WWOD

For the Hartford, Vermont radio station that held the call sign WWOD at 104.3 FM from 2000 to 2012, see WECM (FM).
WWOD/WFYX
City of license WWOD: Woodstock, Vermont
WFYX: Walpole, New Hampshire
Broadcast area WWOD: Lebanon-Rutland-White River Junction
WFYX: Monadnock Region
Branding Kool 93.9 and 96.3
Slogan The Twin States Greatest Hits
Frequency WWOD: 93.9 MHz
WFYX: 96.3 MHz
First air date WWOD: April 18, 1989 (as WMXR)
WFYX: January 2001 (as WLPL)
Format Classic Hits
ERP WWOD:
3,100 watts horiz
2,980 watts vert
WFYX: 320 watts
HAAT WWOD: 139 meters
WFYX: 124 meters
Class WWOD: A
WFYX: A
Facility ID WWOD: 57002
WFYX: 23307
Transmitter coordinates WWOD:
43°38′49.00″N 72°21′49.00″W / 43.6469444°N 72.3636111°W
WFYX:
43°8′14.00″N 72°25′59.00″W / 43.1372222°N 72.4330556°W
Callsign meaning WWOD: OlDies (former branding of 104.3 FM)
Former callsigns WWOD:
WMXR (1989–2012)
WFYX:
WLPL (2001)
WCFR-FM (2001-2005)
WPLY-FM (2005-2008)
Owner Great Eastern Radio, LLC
Sister stations WGXL, WHDQ, WTSL, WTSV, WXXK
Webcast Listen Live
Website koolnh.com

WWOD (93.9 FM; "Kool 93.9 and 96.3") is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format. Licensed to Woodstock, Vermont, USA, the station serves the Lebanon-Rutland-White River Junction area and monadnock/sunapee/southeastern Vermont area. The station is currently owned by Great Eastern Radio, LLC.[1] Programming is simulcast on WFYX (96.3 FM) in Walpole, New Hampshire for the Monadnock Region in Southwestern New Hampshire and Southeastern Vermont.

History

WWOD

93.9 FM was started on April 18, 1989 as WMXR by Rob and Shirley Wolf.[2] In its early years, the station broadcast an oldies format,[2][3] which was expanded to WCFR-FM (93.5 FM, now WEEY) in 1998 after the Wolfs' acquisition of that station.[4] This evolved to into a classic hits station by April 2000, when new owners Conn River Broadcasting switched the stations' format to country music.[5]

Clear Channel Communications bought WMXR and WCFR in 2001[6] and merged the stations' country format (branded as "Bob Country") with that of its own WXXK (100.5 FM), branded "Kixx".[7] After several months of simulcasting with WXXK, WMXR switched to a simulcast of WVRR (101.7 FM, now WKKN at 101.9)'s classic rock format that October.[8] WMXR shifted to modern rock in late March 2002, though WVRR did not follow suit until early April.[9][10] Two years later, the stations (branded Rock 93.9 & 101.7) tweaked their format to mainstream rock and became quite successful in the Upper and Lower Valley region.

Clear Channel sold its stations in the Lebanon, New Hampshire market to Great Eastern Radio in January 2007,[11] who later that year switched WMXR to a news/talk format as "93.9 The Pulse", modeled on sister station WTPL in Hillsborough, New Hampshire.[12] This format was moved to and consolidated with a similar format on sister station WTSL (1400 AM) under the "Pulse" branding in May 2008, at which point WMXR adopted a classic hits format as "Maxx 93.9".[13] The station subsequently returned to classic rock, retaining the "Maxx" branding.

WMXR returned to a classic hits format on November 19, 2012, branded as "Kool 93.9 & 96.3," referring to the then-upcoming simulcast on WFYX.[14] On November 30, WMXR changed its call letters to WWOD, swapping calls with then-silent 104.3 FM, which has since been moved to the Burlington, Vt radio market.

WFYX

96.3 FM went on the air in January 2001 as WLPL, owned by Gary Savoie and simulcasting Vox Radio Group-owned oldies station WWOD (104.3 FM).[6] WLPL's sign on was delayed when environmental objections prevented the station from building a tower in Athens, Vermont;[15][16] it ultimately chose to transmit from an existing tower in New Hampshire.[6] The call letters were changed to WCFR-FM on October 19, shortly after they were dropped from WXKK (now WEEY);[17][18] soon afterward, Savoie sold the station to Vox.[19] Nassau Broadcasting Partners acquired most of Vox's northern New England radio stations, including WCFR and WWOD, in 2004.[20] WCFR-FM's call letters were changed to WPLY-FM on October 12, 2005, then to WFYX on October 7, 2008.[17]

WFYX and WWOD, along with 28 other Nassau stations in northern New England, was purchased at bankruptcy auction by Carlisle Capital Corporation, a company controlled by Bill Binnie (owner of WBIN-TV in Derry), on May 22, 2012. The stations, and 11 of the other stations, were then acquired by Vertical Capital Partners, controlled by Great Eastern Radio owner Jeff Shapiro. As this would put Shapiro over the Federal Communications Commission's ownership limits in the Lebanon-Rutland-White River Junction market, WWOD and WEXP were acquired by Electromagnetic Company, a company controlled by William and Gail Goddard; WFYX was not included in that transaction.[21][22][23] As a result, on December 1, 2012, WFYX began to simulcast 93.9 FM, while 104.3 FM left the air.[24] The Vertical Capital Partners stations were transferred to Great Eastern Radio on January 1, 2013.[25][26]

On January 9, 2013 WFYX was granted an FCC construction permit to increase ERP to 600 watts.

References

  1. ↑ "WWOD Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Broadcasting & Cable Market Place 1992 (PDF). 1992. p. A-360. Retrieved November 30, 2010.
  3. ↑ Fybush, Scott (October 16, 1996). "Here Comes Kidstar!". New England RadioWatch. Retrieved August 3, 2009.
  4. ↑ Fybush, Scott (June 4, 1998). "Tornado Topples WIVT". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved August 3, 2009.
  5. ↑ Fybush, Scott (April 7, 2000). ""Quick," What's On 93.5/93.9?". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved August 3, 2009.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Fybush, Scott (January 15, 2001). "Citadel, WROL, and WKOX -- Sold!". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved August 3, 2009.
  7. ↑ Fybush, Scott (April 4, 2001). "Take Me Out to the Ban Game". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved August 3, 2009.
  8. ↑ Fybush, Scott (October 29, 2001). "North East RadioWatch". Retrieved August 3, 2009.
  9. ↑ Fybush, Scott (April 1, 2002). "Neaverth Fired in Buffalo". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved August 3, 2009.
  10. ↑ Fybush, Scott (April 8, 2002). "North East RadioWatch". Retrieved August 3, 2009.
  11. ↑ Fybush, Scott (January 22, 2007). "Shapiro's Back in the Upper Valley". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved August 3, 2009.
  12. ↑ Fybush, Scott (October 22, 2007). "More AM Uncertainty in NYC, Boston". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved August 3, 2009.
  13. ↑ Fybush, Scott (May 26, 2008). "More Philly Morning Shifts". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved August 30, 2008.
  14. ↑ http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/79687/great-eastern-continues-northern-new-england-shuffle/
  15. ↑ Fybush, Scott (May 22, 1997). "Back to Boston". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved December 2, 2012.
  16. ↑ Fybush, Scott (June 5, 1997). "ARS Grows Again". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved December 2, 2012.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Fybush, Scott (October 29, 2001). "North East RadioWatch". Retrieved December 2, 2012.
  18. ↑ "Call Sign History (WFYX)". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved December 2, 2012.
  19. ↑ Fybush, Scott (November 5, 2001). "Doing the Albany Shuffle". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved December 2, 2012.
  20. ↑ "Nassau Will Buy 10 Vox Stations in New England". Radio World. March 16, 2004. Retrieved December 2, 2012.
  21. ↑ "Carlisle Capital Corp. Wins Bidding For Rest Of Nassau Stations". All Access. May 22, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
  22. ↑ Venta, Lance (May 22, 2012). "Nassau Broadcasting Auction Results". RadioInsight. Retrieved June 16, 2012. (updated June 14, 2012)
  23. ↑ "Jeff Shapiro spins off two former Nassau FMs to "Electromagnetic"". Radio-Info.com. June 15, 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2012.
  24. ↑ Venta, Lance (December 1, 2012). "Northern New England Change Rundown". RadioInsight. Retrieved December 2, 2012.
  25. ↑ "APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGN BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE OR TO TRANSFER CONTROL OF ENTITY HOLDING BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. December 11, 2012. Retrieved June 8, 2013.
  26. ↑ "Consummation Notice". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. January 4, 2013. Retrieved June 8, 2013.

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