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City |
WXRG: Concord, New Hampshire WLKC: Campton, New Hampshire |
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Broadcast area |
WXRG: Concord, New Hampshire WLKC: Lakes Region |
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Branding | The River | |||
Slogan | Independent Radio | |||
Frequency |
WXRG: 102.3 MHz WLKC: 105.7 MHz |
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First air date |
WXRG: March 7, 1972 (as WKXL-FM) WLKC: May 1996 |
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Format | AAA (WXRV simulcast) | |||
ERP |
WXRG: 3,000 watts WLKC: 4,100 watts |
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HAAT |
WXRG: 87 meters (285 ft) WLKC: 119 meters (390 ft) |
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Class |
WXRG: A WLKC: A |
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Facility ID |
WXRG: 8683 WLKC: 72211 |
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Transmitter coordinates |
WXRG: 43°13′0.0″N 71°34′34.0″W / 43.216667°N 71.576111°W |
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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) |
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Owner | Steven Silberberg (Devon Broadcasting Company, Inc.) |
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Sister stations | WFNX, WLKC, WXRV | |||
Webcast |
Listen Live (WXRG) Listen Live (WLKC) Listen Live (MP3) |
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Website | www |
WXRG: 43°13′0.0″N 71°34′34.0″W / 43.216667°N 71.576111°W
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.
The station began operations March 7, 1972 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. 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 it was converted to a simulcast of the AM side's programming.
In 1999, the employee group sold the WKXL stations to Vox Media, who, after buying WRCI (107.7 FM) in nearby Hillsborough several months later, shifted the simulcast to that station; as a result, on January 3, 2000, the station returned to separate programming as a country station, WOTX-FM ("Outlaw Country").
In 2004, Vox sold most of its stations in the area to Nassau Broadcasting Partners; however, Nassau could not buy WOTX outright due to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ownership restrictions. Nassau did take control of the station under a local marketing agreement, 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.