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| Branding | 102.1 & 105.3 - The Shark |
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| Format | Classic hits |
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Call sign meaning | "Shark" |
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| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | shark1053 |
WSAK (102.1FM) andWSHK (105.3 FM) are a pair of American radio stations broadcasting aclassic hits musicformat to theSeacoast Region ofNew Hampshire,York County, Maine, and northeastMassachusetts. WSAK is licensed to serveHampton, New Hampshire, and WSHK is licensed to serveKittery, Maine; their broadcast studios are located inDover. WSHK’s transmitter is located inSouth Eliot, Maine, while WSAK’s transmitter is inSeabrook, New Hampshire, adjacent to the Massachusetts border.[4] A few specialty programs are carried: The House of Blues Radio Hour withDan "Elwood Blues" Aykroyd,[5] and "The Reporter's File", a public affairs program, both on Sundays. The Shark was previously the only New Hampshire stations to carry thesyndicatedBob & Tom Show morning show. It no longer carries that program, instead using its own local DJs on The Shark Morning Show.
WSAK and WSHK are owned byTownsquare Media. They formerly broadcast as "Arrow", on the same frequencies and with a similar format, but usingcall letters WXBB and WXBP. The change to the new name and call was made in March 2000.[6]Citadel Broadcasting acquired the station in August 1999 when it purchased Fuller-Jeffrey Broadcasting Companies.[7] Citadel merged withCumulus Media on September 16, 2011.[8]
On August 30, 2013, a deal was announced in which Townsquare Media would acquire 53 Cumulus stations, including WSAK/WSHK, for $238 million. The deal was part of Cumulus' acquisition ofDial Global; Townsquare and Dial Global are both controlled byOaktree Capital Management.[9][10] The sale to Townsquare was completed on November 14, 2013.[11]