WLKZ

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WLKZ is an American licensed radio station in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, serving the Lakes Region. The station is owned by Jeffrey Shapiro's Great Eastern Radio and carries a classic rock format, under the "104.9 The Hawk" branding.

History

The original construction permit for the station was granted on July 1, 1983,[1] and the WLKZ call letters were assigned on October 11;[2] it took to the air on February 1, 1985,[3] and a license to cover was granted on June 4, 1985.[4]

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Former logo under the "Oldies 105" branding
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Former logo under the "Frank FM" branding

During the 1980s, WLKZ offered an adult contemporary format;[3] by 1996, it was offering an oldies format.[5] Initially, the station aired the format on its own; however, in 2000, original owner Jay Williams sold the station to Tele-Media, owner of similarly-formatted WNNH in the nearby Concord market.[6] Tele-Media sold WLKZ, WNNH, and WHOB (now WFNQ) to Nassau Broadcasting Partners in 2004.[7] Nevertheless, the station continued to be programmed and branded separately from WNNH until 2007, when Nassau consolidated the two stations into a simulcast. That December, the stations shifted to Nassau's Frank FM classic hits format as a result of an unsuccessful attempt to convert WWHQ and WWHK (the then-homes for the "Hawk" classic rock format) to sports radio programming from WEEI.[8][9]

After a corporate reorganization required Nassau to spin off WWHQ and WNNH,[10] WLKZ discontinued the simulcast with WNNH, and dropped classic hits in favor of WWHQ's prior classic rock format on November 4, 2009.[11] WLKZ, along with 29 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 station, and 12 of the other stations, were then acquired by Vertical Capital Partners, controlled by Jeff Shapiro.[12][13] The deal was completed on November 30, 2012.[14] The Vertical Capital Partners stations were transferred to Shapiro's existing Great Eastern Radio group on January 1, 2013.[15][16]

References

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