WFNQ is a radio station

Radio station

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 in Nashua, New Hampshire

Nashua, New Hampshire

-Climate:-Demographics:As of the census of 2010, there were 86,494 people, 35,044 households, and 21,876 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,719.9 people per square mile . There were 37,168 housing units at an average density of 1,202.8 per square mile...

, serving the Nashua

Nashua, New Hampshire

-Climate:-Demographics:As of the census of 2010, there were 86,494 people, 35,044 households, and 21,876 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,719.9 people per square mile . There were 37,168 housing units at an average density of 1,202.8 per square mile...

 area with a classic hits

Classic hits

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 format. It is currently owned by Nassau Broadcasting Partners

Nassau Broadcasting Partners

Nassau Broadcasting Partners LP is a company based in Princeton, New Jersey that owns radio stations in New England and the Mid-Atlantic United States. Nassau's stations, which include both AM and FM frequencies, are located in Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey,...

. The station's studios are located in Hooksett

Hooksett, New Hampshire

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.

WFNQ can also be received in the northern portion of the Boston

Boston

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 area; the station has interference with Providence

Providence, Rhode Island

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-market WWKX

WWKX

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 past this area.

History

WFNQ signed on October 19, 1987 as WHOB, under the ownership of Mario DeCarlo. Although WHOB was a new license, it inherited the allocation previously assigned to WOTW-FM, which operated from 1947 until 1985. At one time a CHR

Contemporary hit radio

Contemporary hit radio is a radio format that is common in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top 40 music charts...

 station, the station began mixing in modern rock

Modern rock

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 in 1996, and had shifted to hot adult contemporary by 1999, when DeCarlo retired and sold WHOB to Tele-Media.

Tele-Media sold WHOB, along with WNNH

WNNH

WNNH is an American radio station owned by Nassau Broadcasting and licensed to Henniker, New Hampshire. The station is currently airs a classical music format simulcasting co-owned Maine based WBACH.-History:...

 in Henniker

Henniker, New Hampshire

Henniker is a town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 4,836. Henniker is home to New England College, Ames State Forest and Craney Hill State Forest....

 and WLKZ

WLKZ

WLKZ is an American licensed radio station in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, serving the Lakes Region. The station is owned by Nassau Broadcasting Partners and carries a classic rock format, under the "104.9 The Hawk" branding.-History:...

 in Wolfeboro

Wolfeboro, New Hampshire

Wolfeboro is a town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 6,269 at the 2010 census. A venerable resort area situated beside Lake Winnipesaukee, Wolfeboro includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls...

, to Nassau in 2004. Nassau dropped the hot AC format in favor of the "Frank FM

Frank FM

Frank FM is the branding used by Nassau Broadcasting Partners for their adult rock/variety hits radio stations. Some of these stations lean toward more of a classic hits format...

" classic hits format (the second Nassau station, after WFNK

WFNK

WFNK is a radio station broadcasting a classic hits format, known on air as Frank FM. Licensed to Lewiston, Maine, USA, the station serves the Portland, Maine area. The station is currently owned by Nassau Broadcasting Partners....

 in Lewiston, Maine

Lewiston, Maine

Lewiston is a city in Androscoggin County in Maine, and the second-largest city in the state. The population was 41,592 at the 2010 census. It is one of two principal cities of and included within the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine metropolitan New England city and town area and the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine...

, to do so) and the WFNQ callsign on March 17, 2005.

External links

• WFNQ official website