WINQ-FM

Winchester, New Hampshire United States
Broadcast area	Keene, New Hampshire Brattleboro, Vermont
Frequency	98.7 MHz (HD Radio)
Branding	98.7 WINK Country
Programming
Format	Country
Subchannels	HD2: Classic country "WINK Classic Country 103.1 FM"
Affiliations	Premiere Networks Westwood One
Ownership
Owner	Saga Communications (Saga Communications of New England, LLC)
Sister stations	WINQ, WKBK, WKVT-FM, WKNE, WSNI, WZBK
History
First air date	1991; 33 years ago (1991) (as WKBK-FM)
Former call signs	WKBK-FM (1991) WXOD (1991–2002) WOQL (2002–2005) WINQ (2005–2018)[1]
Call sign meaning	"Wink"
Technical information[2]
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	57228
Class	A
ERP	2,150 watts
HAAT	169 meters (554 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	42°54′57.3″N 72°19′51.3″W / 42.915917°N 72.330917°W / 42.915917; -72.330917
Translator(s)	HD2: 103.1 W276CB (Keene)
Repeater(s)	1490 WINQ (Brattleboro, Vermont)
Links
Public license information	Public file LMS
Webcast	Listen live HD2: Listen live
Website	987wink.com HD2: countryclassics1031.com

WINQ-FM (98.7 MHz, "WINK Country 98.7") is a radio station licensed to serve Winchester, New Hampshire. The station is owned by Saga Communications licensed to Saga Communications of New England, LLC, and operates as part of its Monadnock Broadcasting Group. It airs a country music format.^[3]

The station first signed on as WKBK-FM offering the same programming as WKBK (1220 AM, now WZBK) until its sale. It then became oldies WXOD on October 1, 1991.

The station changed its call sign to WINQ on January 1, 2005. It changed its call sign to the current WINQ-FM on June 19, 2018.^[1]

Translators

W270AH, the former WZID translator in Peterborough, is now W276CB (103.1 FM) in Keene. After having relayed WKNE-HD3 for a while, W276CB has been relaying WINQ-FM's second HD Radio channel since December 2018.