WNCK
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Broadcast area | Nantucket, Massachusetts |
|---|---|
| [[Frequency|FrequencTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | 89.5 MHz |
| Branding | 89.5 Quahog Country |
| Programming | |
| Format | Country |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Nantucket Public Radio, Inc. |
| WAZK | |
| History | |
First air date | 2002 |
Former call signs | WAZK (2001–2002) |
Call sign meaning | Nantucket |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| 87830 | |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 820 watts |
| HAAT | 35 meters (115 ft) |
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| Links | |
Public license information | Template:FCC Licensing and Management System facility |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
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WNCK (89.5 FM) is a radio station known as "89.5 Quahog Country". It is licensed to and serves Nantucket, Massachusetts. The station is owned by Nantucket Public Radio, Inc.[2][3]
History
The station signed on in 2002 and originally programmed an adult contemporary format.[4] On April 1, 2003, the station entered into a ten-year programming and operational agreement with the WGBH Educational Foundation;[5] despite this, WNCK remained separately-run from WCAI, WNAN, and WZAI, the WGBH-owned and operated Cape and Islands NPR stations.
Originally, WGBH programmed WNCK as a simulcast of its primary radio service, offering a mixed-format of classical, jazz, folk, blues, Celtic music, and news. Upon the completion of WGBH's acquisition of Boston classical music station WCRB on December 1, 2009, WNCK switched its programming source to that station in an effort to improve WCRB's signal. (Concurrent with the acquisition, WGBH's own classical music programming, as well as the folk and blues programming, were replaced with increased news programming, essentially rendering the simulcast on WNCK largely redundant to WCAI, specifically the WNAN transmitter.)[6]
On June 19, 2014, WNCK dropped its simulcast with WCRB to become a local NPR station for Nantucket. The station's lineup included Morning Edition and All Things Considered, with classical music being aired the rest of the day and all weekend.[7] On December 28, 2020, the station changed its format to country music, branded as "89.5 Quahog Country". By this point, WNCK was being operated under common management with commercial station WAZK.[8]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Facility Technical Data for WNCK". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."WNCK Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."WNCK Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Fybush, Scott (July 29, 2002). "Vox buys WBEC (Really!)". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ownership Report For Noncommercial Educational Broadcast Station". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. July 7, 2003. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."WGBH Radio Help Center". WGBH.org. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
- ^ WNCK Shifts to Public News/Talk
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Venta, Lance (December 29, 2020). "WNCK Makes Rare NonComm Country Flip". RadioInsight. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
External links
- Template:FCC Licensing and Management System facility
- WNCK in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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