WOKQ
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| Broadcast area | |
| Frequency | 97.5 MHz |
| Branding | The Big 97-5 WOKQ |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | August 1970 (as WDNH) |
Former call signs | WDNH (1970–1977) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 22887 |
| Class | B |
| ERP | 50,000 watts |
| HAAT | 150 meters (490 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). |
| Translator | 97.9 W250AB (Manchester) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | wokq |
WOKQ (97.5 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a country music format. The station serves the Merrimack Valley, the New Hampshire Seacoast, and York County, Maine, including the cities of Manchester and Portsmouth.
The transmitter is located in Barrington, New Hampshire, with the station's city of license being Dover, New Hampshire. The studios are located in Dover. WOKQ also operates a simulcast on W250AB on 97.9, a translator that fills in signal holes in downtown Manchester. It brands itself as "The Big 97.5".
WOKQ is owned by Townsquare Media. At 50,000 watts of power, its broadcast signal can reach most of southern and central New Hampshire, southern Maine and northeastern Massachusetts clearly.
History
[edit | edit source]WOKQ was put on the air in August 1970[2] by Eastminster Broadcasting Company under the call letters WDNH.[3] Its country format was in place by 1972.[4] Eastminster sold WDNH to Fuller-Jeffrey Broadcasting in 1977, at which point it became WOKQ.[2] Fuller-Jeffrey was sold to Citadel Broadcasting in 1999.[5] Citadel merged with Cumulus Media on September 16, 2011.[6]
On August 30, 2013, a deal was announced in which Townsquare Media would acquire 53 Cumulus stations, including WOKQ and WPKQ, for $238 million. The deal was part of Cumulus' acquisition of Dial Global; Townsquare and Dial Global were both controlled by Oaktree Capital Management.[7][8] The sale to Townsquare was completed on November 14, 2013.[9]
Translator
[edit | edit source]WOKQ also broadcasts on the following translator:
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | HAAT | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
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| W250AB | 97.9 FM | Manchester, New Hampshire | 22889 | 250 | 34 m (112 ft) | D | Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found. | LMS |
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 22887 (WOKQ) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WOKQ in Nielsen Audio's FM station database