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WNHI

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WNHI
Broadcast areaSeacoastLakes Region
Frequency106.5 MHz
BrandingAir1
Programming
FormatChristian worship
AffiliationsAir1
Ownership
OwnerEducational Media Foundation
History
First air date
1999; 25 years ago (1999)
Former call signs
  • WZEN (1998–2001)
  • WMEX (2001–2008)
  • WKHL (2008)
Call sign meaning
New Hampshire
Technical information[1]
Licensing authority
FCC
Facility ID86163
ClassA
ERP2,900 watts
HAAT148 meters
Transmitter coordinates
43°24′1″N 71°09′27″W / 43.40028°N 71.15750°W / 43.40028; -71.15750
Links
Public license information
WebcastListen Live
Websiteair1.com

WNHI (106.5 FM) is a Christian worship formatted radio station. Licensed to Farmington, New Hampshire, the station's transmitter is located in New Durham, and studios are located in Rochester. The station serves the Lakes and Seacoast Regions of New Hampshire, and is currently owned by Educational Media Foundation.[2]

The station signed on in 1999 with a deep oldies format as WZEN, competing with WQSO. WZEN adopted the WMEX letters shortly after they were dropped by what is now WQOM (1060 AM) in 2001. The WMEX call letters, which were also used during the 1980s on what is now WWDJ (1150 AM) in Boston as well as WCLX in Westport, NY in the Burlington, VT market, refer to a popular top-40 station of the 1960s and 1970s on 1510 AM in Boston, Massachusetts (which has since reclaimed the WMEX call sign).

On January 28, 2008, AllAccess.com reported that the station was in the process of being sold to the Educational Media Foundation for $1 million.

On June 2, 2008, the station went out with the Righteous Brothers' "Rock n Roll Heaven" as its last tune. While the station changed its call letters to WKHL, implying that it would join K-LOVE, the station ended up joining sister network Air 1 instead. A few weeks later, the call sign was again changed, this time to the current WNHI.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Facility Technical Data for WNHI". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ^ "WNHI Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. ^ Fybush, Scott (June 30, 2008). "Harrisburg's Bruce Bond Charged in Fraud Scheme". NorthEast Radio Watch. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
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