area southern new hampshire branding am 610 wgir slogan new hampshire s newsradio frequency 610 khz first air date october 2 1941 format news talk power 5 000 watts daytime 1 000 watts nighttime class b facility id 35237 transmitter coordinates 43 00 57.0 n 71 28 48.0 w 43.015833 n 71.480000 w 43.015833 ; 71.480000 wgir callsign meaning girolimon family former owner former callsigns wmur 1941 1956 affiliations fox news radio owner iheartmedia inc. capstar tx llc sister stations wgir fm webcast listen live via iheartradio website www.nhnewsnetwork610.com wgir 610 am is a radio station in manchester new hampshire with a news talk format . the station is owned by iheartmedia inc. . contents 1 history 2 programming 3 references 4 external links history edit wgir signed on october 2 1941 as wmur owned by former new hampshire governor francis p. murphy 1 and affiliated with the blue network 2 and its successor abc radio . 3 an fm sister station on 95.7 mhz was added on december 21 1947 plans for an fm station had been in place for seven years ; however fm had a limited audience at the time and wmur fm was shut down december 27 1950 the frequency is now occupied by wzid . 1 4 a few years later murphy decided to apply for a television station on channel 9 and after competing against applications from wfea wkbr now wgam and the manchester union leader wmur tv signed on march 28 1954 . 1 5 murphy decided to sell the wmur stations in the mid 1950s with the girolimon family acquiring the station in 1956 and changing the call letters to the current wgir the wmur call letters remain on channel 9 which stayed under murphy s ownership until a few months after his death in 1958 . 5 the girolimons dropped the abc affiliation soon after taking over 6 but picked up cbs radio in 1957 . 7 the girolimons sold the station to knight quality stations in 1961 ; 8 around the same time the station switched to nbc radio . 9 under knight the station decided to reenter fm broadcasting and wgir fm 101.1 fm signed on june 5 1963 10 largely simulcasting the am station from then 11 until 1977 . 12 by 1973 wgir had a middle of the road format mixed with some talk and sports programming 13 a format it would retain through the decade ; 10 the station later evolved its music programming to adult contemporary 14 and on december 31 1984 wgir ended all remaining music programming to become a full time news talk station . 15 16 17 in 1990 the station swapped affiliations with wfea and returned to abc news radio . 18 knight quality was sold to capstar broadcasting in 1997 . 19 in 1998 capstar rebranded the station as the action news network 20 to reflect the expansion of its programming to seacoast radio stations wznn 930 am ; renamed wgin and wmyf 1540 am ; renamed wgip ; 21 22 at the same time wgir again dropped abc and returned to nbc radio 20 which was subsequently phased out by westwood one in favor of cnn radio . a few months later capstar merged with fellow hicks muse tate & furst subsidiary chancellor media to form amfm broadcasting 23 which itself announced a merger with clear channel communications now known as iheartmedia several months afterward . 24 for a time clear channel added wgir programming to a fourth station wtsl 1400 am in hanover . 25 additionally the station picked up fox news radio in the mid 2000s after clear channel signed a larger agreement with the service . 26 wgip would leave the network in 2009 after it was placed in the aloha station trust and sold off due to the privatization of clear channel ; that station is now classic hits formatted wxex . 27 wgin would also stop carrying wgir programming in april 2011 converting to a simulcast of wmyf 1380 am now wmge an all sports station ; it became wpkx in february 2012 . 28 most of wgir s syndicated programming though not its local morning show remains available on the seacoast through sister station wqso 96.7 fm . programming edit during morning drive the station airs a local show hosted by jack heath . most other weekday programming consists of syndicated programming including the glenn beck program the rush limbaugh show the sean hannity show the daily wrap from the wall street journal ground zero radio with clyde lewis and coast to coast am . weekend programming consists of lifestyle and business programming including the kim komando show and paul parent garden club as well as best of editions of weekday programming and the weekend editions of coast to coast am . wgir is the flagship station of the new hampshire fisher cats minor league baseball team ; additionally wgir is co flagship of the wildcat sports network along with sister stations wpkx and wqso . references edit a b c nhab alumni francis p. murphy . new hampshire association of broadcasters . october 29 2001 . retrieved february 14 2010 . broadcasting yearbook 1943 pdf . 1943 . p. 112 . retrieved february 14 2010 . broadcasting yearbook marketbook 1956 pdf . 1956 . p. 202 . retrieved february 14 2010 . wmur fm discontinues operation after december 27 1950 . photo of the month . ggn information systems . july 2005 . retrieved february 14 2010 . a b rapsis jeff march 4 2004 . wmur at 50 . the hippo . retrieved february 14 2010 . broadcasting yearbook marketbook 1957 pdf . 1957 . p. 174 . retrieved february 14 2010 . broadcasting yearbook 1958 pdf . 1958 . p. a 331 . retrieved february 14 2010 . nhab alumni bernie mack . new hampshire association of broadcasters . october 29 2001 . retrieved february 14 2010 . broadcasting yearbook 1961 62 pdf . 1961 . p. b 111 . retrieved february 14 2010 . a b broadcasting yearbook 1981 pdf . 1981 . pp . c 147 8 . retrieved february 16 2010 . broadcasting yearbook 1964 pdf . 1964 . p. b 97 . retrieved february 16 2010 . broadcasting yearbook 1978 pdf . 1978 . p. c 136 . retrieved february 15 2010 . broadcasting yearbook 1973 pdf . 1973 . p. b 125 . retrieved february 15 2010 . broadcasting cablecasting yearbook 1988 pdf . 1988 . p. b 179 . retrieved april 5 2010 . nhab alumni bob frisch . new hampshire association of broadcasters . october 29 2001 . retrieved november 30 2010 . broadcasting cablecasting yearbook 1989 pdf . 1989 . p. b 189 . retrieved april 5 2010 . holmes steven a. february 11 1992 . the 1992 campaign republicans ; bush steps up campaign as buchanan lays out an agenda . the new york times . retrieved february 15 2010 . ... wgir am a news talk radio station ... brouder ed january 1 2009 . wfea history 1990s . man from mars productions . retrieved february 15 2010 . on january first it wfea switched from abc to nbc allowing cross town rival wgir to sign with abc news . fybush scott april 17 1997 . in the zone . north east radiowatch . retrieved february 15 2010 . a b fybush scott september 25 1998 . wnft wntn sold . north east radiowatch . retrieved february 15 2010 . fybush scott october 1 1998 . wnnz sold to clear channel . north east radiowatch . retrieved february 15 2010 . fybush scott october 9 1998 . clear channel gets jacor . north east radiowatch . retrieved february 15 2010 . fybush scott may 21 1999 . nhpr goes north . north east radiowatch . retrieved february 16 2010 . fybush scott october 8 1999 . the big get bigger again . north east radiowatch . retrieved february 16 2010 . fybush scott august 23 2004 . rochester loses pete dobrovitz . northeast radio watch . retrieved february 16 2010 . clear channel tunes in fox news as primary news provider . san antonio business journal . american city business journals . december 6 2004 . retrieved february 16 2010 . fybush scott march 16 2009 . now ny s k rock is history . northeast radio watch . retrieved february 16 2010 . fybush scott april 11 2011 . wben adds fm . northeast radio watch . retrieved april 30 2011 . external links edit official website query the fcc s am station database for wgir radio locator information on wgir query nielsen audio s am station database for wgir 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 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 iheartmedia corporate officers bob pittman chairman ceo board of directors lowry mays irving azoff b. j. red mccombs j. c. watts john h. williams radio stations list of radio stations owned by iheartmedia radio networks fox sports radio premiere networks premium choice total traffic and weather network miscellaneous clear channel outdoor clear channel uk iheartradio list of programming syndicated by iheartmedia mediabase radio computing services retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wgir am & oldid 740437020 categories radio stations in new hampshirenews and talk radio stations in the united statesradio stations established in 1941manchester new hampshirehillsborough county new hampshireiheartmedia radio stations 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 21 september 2016 at 02 13 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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