WKKN

WKKN
City Westminster, Vermont
Broadcast area Keene, New Hampshire
Branding The Peak 101.9 and 100.7
Slogan True. Local. Radio.
Frequency 101.9 MHz
First air date 1971 (as WCNL-FM at 101.7)[1]
Format AAA
ERP 1,050 watts
HAAT 236 meters
Class A
Facility ID 46334
Transmitter coordinates 43°2′0.00″N 72°22′3.70″W / 43.0333333°N 72.3676944°W / 43.0333333; -72.3676944
Callsign meaning W K KeeNe
Former callsigns WCNL-FM (1971–1988)
WXXK-FM (1988–1997)
WVRR (1997–2008)
Former frequencies 101.7 MHz (1971–2008)
Owner Great Eastern Radio, LLC
Sister stations WEEY
Webcast Listen Live
Website thepeakradio.com

WKKN (101.9 FM; "The Peak") is a radio station licensed to Westminster, Vermont, USA, with studios located in Keene, New Hampshire. The station is currently owned by Great Eastern Radio, LLC.[2] The station is simulcast on WTHK (100.7 FM) in Wilmington, Vermont.

History

WKKN's logo as K-Rock

The station went on the air as WCNL-FM in 1971,[1] on 104.9 MHz [3] and was originally licensed to Newport, New Hampshire, and was on 101.7 FM with transmitting facilities atop Green Mountain in Claremont. On August 1, 1988, the station changed its call sign to WXXK-FM, and was the original home of the successful country station "Kixx" before moving to the more powerful 100.5 frequency in Lebanon, New Hampshire. On March 31, 1997, the call sign changed to WVRR and operated under the moniker V-101. In 2002, Clear Channel flipped V-101 off the bird and merged with WMXR to become locally produced Rock 93.9 & 101.7. The station was granted a move by the FCC to change the city of license to Westminster, Vermont and move to its present frequency of 101.9 FM. After the move was completed, on April 14, 2008, the call sign was changed to the current WKKN;[4] the station then introduced a Keene-focused rock format branded "K-Rock".

On October 1, 2012 WKKN changed its format to country, simulcasting WXXK; this change came after the bankruptcy of Nassau Broadcasting led to the sale of WHDQ (a classic rock station in Claremont that has long considered Keene to be part of its broadcast area) to Great Eastern Radio.[5] The WXXK simulcast ended on March 16, 2015, when WKKN, along with WTHK in Wilmington (which had also been serving as a WXXK simulcast), launches an adult album alternative format branded as "The Peak."[6]

Previous Logos

References

  1. 1 2 Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-282. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
  2. ↑ "WKKN Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ↑ http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1973/B%202%20YB%201973.pdf
  4. ↑ "WKKN Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  5. ↑ WKKN Shifts to WXXK Simulcast
  6. ↑ Venta, Lance (March 14, 2015). "AAA Peak Rising In Brattleboro/Keene". RadioInsight. Retrieved March 14, 2015.


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