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| Broadcast area | Lakes Region |
| Frequency | 104.9MHz |
| Branding | 104.9 The Hawk |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic rock |
| Affiliations | United Stations Radio Networks |
| Ownership | |
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| WASR,WWLK-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | February 1, 1985; 40 years ago (1985-02-01) |
Call sign meaning | "Lakes" |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 65624 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 620watts |
| HAAT | 310 meters (1,020 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°32′45.6″N71°22′41.1″W / 43.546000°N 71.378083°W /43.546000; -71.378083 (WLKZ) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | thehawkrocks.com |
WLKZ (104.9FM) is an American licensedradio station inWolfeboro, New Hampshire, serving theLakes Region. The station is owned by Dirk Nadon, through licensee Lakes Media, LLC, and carries aclassic rockformat, under the "104.9 The Hawk" branding.
The originalconstruction permit for the station was granted on July 1, 1983,[2] and the WLKZ call letters were assigned on October 11;[3] it took to the air on February 1, 1985,[4] and a license to cover was granted on June 4, 1985.[5]
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During the 1980s, WLKZ offered anadult contemporary format;[4] by 1996, it was offering anoldies format.[6] Initially, the station aired the format on its own; however, in 2000, original owner Jay Williams sold the station to Tele-Media, owner of similarly-formattedWNNH in the nearbyConcord market.[7] Tele-Media sold WLKZ, WNNH, andNashua-basedWHOB toNassau Broadcasting Partners in 2004.[8] Nevertheless, WLKZ continued to be programmed and branded separately from WNNH until 2007, when Nassau consolidated the two stations into a simulcast. That December, the stations shifted to Nassau'sFrank FMclassic hits format as a result of an unsuccessful attempt to convert WWHQ andWWHK (the then-homes for the "Hawk" classic rock format) tosports radio programming fromWEEI.[9][10]
After a corporate reorganization required Nassau to spin off WWHQ and WNNH,[11] WLKZ discontinued the simulcast with WNNH, and dropped classic hits in favor of WWHQ's prior classic rock format on November 4, 2009.[12] WLKZ, 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, were then acquired by Vertical Capital Partners, controlled by Jeff Shapiro.[13][14] The deal was completed on November 30, 2012.[15] The Vertical Capital Partners stations were transferred to Shapiro's existing Great Eastern Radio group on January 1, 2013.[16][17]
Effective August 1, 2017, Great Eastern Radio sold WLKZ,WTPL, andWZEI (the former WWHQ) to Dirk Nadon's Lakes Media, LLC for $2.6 million.