| SimulcastingWINQ-FM,Winchester, New Hampshire | |
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| Frequency | 1490kHz |
| Branding | WINK Country |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | November 29, 1959; 65 years ago (1959-11-29) (as WKVT)[1] |
Former call signs | WKVT (1959–2018) |
Call sign meaning | "wink" |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 57781 |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts unlimited |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°50′51.3″N72°34′54.3″W / 42.847583°N 72.581750°W /42.847583; -72.581750 |
| Translator | 106.9 W295CO (Brattleboro) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | 987wink |
WINQ (1490kHz; "WINK Country") is anAM radio station licensed to serveBrattleboro, Vermont. The station is owned by Saga Communications and licensed to Saga Communications of New England, LLC; it operates as part of its Monadnock Broadcasting Group. WINQ simulcasts thecountry music programming ofWINQ-FM, a sister station inKeene, New Hampshire.
The station had previously been assigned the WKVT call letters by theFederal Communications Commission.[3]
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WKVT was part of a network of progressive talk stations throughout the northeastern United States that are owned by Saga Communications (others includingWNYY inIthaca, New York,WHMP inNorthampton, Massachusetts,WHNP inEast Longmeadow, Massachusetts, andWHMQ inGreenfield, 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,[4] followed by WHNP,[5] with most of the other stations in the network likely to follow.[6]
On May 30, 2018, WKVT dropped its syndicated programming, includingStephanie Miller andThom Hartmann, and began to carry thecountry music programming of Keene-basedWINQ; WKVT's local morningdrive time program,Green Mountain Mornings, was retained following the format change.[7] The station changed its call sign to WINQ on June 19, 2018.Green Mountain Mornings, which was hosted by Olga Peters, was cancelled in December 2018.[8]
In addition to the main station, WINQ is relayed by an FM translator.
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
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| W295CO | 106.9 FM | Brattleboro, Vermont | 200013 | 85 | 0 m (0 ft) | D | 42°50′47″N72°41′17″W / 42.84639°N 72.68806°W /42.84639; -72.68806 (W295CO) | LMS |
Until December 2018, WINQ was heard on FM translator W262CL (100.3 FM). This translator was converted to asoft adult contemporary station, fed via the HD2 channel ofWKVT-FM (which is, in turn, a simulcast of the HD2 channel ofWKNE), after WINQ signed on a new translator, W295CO (106.9 FM); this translator was obtained in an FCC filing window that requires W295CO to permanently be associated with WINQ.[9]
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