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 . contents 1 history 2 previous logos 3 references 4 external links history edit 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 edit references edit a b broadcasting & cable yearbook 1999 pdf . 1999 . p. d 282 . retrieved october 3 2012 . wkkn facility record . united states federal communications commission audio division . http www.americanradiohistory.com archive bc yb 1973 b % 202 % 20yb % 201973.pdf wkkn call sign history . united states federal communications commission audio division . wkkn shifts to wxxk simulcast venta lance march 14 2015 . aaa peak rising in brattleboro keene . radioinsight . retrieved march 14 2015 . external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for wkkn radio locator information on wkkn query nielsen audio s fm station database for wkkn this article about a radio station in vermont is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wkkn & oldid 684462891 categories radio stations in vermontradio stations established in 1971vermont radio station stubshidden categories official 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 6 october 2015 at 19 48 . 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