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| Broadcast area | Seacoast Region |
| Frequency | 96.7MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | News Radio 96.7 |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/talk |
| Subchannels | HD2: "Pop Drive" (adult hits) |
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| WERZ,WHEB,WPKX,WTBU | |
| History | |
First air date | October 21,1979[1] (as WWNH-FM) |
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| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 53388 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 3,000 watts |
| HAAT | 100 meters (330 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°17′14.3″N70°56′47.2″W / 43.287306°N 70.946444°W /43.287306; -70.946444 |
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| Website | newsradio967 |
WQSO (96.7FM) is acommercial radio stationlicensed toRochester, New Hampshire, United States. The station is owned byiHeartMedia, Inc.[3] and airs anews/talkformat serving thePortsmouth-Dover-Rochestermedia market which also includes part of SouthernMaine.
Thetransmitter is on Rochester Hill Road (New Hampshire Route 108) in Rochester.[4] It has aneffective radiated power (ERP) of 3,000 watts. WQSO broadcasts in theHD Radio hybrid format. The HD2 subchannel carries anadult hits format known as "Pop Drive".
Nearly all programming heard on WQSO comes fromsister stationWGIR inManchester, New Hampshire. WQSO separates from WGIR for its own local commercials and some weekend paidbrokered programming. Weekdays begin with a news and interview show,New Hampshire Today, hosted by Chris Ryan, also heard on several other stations in the state.[5] The rest of the schedule consists ofnationally syndicated shows, includingThe Glenn Beck Program,The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show,The Sean Hannity Show,The Dave Ramsey Show,Ground Zero Radio withClyde Lewis,Coast to Coast AM withGeorge Noory andThis Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal.
Weekend feature programs on money, health, law, technology and thePaul Parent Garden Club, as well as best-of editions of weekday programming. Some weekend shows are paidbrokered programming. Syndicated weekend shows includeThe Tech Guy withLeo Laporte,Sunday Night Live withBill Cunningham andSomewhere in Time withArt Bell. Most hours begin with world and national news fromFox News Radio, followed by New Hampshire news from local reporters.
WQSO is co-flagship of theWildcat Sports Network along with sister stationsWPKX and WGIR. The network airscollege football,hockey and basketball from theUniversity of New Hampshire.
On October 29, 1979, the stationsigned on as WWNH-FM. It changed itscall sign to WXKZ in 1983,[6] to WCYT in 1986,[7] to WKOS-FM on December 18, 1987, and to WWEM on December 17, 1990.[8]
In March 1994, the station adjusted its format slightly fromadult contemporary to "The Perfect Mix of Soft Rock", playingsoft rock andAmericana music. The call sign was changed to WSRI on April 3, 1995,[8] coinciding with a format flip toadult album alternative. The call letters were then changed to WQSO on September 29, 1997,[8] coinciding with a format flip tooldies, mirroringsister stationWQSR in Baltimore, also owned byAmerican Radio Systems at that time. In the two weeks prior, the station hadstunted by simulcasting its sister stations in Boston at different times of the day. The following spring, the stations of Precision Media were sold to Capstar Broadcasting.
On April 1, 2009, Clear Channel (now iHeartMedia) flipped WQSO from oldies totalk radio while keeping the “Wave” name. Most programs heard on WQSO were previously heard onWGIP (1540 AM) inExeter, New Hampshire (asimulcast of WGIR in Manchester), before it was spun off by Clear Channel. On February 27, 2013, WQSO was rebranded as "News Radio 96.7" and began carrying a nearly identical schedule to WGIR.[9]