• Get involved.
    We want your input!
    Apply for Membership and join the conversations about everything related to broadcasting.

    After we receive your registration, a moderator will review it. After your registration is approved, you will be permitted to post.
    If you use a disposable or false email address, your registration will be rejected.

    After your membership is approved, please take a minute to tell us a little bit about yourself.
    https://www.radiodiscussions.com/forums/introduce-yourself.1088/

    Thanks in advance and have fun!
    RadioDiscussions Administrators

If I ran the Portland and Portsmouth-Dover-Rochester radio markets.

I got this idea from the thread in the Boston market and I thought it would be neat to do.

So here's Portsmouth-Dover-Rochester:

92.1 WPHX would be restored to WCDQ- Mount Rialto Radio playing Adult Album Alternative.

95.3 WSKX would break away from Kiss 108 and become Kiss 95.3, but simulcast Matty in the Morning.

96.7 WQSO would become The Shark using the WSHK calls. The Shark would still play Classic Rock. The Shark also wouldn't have a simulcast it would just be on 96.7. 967 The Shark

97.5 WOKQ would stay the same. I would add a slogan though: Q 975- "Country for the Seacoast"

98.7 WBYY would stay the same.

100.3 WHEB would switch to a WFNX simulcast and just use the WPHX-FM calls. This would also give FNX a better signal into Portland.

102.1 WSAK would go from 3,000 watts to 10,000 watts. This would hopefully make 102.1 strong enough to come in well enough in Rochester since 102.1 would become WQSO and play oldies. The Wave 102.

105.3 WSHK would become the new home of WHEB. Since 105.3 comes in in Portsmouth it could still serve its market. 105.3 WHEB

106.5 WNHI would become a WRED simulcast since 95.9 doesn't come in too well in Portsmouth.

107.1 WERZ would stay the same except for the slogan. The new slogan would be 107 ERZ- #1 for the 80s, 90s and Today.


Okay now here's Portland

93.1 would remain the same.

94.3 would remain the same.

95.9 WRED would stay Red Hot 959 but now it would have a simulcast, changing the slogan to Red Hot 95 and 106.

96.3 would go back to WLOB-FM

97.9 WJBQ would remain the same.

98.9 would remain the same.

99.3 would remain Classical.

99.9 WTHT would change to an Adult Contemporary station. The slogan would be Magic 99.

100.9 would remain the same.

101.9 would remain the same.

102.9 would remain the same.

103.7 would drop the WOKQ simulcast and become 1037 Frank FM.

104.7 WHXQ would stay The Bone

106.3 would remain Classical.

107.5 would go back to The Wolf.
 
umm, why would u simulcast 95.9 with another Classic Rock station? There are plenty of rock stations in the area, bring the Hip-Hop back!! Maybe not as hiphopier but make it Rythmic Top40 ish maybe?

The rest is good/cool if happened
 
benwnn91 said:
umm, why would u simulcast 95.9 with another Classic Rock station? There are plenty of rock stations in the area, bring the Hip-Hop back!! Maybe not as hiphopier but make it Rythmic Top40 ish maybe?

The rest is good/cool if happened
No I meant that 95.9 would go back to Hip-Hop but also be broadcasted on the 106.5 frequency.
 
wpxt said:
102.1 WSAK would go from 3,000 watts to 10,000 watts.

The problem is, that pesky FCC wouldn't allow this.

102.1 @ a class B1 (which is what you need for a 10kW power level assuming the same antenna height) would
be too short to 102.3A Concord, 102.5B Waltham, 101.9B Portland. All of the 10kW directional power would shoot out into the water.
It's probably too short to 102.1B Springfield as well as a 10kW B1.
 
oh that would be good... for New Hampshire. The signal was always so little it only went past Portland, updating the signal in Maine would have been good
 
you also have a full C on 102.1 in Dexter (That is receivable to just about the 95/295 split) and a full C on 101.9 in Portland.......that kills the 102.1 signal to the northeast
 
Mainedude2007 said:
you also have a full C on 102.1 in Dexter (That is receivable to just about the 95/295 split) and a full C on 101.9 in Portland.......that kills the 102.1 signal to the northeast

Actually 102.1 WGUY is a C2, and WPOR a B.
 
WHEB transplanted with FNX?

Hmm, interesting proposition. Haven't heard the station recently... used to be a legend. That'd be sad. :-\

Question: Aren't they still originating "the Morning Buzz"? What to do with them? Move them to Manchester where they're simulcast?
 
WHEB is still a pretty decent station and I do believe the Morning Buzz originates from there. To bad mid-days are VT.
 
As Aerosmith said, "Dream On". WHEB is a herritage cash cow. It will be the last, yes *last* Seacoast radio station changing formats or call letters. What nut institution did this WPXT character escape from anyway?

BTW... The Morning Buzz originates from the WHEB studios at 815 Lafayette Road in Portsmouth and has since it's inception in 1997.
 
Thanks for the clarification, Ace. And I truly agree with your assessment that WHEB will probably always be WHEB doing what it's been doing for the last X amount of years quite simply because [I expect] it's still successful doing so.
 
Status
This thread has been closed due to inactivity. You can create a new thread to discuss this topic.


Back
Top Bottom