WNHI
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| Broadcast area | Seacoast–Lakes Region |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 106.5 MHz |
| Branding | Air1 |
| Programming | |
| Format | Christian worship |
| Affiliations | Air1 |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Educational Media Foundation |
| History | |
First air date | 1999 |
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | New Hampshire |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 86163 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 2,900 watts |
| HAAT | 148 meters |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°24′1″N 71°09′27″W / 43.40028°N 71.15750°W |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | air1.com |
WNHI (106.5 FM) is a Christian worship formatted radio station. Licensed to Farmington, New Hampshire, the station's transmitter is located in New Durham, and studios are located in Rochester. The station serves the Lakes and Seacoast Regions of New Hampshire, and is currently owned by Educational Media Foundation.[2]
The station signed on in 1999 with a deep oldies format as WZEN, competing with WQSO. WZEN adopted the WMEX letters shortly after they were dropped by what is now WQOM (1060 AM) in 2001. The WMEX call letters, which were also used during the 1980s on what is now WWDJ (1150 AM) in Boston as well as WCLX in Westport, NY in the Burlington, VT market, refer to a popular top-40 station of the 1960s and 1970s on 1510 AM in Boston, Massachusetts (which has since reclaimed the WMEX call sign).
On January 28, 2008, AllAccess.com reported that the station was in the process of being sold to the Educational Media Foundation for $1 million.
On June 2, 2008, the station went out with the Righteous Brothers' "Rock n Roll Heaven" as its last tune. While the station changed its call letters to WKHL, implying that it would join K-LOVE, the station ended up joining sister network Air 1 instead. A few weeks later, the call sign was again changed, this time to the current WNHI.[3]
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WNHI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WNHI Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Fybush, Scott (June 30, 2008). "Harrisburg's Bruce Bond Charged in Fraud Scheme". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
External links
- Facility details for Facility ID 86163 (WNHI) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WNHI in Nielsen Audio's FM station database