branding rock 106.3 slogan home of free beer & hot wings frequency 106.3 mhz first air date 1974 as wjbq fm format mainstream rock erp 3 000 watts haat 91 meters class a facility id 73885 transmitter coordinates 43 35 22 n 70 22 21 w 43.58944 n 70.37250 w 43.58944 ; 70.37250 former callsigns wjbq fm 1974 1981 wdcs 1981 1988 wpkm 1988 1998 wbqw 1998 2008 whxq 2008 2010 owner binnie media wbin media co. inc. sister stations wbqq wfnk wlam wlvp wtht website www.1063rocks.com whxr 106.3 fm ; rock 106.3 is an american mainstream rock radio station licensed to serve scarborough maine with studios in portland . 1 established in 1974 the station is owned by binnie media . contents 1 history 2 former logo 3 references 4 external links history edit whxr signed on the air in 1974 as top 40 station wjbq fm no relation to the current wjbq in portland ; in 1981 the station swapped formats and call signs with 97.9 fm becoming classical music station wdcs . it became wpkm in 1988 and in 1998 joined the wbach network as wbqw . on october 2 2008 the station switched call signs and programming with 104.7 which operated with the wbach classical music programming as wbqw until 2012 when it became top 40 station whtp . on april 13 2004 whxq originally began broadcasting on 104.7 as a classic rock station branded as the bone shifting to active rock in 2006 and moving to 106.3 on october 2 2008 . prior to april 9 2010 whxq was simulcast on whxr 106.7 fm ; on august 3 2010 whxq took the whxr call letters abandoned by 106.7 which had become wxtp . whxr along with 16 other stations in northern new england formerly owned by nassau broadcasting partners 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 new hampshire . 2 3 the deal was completed on november 30 2012 ; 4 on that day whxr rebranded from 106.3 the bone to rock 106.3 . former logo edit references edit http www.allaccess.com mediabase q report stations by format for r5 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 whxr radio locator information on whxr query nielsen audio s fm station database for whxr v t e radio stations in the portland maine market by am frequency 560 730 780 870 900 970 1220 1310 1400 1440 1450 1490 by fm frequency 88.3 88.5 88.7 89.3 90.1 90.9 91.9 92.1 92.5 93.1 94.3 94.9 95.5 95.9 96.3 96.9 97.1 97.9 98.9 99.3 99.9 100.5 100.9 101.9 102.9 103.7 104.7 105.9 106.3 106.7 107.5 107.9 by callsign w223bh w245aa w263bz wbae wbci wblm wbqq wclz wcme wcyy wfnk wgan wgin whom whtp whxr wjbq wjjb fm wjto wjzf lp wjzp lp wlob wlvp wmea wmgx wmpg wmsj woxo wpei wpkq wpor wppi wred wrkj wsew wtht wtme wwsf wxex fm wxtp wyar wyfp wynz wzan maine radio markets augusta waterville bangor portland other maine radio regions northern & downeast maine lewiston auburn see also list of radio stations in maine portsmouth lakes region northeast kingdom retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title whxr & oldid 702703061 categories radio stations in mainemainstream rock radio stations in the united statesradio stations established in 1974radio stations in portland mainescarborough maine 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 1 february 2016 at 04 55 . 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