new hampshire branding 99.1 nh1 newsradio slogan new hampshire s newsradio new hampshire in every way frequency 99.1 mhz first air date october 1989 format talk radio erp 2 800 watts haat 146 meters 479 ft class a facility id 11664 transmitter coordinates 43 12 50 n 71 41 17 w 43.214 n 71.688 w 43.214 ; 71.688 wnnh coordinates 43 12 50 n 71 41 17 w 43.214 n 71.688 w 43.214 ; 71.688 wnnh callsign meaning w ninety nine henniker city of license affiliations cbs radio news westwood one salem radio network bloomberg radio owner binnie media wbin media co. inc. sister stations wbin tv wemj wfnq wjyy wlnh fm wnhw wycn cd webcast listen live website wnnh.nh1media.com wnnh 99.1 mhz ; new hampshire 1 newsradio is an fm radio station owned by binnie media . wnnh is licensed to henniker and serves central new hampshire . its transmitter is on watchtower road in hopkinton and its studios and offices are on church street in concord . established in 1989 the station airs a talk radio format . the weekday morning show with jack heath is provided by wgir in manchester new hampshire and weekday afternoons feature boston based howie carr . the remainder of the weekday schedule is made up of nationally syndicated shows from mike gallagher dennis prager michael savage lars larson red eye radio and first light . wnnh airs local news provided by co owned wbin tv including a simulcast of the tv station s 10 p.m. newscast . national news comes from cbs radio news . wnnh carries new england patriots football . history edit wnnh first signed on the air in october 1989 from the pats peak ski area in henniker with studios on south street in concord . the station s original owner was clark smidt who programmed several boston fm stations in the 1970s including weei fm 103.3 fm ; now wods and wbz fm 106.7 fm ; now wmjx . wnnh s original format was oldies . in the early days the station also marketed itself to the manchester area even though it was a rimshot signal into manchester itself and practically inaudible south of the city . at the outset wnnh had a very slick sound for a small market station complete with pams jingles . the station had a diverse playlist deeper than most oldies stations . in 1994 smidt tried to purchase wjyy 105.5 fm and its then satellite station wrci 107.7 fm ; now wtpl from empire broadcasting partners with the idea of putting wnnh on 105.5 to reinforce its signal in concord . empire broadcasting owned a group of radio stations in upstate new york and northern new england including wgy in schenectady new york but had overextended themselves and went bankrupt . the bankruptcy court ruled that empire radio partners could not be reorganized and ordered the stations sold at auction ; another company radioworks was chosen by the court as the winner of the auction . logo as 99 and 104.9 frank fm used from december 2007 until november 4 2009 ; their next logo was very similar . smidt sold wnnh to tele media in 1999 ; 1 tele media in turn sold wnnh wlkz and whob now wfnq to nassau broadcasting partners in 2004 . 2 however even though wlkz which tele media had acquired in 2000 3 also broadcast an oldies format albeit serving the nearby lakes region the two stations continued to be programmed and branded separately until 2007 when nassau consolidated the two stations into a simulcast . that december the stations shifted to nassau s frank fm classic hits format as a result of an unsuccessful attempt to convert wwhk and wwhq from classic rock to sports radio programming from weei . 4 5 logo as 99.1 frank fm used from november 9 2012 until august 31 2015 ; very similar to the prior logo . on april 27 2009 it was announced that wnnh and wwhq would be spun off into a divestiture trust and sold as part of a debt for equity restructuring of nassau broadcasting in which goldman sachs became 85 % owner of the company . the new ownership structure ended nassau s grandfathered status with respect to how many stations in the concord lakes region market it could own . a sale of the two stations to great eastern radio was announced on september 22 2009 . 6 in the interim nassau discontinued 99 and 104.9 frank fm on november 4 and switched wnnh to a simulcast of wjyy for several weeks before converting it to a loop of promotions for other nassau stations in the concord lakes region market . 7 the station went silent on march 1 2010 due to power failure 8 and returned to the air in march 2011 as a simulcast of the maine based wbach network of classical music stations . wnnh 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 . 9 10 the deal was completed on november 30 2012 ; 11 a few weeks earlier on november 9 wnnh dropped the simulcast of wbach and returned to the classic hits format and frank fm branding dropped three years earlier . on august 31 2015 wnnh switched to 99.1 nh1 news with local news and syndicated talk shows . 12 13 references edit fybush scott august 27 1999 . maine station owner dies in plane crash . north east radiowatch . retrieved november 6 2009 . fybush scott january 19 2004 . anchor in florida lands bz in headlines . northeast radio watch . retrieved november 5 2009 . fybush scott january 28 2000 . welcome back wmex and we take on lpfm . north east radiowatch . retrieved november 4 2009 . nassau broadcasting brings a championship to new hampshire press release . nassau broadcasting partners . october 26 2007 . fybush scott january 7 2008 . entercom nassau weei deal is dead . northeast radio watch . retrieved november 5 2009 . great eastern radio to purchase two nassau new england radio stations press release . nassau broadcasting partners . october 26 2007 . retrieved november 6 2009 . fybush scott november 23 2009 . wjar s art lake dies . northeast radio watch . retrieved november 23 2009 . notification of suspension of operations request for silent sta . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . march 4 2010 . retrieved march 5 2010 . 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 . talk radio media industry news new hampshire gets new fm n t station wnnh to become new hampshire s newsradio external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for wnnh radio locator information on wnnh query nielsen audio s fm station database for wnnh v t e radio stations in the concord new hampshire lakes region market by am frequency 610 1240 1250 1300 1340 1350 1420 1450 1490 by fm frequency 89.1 90.5 91.1 91.5 91.7 91.7 93.3 93.5 94.1 94.7 94.9 95.7 96.5 97.5 98.3 99.1 100.1 101.1 101.5 102.3 103.1 103.7 103.9 104.3 104.5 104.9 105.5 106.9 107.7 by callsign w276bj w280ec w282af wasr wbnc wcnh wemj wevo wezs wftn wftn fm wgam wgir wgir fm whom wjyy wkxl wlkz wlnh fm wmll wmwv wnec fm wnhn lp wnhw wnnh wokq wpcr fm wpkq wpnh wpnh fm wscy wsps wtpl wvmj wvnh wxrg wzei wzid defunct radio stations wpqr 1050 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 v t e news talk radio stations in the state of new hampshire by callsign wasr wccm wemj wgir wkbk wkxl wqso wsmn wtpl wtsn w280ec w281au by frequency 610 1110 1270 1290 1420 1450 1490 1590 96.7 103.9 104.1 107.7 by community of license concord dover hillsboro keene laconia manchester nashua rochester salem 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 v t e nassau broadcasting partners former stations wadb wafy wark wbbo wbka wbqq wbqw wbqx wbya wbyn wchr wchr fm wcrb wdlc weex wemj wexp wfnk wfnq wfrq wfqr wfyx whcy whdq whwh whxr wike wjlk wjyy wlam wlkz wlnh fm wlvp wmoo wnhv wnhw wnje wnjo wnnh wnnj wobm fm wode fm wply wpst wpxc wrdr wrfk wsbg wsno wsus wthk wtht wtkz wtsv wtsx wvpo wweg wwfy wwhq wwod wwyy wxlf wxrg wxtp wzlf retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wnnh & oldid 721133024 categories radio stations in new hampshireradio stations established in 1989merrimack county new hampshirenews and talk radio stations in the united stateshidden categories coordinates on wikidata 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 19 may 2016 at 23 35 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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