| Satellite ofWKKN,Westminster | |
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| Frequency | 100.7MHz |
| Branding | The Peak 101.9 and 100.7 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic rock |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Great Eastern Radio, LLC |
| WEEY,WFYX,WKKN | |
| History | |
First air date | June 1,1989 (as WVAY) |
Former call signs |
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| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 57728 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 130watts |
| HAAT | 452 meters (1,483 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°57′33.2″N72°55′20.3″W / 42.959222°N 72.922306°W /42.959222; -72.922306 |
| Translator(s) | 104.7 W284AB (Jamaica) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WTHK (100.7FM; "The Peak") is aradio station broadcasting aclassic rockformat. It is licensed toWilmington, Vermont. The station is currently owned by Jeffrey Shapiro's Great Eastern Radio,[2] and currently simulcasts sister stationWKKN (101.9 FM).
WTHK began its radio life as WVAY. The station was part of the wave of upscalesmooth jazz formatted stations that were very trendy in the mid to late 1980s. The station was owned and operated by Rothschild Broadcasting. Founding program director Roger Coryell left the station in 1990 for a position as morning host on San Francisco smooth jazz outletKKSF. WVAY's slogan evolved from "Smooth Sounds - 100.7 WVAY" to "100.7 WVAY, Different by Design" as the station evolved into more of atriple-A formatted radio station. At one time WVAY also had additional translators at 99.7 inMarlboro, Vermont, which was sold to Harvest Broadcasting, areligious broadcaster, and had an arrangement to operate a translator at 100.1 which helped WVAY have a stronger signal inManchester, Vermont. At one time WVAY was positioned as "100.7/100.1 WVAY Different By Design".
The station was sold toDynacom Corporation in 1998, and wound up having many simulcast partners of the Dynacom stable which included being part of thesoft AC, "Wish" stations (nowWXLF), andAOR formattedQ 106 (WHDQ) fromClaremont, New Hampshire. Eventually the simulcast partner becameWRSI (then at95.3 FM), an AAA station fromGreenfield, Massachusetts. The WVAY call letters were shelved in favor of WMTT during this time. In October 2000, the WRSI simulcast with WMTT ended and was moved toWRSY (101.5 FM) in Marlboro, which had a better signal intoBrattleboro, yet continued to serve the Deerfield Valley. WMTT's new simulcast partner becameWEXP (101.5 FM) fromBrandon, Vermont, and together the stations were known on air as "Classic Rock 101, The Fox". It was at that time that the WVAY call sign were restored to 100.7.
In 2004Nassau Broadcasting Partners purchased WEXP and WVAY as well as an entire portfolio of radio stations in Vermont and New Hampshire from the Vox Radio Group. While the station has evolved into "Rutland's Rock Station, 101.5 The Fox", the WVAY call sign went away again in favor of Nassau's warehousing of the WTHK call sign on November 16, 2006, where they remain to this day. The call sign was previously used on97.5 FM inTrenton, New Jersey.[3]
WTHK, along with 29 other Nassau stations in northern New England, was purchased at bankruptcy auction by Carlisle Capital Corporation, a company controlled byBill Binnie (owner ofWBIN-TV inDerry), on May 22, 2012. The station, and 12 of the other stations, would then be acquired by Vertical Capital Partners, controlled by Jeff Shapiro; however, WTHK was not included in the subsequent sale of simulcast partner WEXP to Electromagnetic Company.[4][5] The sale of WTHK and the other 12 stations was consummated on November 30, 2012, at a purchase price of $4.4 million. The Vertical Capital Partners stations were transferred to Shapiro's existing Great Eastern Radio group on January 1, 2013.[6][7] On January 22, 2013, WTHK dropped its simulcast of WEXP and began simulcasting new sister station WXXK (100.5 FM).
The WXXK simulcast ended on March 16, 2015, when WTHK, along withWKKN inWestminster (a station in theKeene, New Hampshire, area that had also been serving as a WXXK simulcast), launched an adult album alternative format branded as "The Peak." Under the new format, the WTHK signal is marketed to theBennington area.[8] The stations switched to aclassic rock format on May 14, 2018, while retaining their existing branding.
WTHK also operates translator station W284AB (Jamaica, Vermont) that transmits a directional signal from the top ofStratton Mountain. The translator can be heard at 104.7 FM.
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
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| W284AB | 104.7 FM | Jamaica, Vermont | 57729 | 10 | 654 m (2,146 ft) | D | 43°5′45.2″N72°55′14.3″W / 43.095889°N 72.920639°W /43.095889; -72.920639 (W284AB) | LMS |