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If you ran the Boston (and adjacent market) radio dials:

I’ve seen some threads like this in the past, so I figured I’d start a similar thread now that I don’t really have anything better to do. So here goes:

Manchester, NH:
95.7 WZID stays AC
101,1 WGIR stays rock
96.5 WMLL stays classic rock
97.5 WOKQ moves its tower closer to Manchester (to the WENH-TV tower), while remaining licensed to Dover
106.3/99.1 WFNQ/WNNH stay classic hits
105.5 WJYY starts to simulcast on 92.1 WDER-FM (changes calls to WNHQ) in Peterborough
Binnie Media buys 1110 WCCM Salem NH (and 98.9 translator) from Costa Eagle, which changes to a simulcast of 107.7 WTPL and changes its calls to WTPI

Boston:
103.3 WODS — flips to alternative
94.5 WJMN — re-adds the Breakfast Club in mornings
(No other changes)
 
I’ve seen some threads like this in the past, so I figured I’d start a similar thread now that I don’t really have anything better to do. So here goes:
Manchester, NH:
95.7 WZID stays AC
101,1 WGIR stays rock
96.5 WMLL stays classic rock
97.5 WOKQ moves its tower closer to Manchester (to the WENH-TV tower), while remaining licensed to Dover
106.3/99.1 WFNQ/WNNH stay classic hits
105.5 WJYY starts to simulcast on 92.1 WDER-FM (changes calls to WNHQ) in Peterborough
Binnie Media buys 1110 WCCM Salem NH (and 98.9 translator) from Costa Eagle, which changes to a simulcast of 107.7 WTPL and changes its calls to WTPI

Boston:
103.3 WODS — flips to alternative
94.5 WJMN — re-adds the Breakfast Club in mornings
(No other changes)
WOKQ has (or HAD) a translator in Manchester on 97.9.....I don't think Townsquare is going to move their country "blowtorch" anytime soon....
Your Binnie/WCCM/WTPL scenario sounds plausible......
 
WOKQ has (or HAD) a translator in Manchester on 97.9.....I don't think Townsquare is going to move their country "blowtorch" anytime soon....
Your Binnie/WCCM/WTPL scenario sounds plausible......

While I highly doubt they’ll actually be moving WOKQ to the WENH stick in Deerfield, it would certainly have a positive impact on the station. The coverage they’d be losing would primarily be either in the Portland market (which is saturated with country stations) or in the ocean, while they’d be gaining a lot of coverage in the most populous area north of Boston — the I-93 corridor, from Lawrence (MA) to Nashua, Manchester, Concord and up to almost Laconia.
 
While I highly doubt they’ll actually be moving WOKQ to the WENH stick in Deerfield, it would certainly have a positive impact on the station.

Especially if they had to cut power to protect adjacent frequencies in Boston and Worcester. There's The Beat at 97.7 for example. That could be a problem.
 
While I highly doubt they’ll actually be moving WOKQ to the WENH stick in Deerfield, it would certainly have a positive impact on the station. The coverage they’d be losing would primarily be either in the Portland market (which is saturated with country stations) or in the ocean, while they’d be gaining a lot of coverage in the most populous area north of Boston — the I-93 corridor, from Lawrence (MA) to Nashua, Manchester, Concord and up to almost Laconia.

Tom,

While I'm not a listener to WOKQ, I do recall when they were simulcast on WPKQ 103.7 to reach northern, NH and the surrounding country. While the two no longer simulcast, you should be aware of WPKQ and what its strengths are; meaning, there's little need for WOKQ to do anything re an antenna move. The following is from wikipedia:

"WPKQ (103.7 FM, "The Peak") is a country music radio station licensed to and based in North Conway, New Hampshire and is owned by Townsquare Media. It transmits from atop Mount Washington in New Hampshire, the tallest peak in the Northeast, alongside sister station WHOM. Despite primarily serving northern New Hampshire and western Maine, WPKQ's city-grade signal covers portions of New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont, and Quebec. The station serves as the northern New Hampshire and Lewiston-Auburn, Maine area affiliate for the New England Patriots Radio Network.

"Due to its transmitter location on the top of Mount Washington, the station has one of the largest coverage areas in North America, reaching most of New Hampshire (except where WKNE comes in better), the Northeast Kingdom and other portions of Central and Northern Vermont (including Montpelier, Saint Johnsbury and Burlington), Western, Central and Southern Maine (including the Lewiston/Auburn, Augusta and Portland areas), Southern Quebec (including eastern exurbs of Montreal and the Sherbrooke/Estrie area), and small portions of northeast Massachusetts (the northernmost areas of Essex County). However, as the slogan shows, the station chooses to focus mainly on New Hampshire (specifically areas north of the Lakes Region and Maine (specifically the Western Maine Mountains tourism region and portions of greater Portland), while still getting some listenership in Estrie and the Northeast Kingdom (especially within the former, as it is the only country station audible there)."
 
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