the call sign wxrg at 99.9 fm from 2008 to 2013 see wfnx fm . for the new hampshire station that previously held it see wnyn fm . for the mount clemens michigan radio station that held the call sign wwhk at 1430 am from 1985 to 1990 see wpzr wbrb am fm . wxrg wlkc city wxrg concord new hampshire wlkc campton new hampshire broadcast area wxrg concord new hampshire wlkc lakes region branding the river slogan independent radio frequency wxrg 102.3 mhz wlkc 105.7 mhz first air date wxrg march 7 1972 as wkxl fm wlkc may 1996 1 format aaa wxrv simulcast erp wxrg 3 000 watts wlkc 4 100 watts haat wxrg 87 meters 285 ft wlkc 119 meters 390 ft class wxrg a wlkc a facility id wxrg 8683 wlkc 72211 transmitter coordinates wxrg 43 13 0.0 n 71 34 34.0 w 43.216667 n 71.576111 w 43.216667 ; 71.576111 wxrg wlkc 43 45 45.00 n 71 39 0.00 w 43.7625000 n 71.6500000 w 43.7625000 ; 71.6500000 wlkc former callsigns wxrg wkxl fm march 7 1972 january 3 2000 wotx fm january 3 2000 february 7 2005 wlkc wvfm 1996 2005 wusx 2005 owner steven silberberg devon broadcasting company inc. sister stations wlkc wxrv wfnx webcast listen live wxrg listen live wlkc listen live mp3 website www.theriverboston.com wxrg 102.3 fm ; the river is an american licensed radio station in concord new hampshire . the station is owned by steven silberberg s devon broadcasting company inc. and simulcasts the adult album alternative format of wxrv 92.5 fm from andover massachusetts . contents 1 history 2 wlkc 105.7 the river 3 references 4 external links history edit the station began operations march 7 1972 2 as wkxl fm the fm sister station to wkxl 1450 am under the ownership of frank estes who also owned wkxr in exeter new hampshire . 3 in 1980 estes sold the wkxl stations to a group of station employees . at one point wkxl fm offered its own programming including a contemporary hit radio format but in 1991 4 it was converted to a simulcast of the am side s programming . 5 in 1999 the employee group sold the wkxl stations to vox media 4 who after buying wrci 107.7 fm in nearby hillsborough several months later shifted the simulcast to that station ; 6 as a result on january 3 2000 the station returned to separate programming as a country station wotx fm outlaw country . 7 in 2004 vox sold most of its stations in the area to nassau broadcasting partners ; 8 however nassau could not buy wotx outright due to federal communications commission fcc ownership restrictions . 9 nassau did take control of the station under a local marketing agreement 9 and on february 7 2005 swapped formats with wnhi 93.3 fm and became a classic rock station as wwhk 102.3 the hawk in tandem with a nearby nassau classic rock station wwhq 101.5 fm in meredith new hampshire . 10 wwhk had planned to drop the classic rock format in favor of sports talk provided by boston s weei in january 2008 11 but the deal between nassau and entercom ended up collapsing . 12 in march 2008 the station shifted from classic rock to a more mainstream rock format . however in september 2006 the fcc ruled that local marketing agreements and joint sales agreements counted towards the operator s ownership count in a market . 13 initially nassau continued to operate wwhk in violation of this ruling as it attempted to obtain a waiver to buy wwhk outright but the fcc ruled in april 2008 that nassau had worked with arbitron to create a concord radio market and barred its purchase of wwhk . 9 four months later the fcc ordered nassau to terminate the joint sales agreement with capitol broadcasting the vox media subsidiary that continued to hold the wwhk license while nassau ran the station . 13 nassau complied and on august 22 2008 vox reassumed control of the station with a commercial free rock format . 14 the station switched to classical music in september 2008 ; 15 soon afterwards the station went silent . 16 vox reached a deal to sell wwhk to andrew sumereau in 2009 . 17 in the interim vox returned the station to the air in july again airing a classic rock loop . 18 in april 2010 the station began simulcasting wtpl the former wrci and second wkxl fm . 19 the sale to sumereau s company birch broadcasting was finally completed on june 22 2011 ; a week earlier vox temporarily signed wwhk off once more . 20 birch returned the station to the air on june 15 2012 21 after an earlier return on june 8 22 was ended three days later due to the station s tower not being grounded to safely handle lightning strikes 23 . for nearly two years 24 hours a day the station aired rock songs performed in classical style by the group known as the vitamin string quartet 24 in early 2014 steven silberberg s northeast broadcasting reached a deal to purchase wwhk from birch broadcasting . 25 northeast took control of the station through a local marketing agreement on april 1 ; 25 soon thereafter wwhk began broadcasting commercial free selections from andover massachusetts sister station wxrv s river music hall performances . 26 on may 2 2014 wwhk began simulcasting wxrv . 25 however the station broadcasts separate news weather and advertising . 25 26 wxrv s programming was already available in portions of the concord lakes region market through wlkc 105.7 fm in campton ; 26 wwhk is located between the coverage areas of wxrv and wlkc . 25 the sale to licensee devon broadcasting company inc. at a price of 425 000 was consummated on june 19 2014 . on march 28 2016 wwhk changed their call letters to wxrg . wlkc 105.7 the river edit wlkc 105.7 fm licensed to campton new hampshire has simulcast wxrv since 1999 . for a brief time during 2012 13 the station was programmed separately though retaining the river branding and aaa format before returning to the wxrv simulcast . in 2014 northeast broadcasting acquired a second new hampshire station wwhk 102.3 fm in concord ; that station began broadcasting wxrv programming on may 2 2014 though wwhk broadcasts separate news weather and advertising . 27 26 later that month wxrv added a translator in needham massachusetts w243dc 96.5 fm . references edit fybush scott may 21 1996 . new england radiowatch . retrieved december 28 2011 . broadcasting cablecasting yearbook 1989 pdf . 1989 . p. b 188 . retrieved april 5 2010 . nhab alumni frank estes . new hampshire association of broadcasters . october 28 2001 . retrieved august 26 2008 . a b fybush scott april 2 1999 . the eagle has crash landed . north east radiowatch . retrieved august 26 2008 . wollman garrett . wtpl promo vehicle . new hampshire june 2005 . archives bostonradio.org . retrieved august 26 2008 . fybush scott december 26 1999 . citadel bulks up in worcester . north east radiowatch . retrieved august 26 2008 . fybush scott january 28 2000 . welcome back wmex and we take on lpfm . north east radiowatch . retrieved august 26 2008 . fybush scott march 22 2004 . vox sells 10 more to nassau . northeast radio watch . retrieved august 26 2008 . a b c fybush scott april 7 2008 . cbs cutbacks hit local tv staffs . northeast radio watch . retrieved august 26 2008 . fybush scott february 7 2005 . qantum buys the cape ; cherry creek buys the east end ; wsmn goes dark . north east radiowatch . retrieved august 26 2008 . nassau broadcasting brings a championship to new hampshire press release . nassau broadcasting partners . october 26 2007 . entercom nassau deal falls through . radio ink . january 4 2008 . a b fcc denies waiver bid rules nassau must end jsa . radio ink . august 12 2008 . retrieved august 26 2008 . fybush scott august 25 2008 . atlantic coast nassau shake up maine . northeast radio watch . retrieved august 26 2008 . fybush scott september 8 2008 . now time at philly s wjjz . northeast radio watch . retrieved september 30 2008 . fybush scott september 29 2008 . scranton s ron allen dies . northeast radio watch . retrieved september 30 2008 . hanna maddie march 21 2009 . off air station purchased ; future unclear . concord monitor . retrieved march 21 2009 . fybush scott july 27 2009 . whither pulse . northeast radio watch . retrieved july 27 2009 . http boards.radio info.com smf index.php topic 165514.0 wtpl on wwhk sumereau andrew t. june 24 2011 . notification of suspension of operations request for silent sta . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . retrieved june 30 2011 . resumption of operations . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . june 15 2012 . retrieved may 2 2014 . resumption of operations . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . june 8 2012 . retrieved may 2 2014 . notification of suspension of operations request for silent sta . cdbs public access . federal communications commission . june 11 2012 . retrieved may 2 2014 . lavoie rebecca august 8 2012 . from classic rock to classical pop . new hampshire public radio . retrieved may 2 2014 . a b c d e wwhk concord begins wxrv simulcast a b c d doyle megan may 1 2014 . 92.5 the river begins simulcast on concord station . concord monitor . retrieved may 2 2014 . wwhk concord begins wxrv simulcast external links edit official website query the fcc s fm station database for wxrg radio locator information on wxrg query nielsen audio s fm station database for wxrg query the fcc s fm station database for wlkc radio locator information on wlkc query nielsen audio s fm station database for wlkc 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 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title wxrg & oldid 740907097 categories radio stations in new hampshireconcord new hampshireradio stations established in 19721972 establishments in new hampshireadult album alternative radio stations in the united states 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 24 september 2016 at 02 44 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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