WFEA

WFEA
	kHz
Branding	99.9 FM and 1370 WFEA
Programming
Format	Talk
Network	CBS News Radio
Affiliations	Compass Media Networks; Salem Radio Network; Westwood One;
Ownership
Owner	Saga Communications; (Saga Communications of New England, LLC);
Sister stations	WZID, WMLL
History
First air date	March 1, 1932; 92 years ago
Technical information
Licensing authority	FCC
Facility ID	58543
Class	B
Power	5,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates	42°54′26.31″N 71°27′43.24″W / 42.9073083°N 71.4620111°W
Translator(s)	99.9 W260CF (Manchester)
Repeater(s)	96.5 WMLL-HD2 (Bedford)
Links
Public license information	Public file; LMS;
Webcast	Listen live
Website	1370wfea.com

WFEA (1370

studios

and offices are on North Commercial Street in Manchester.

WFEA is powered at 5,000

FM translator station W260CF at 99.9 MHz.^[3] The FM transmitter is on Mount Uncanoonuc in Goffstown. WFEA is simulcast on the HD2 digital subchannel

of WMLL. Until February 1, 2017, it was on the HD3 subchannel of WZID.

Programming

Weekdays begin with the WFEA Morning Update, a news and interview show hosted by Drew Cline. The rest of the weekday schedule is

nationally syndicated programs hosted by Boston-based Howie Carr and Grace Curley, The Hugh Hewitt Show, The Mark Levin Show, Eye on the World with John Batchelor and Red Eye Radio.^[4]

On weekends, shows on money, health, home repair, law, travel, cars and technology are heard, some of which are paid brokered programming. Weekend syndicated hosts include Kim Komando, Lars Larson, Larry Kudlow, Rudy Maxa, Major Garrett and Bill Handel. Most hours begin with an update from CBS News Radio.

History

Early years

WFEA has been broadcasting continuously since 9:00 a.m. on March 1, 1932. It is

CBS Radio Network.^[5]

Before the enactment of the North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement (NARBA) in 1941, WFEA broadcast on 1340 kHz.^[6] It transmitted with 1,000 watts by day and 500 watts at night. It was owned by the New Hampshire Broadcasting Company.

Move to AM 1370

After NARBA, WFEA shifted to

NBC Red Network and the Mutual Broadcasting System. During the "Golden Age of Radio", WFEA carried NBC and Mutual's schedule of dramas, comedies, news, sports, variety shows, soap operas, game shows and big band

broadcasts.

As network programming shifted from radio to TV, in the 1950s and 1960s, WFEA evolved into a

hot AC format in the mid-1980s. By the late 1980s, it switched to mainstream adult contemporary music

.

Adult standards, talk, and sports

In 1990, WFEA switched to a satellite-delivered

Nat "King" Cole. In November 1990, WFEA was acquired by Saga Communications.^[8]

The music format was discontinued in February 2015 and WFEA switched to talk programming, with hourly updates from CBS Radio News. WFEA had broadcast Manchester Wolves Arena Football League games before the team folded at the end of the 2009 season, and the University of New Hampshire college football and basketball games.

Translator

Broadcast translator
for WFEA
Call sign	Frequency	City of license	FID	ERP (W)	Class	Transmitter coordinates	FCC info	Notes
W260CF	99.9 FM	Manchester, New Hampshire	154234	110	D	42°59′2.3″N 71°35′20.2″W / 42.983972°N 71.588944°W / 42.983972; -71.588944 (W260CF)	LMS	Relays WMLL-HD2

References

^ "Facility Technical Data for WFEA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
^ Radio-Locator.com/WFEA
^ Radio-Locator.com/W260CF
^ 1370WFEA.com/schedule
^ "WFEA Joins Net" (PDF). Broadcasting. March 15, 1932. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1935 page 42
^ Broadcasting Yearbook 1943 page 112
^ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1992 page A-220

External links

Official website
WFEA in the FCC AM station database
WFEA in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
W260CF in the FCC FM station database
W260CF at FCCdata.org

[1] "Facility Technical Data for WFEA". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.

[2] Radio-Locator.com/WFEA

[3] Radio-Locator.com/W260CF

[4] 1370WFEA.com/schedule

[5] "WFEA Joins Net" (PDF). Broadcasting. March 15, 1932. Retrieved October 1, 2014.

[6] Broadcasting Yearbook 1935 page 42

[7] Broadcasting Yearbook 1943 page 112

[8] Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1992 page A-220

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