WYKR-FM
Template:DMCA Template:DMCA Template:Infobox radio station dual WYKR-FM (101.3 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Haverhill, New Hampshire. It airs a country music format.[1] WYKR-FM's programming is also heard on daytime-only station WTWN (1100 AM) and FM translator W286DE (105.1) in Wells River, Vermont. Both WYKR-FM and WTWN are owned by Joshua Smith's Yankee Kingdom Media Corp.
WYKR began broadcasting in 1976 over the AM station in Wells River, which operated at 1490 kHz until 1987. WYKR-FM was added in 1990. WYKR AM became WTWN in 1999, and aired Christian radio programming during the 2000s before returning to the WYKR-FM simulcast. The Puffer family owned the stations from 1976 until 2023, when they were acquired by Yankee Kingdom Media Corp.
History
WYKR went on the air October 3, 1976, under the ownership of Eugene and Harold Puffer, doing business as the Puffer Brothers.[2][3] The station's studios were located in the former Wells River Graded School.[2] Harold Puffer left the station in 1981 to return to the insurance business; the following year, Eugene Puffer—who had previously worked at WCVR in Randolph—transferred WYKR's license to a new company, Puffer Broadcasting.[2] WYKR was a 1,000-watt station at 1490 kHz until 1987, when it moved to 1100 kHz and boosted power to 5,000 watts.[2]
In the late 1980s, Puffer Broadcasting obtained a construction permit for an FM station at 101.3 MHz, with the intent of simulcasting WYKR's country music programming.[2] The new station was assigned the WYKR-FM call sign by the Federal Communications Commission on November 10, 1988,[4] and went on the air February 19, 1990.[5] The AM station changed its call sign from WYKR to WTWN, for "Twin State",[6] on April 16, 1999;[7] by June 2000, WTWN was a Christian radio station.[8]
Puffer Broadcasting sold WYKR-FM and WTWN to Joshua Smith, through his Yankee Kingdom Media Corp., for $125,000 in 2023; the stations' towers, which the Puffers had separately held through Mill Street Enterprises, were also concurrently acquired by Smith.[9]
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Winter 2008 Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
- ^ a b c d e Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Voices From The Hills" (PDF). Vermont Association of Broadcasters. May 19, 1989. p. 43. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."WYKR (WTWN) history cards" (PDF). CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."WYKR-FM Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-280. Retrieved April 23, 2017.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Fybush, Scott (June 23, 2000). "CRTC Picks Three in Toronto". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Venta, Lance (May 26, 2023). "Station Sales Week Of 5/26". RadioInsight. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
External links
- Official website
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- WYKR in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- Template:FCC Licensing and Management System facility
- WTWN in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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