along withWCIN inCincinnati, Ohio.
The station's format changed in March 2008 to "Good Times and Great Oldies", then in December 2012 to full-timenews and talk. The programming included syndicated shows hosted byMark Levin,Tom Sullivan,Dennis Prager, andDave Ramsey; and hourly news byFox News Radio.
WEZS began an FM simulcast on translator W277DJ 103.3 in June 2018.
On January 14, 2023, the station changed its call letters to WHNM and its nickname to "The Moose 103.3", with a classic hits format,[5] and on January 25, Gary W. Hammond completed the sale of the station and its translator to Patrick Costa's Costa-Eagle Radio Ventures Limited Partnership for $225,000.