new hampshire and northern massachusetts branding 106.3 frank fm slogan merrimack valley s classic rock station frequency 106.3 mhz first air date october 19 1987 as whob format classic rock erp 950 watts haat 165 meters class a facility id 23329 transmitter coordinates 42 44 7.0 n 71 23 47.0 w 42.735278 n 71.396389 w 42.735278 ; 71.396389 wfnq callsign meaning fnq frank former callsigns whob 1987 2005 owner binnie media wbin media co. inc. sister stations wbin tv wemj wjyy wlnh fm wnnh wnhw wycn cd webcast listen live website www.1063frankfm.com wfnq 106.3 fm 106.3 frank fm is a radio station in nashua new hampshire serving the manchester new hampshire area with a classic rock classic hits radio format . it is owned by binnie media . the station s studios are located in nashua . wfnq can also be received in the northern portion of the boston media market . the station has fm co channel interference with providence market wwkx past this area . contents 1 history 2 previous logo 3 references 4 external links history edit wfnq signed on october 19 1987 1 as whob under the ownership of mario dicarlo . 2 although whob was a new license it inherited the allocation previously assigned to wotw fm 2 which operated from 1947 3 until 1985 . 4 at one time a chr station the station began mixing in modern rock in 1996 5 and had shifted to hot adult contemporary by 1999 when dicarlo retired and sold whob to tele media . 2 tele media sold whob along with wnnh in henniker and wlkz in wolfeboro to nassau broadcasting partners in 2004 . 6 nassau dropped the hot ac format in favor of the frank fm classic hits format the second nassau station after wfnk in lewiston maine to do so and the wfnq callsign on march 17 2005 . 7 the station along with 16 other nassau stations in northern new england was purchased at bankruptcy auction by wbin media company a company controlled by bill binnie on may 22 2012 . binnie already owns wbin tv in derry and wycn cd in nashua . 8 9 the deal was completed on november 30 2012 . 10 on june 1 2015 wfnq shifted their format to classic rock . previous logo edit wfnq s logo under previous classic hits format references edit broadcasting cablecasting yearbook 1989 pdf . 1989 . p. b 189 . retrieved april 5 2010 . a b c fybush scott october 29 1999 . citadel gets huge shuffles binghamton s ams . north east radiowatch . retrieved january 18 2010 . broadcasting yearbook 1981 pdf . 1981 . p. c 147 . retrieved january 17 2010 . nhab alumni bob cohen . new hampshire association of broadcasters . march 24 2002 . retrieved january 17 2010 . fybush scott april 17 1996 . new england radio watch . retrieved january 18 2010 . fybush scott january 19 2004 . anchor in florida lands bz in headlines . northeast radio watch . retrieved january 18 2010 . kennedy eileen march 19 2005 . frankly it s not whob anymore . the telegraph . retrieved january 18 2010 . dead link carlisle capital corp. wins bidding for rest of nassau stations . all access . may 22 2012 . retrieved may 22 2012 . wbin media acquires 17 n.e. radio stations . new hampshire union leader . may 23 2012 . retrieved may 24 2012 . kitch michael december 1 2012 . binnie closes on purchase of wlnh . laconia daily sun . retrieved december 1 2012 . external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for wfnq radio locator information on wfnq query nielsen audio s fm station database for wfnq v t e radio stations in the manchester new hampshire market by am frequency 610 900 1250 1320 1370 1590 by fm frequency 89.1 90.5 90.7 92.1 92.5 94.1 95.7 96.5 97.5 97.9 99.5 101.1 102.9 104.5 105.1 105.5 106.3 106.9 107.7 by callsign w231br w250ab w295bl wbnh lp wcrb wder wevo wfea wfnq wgam wghm wgir wgir fm wjyy wllo lp wlmw wmll wokq wsmn wtpl wxlo wxrv wydi wzid new hampshire radio markets concord lakes region lebanon manchester portsmouth dover rochester other new hampshire radio regions northern new hampshire see also list of radio stations in new hampshire boston radio v t e classic rock radio stations in the state of new hampshire by frequency 96.5 97.1 103.7 2 104.9 106.1 106.3 1490 1540 by callsign wfnq whdq wkdr wkne hd2 wlkz wmll woxx wxex by city bedford berlin claremont colebrook exeter keene nashua wolfeboro see also adult contemporary classic hits college country news talk npr oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in new hampshire see also active rock classic rock mainstream rock modern rock this article about a radio station in new hampshire is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wfnq & oldid 741087198 categories radio stations in new hampshireclassic rock radio stations in the united statesnashua new hampshirehillsborough county new hampshireradio stations established in 1987new hampshire radio station stubshidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from september 2016official website different in wikidata and wikipediaall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 25 september 2016 at 09 19 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view