WTPL
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = WTPL
| logo = WTPL News Talk 107.7 logo 2022-12.png
| logo_size = 200px
| city = Hillsborough, New Hampshire
| country = US
| area = Manchester, New Hampshire
| branding = 107.7 WTPL
| frequency = 107.7 MHz
| repeater =
| airdate = {{start date and age|1989|10|1}}
| format = News/talk
| power =
| erp = 1,250 watts
| haat = {{convert|217|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class = A
| facility_id = 54910
| licensing_authority = FCC
| coordinates = {{coord|43|9|17.2|N|71|47|42.2|W|region:US-NH_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning = "The Pulse"
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WRCI (1989–2000)|WKXL-FM (2000–2002)}}
| affiliations = {{ubl|Fox News Radio|Compass Media Networks|Westwood One}}
| owner = Binnie Media
| licensee = WBIN Media Co., Inc.
| sister_stations = {{hlist|WEMJ|WFNQ|WJYY|WLNH-FM|WNHW|WNNH}}
| webcast = {{listenlive|1=https://radio.securenetsystems.net/v5/index.cfm?stationCallSign=WTSN}}
| website = {{URL|https://thepulseofnh.com/}}
}}
WTPL (107.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a news/talk format. Licensed to Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, it serves the Manchester area. The station is owned by Bill Binnie's Binnie Media, through licensee WBIN Media Co., Inc. It airs a news/talk radio format. It the flagship station of "The Pulse of NH", a trimulcast with WTSN in the Seacoast Region and WEMJ in the Lakes Region.
History
The original construction permit for the station was granted on August 4, 1987,{{cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=92065|title=Application Search Details (1)|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|accessdate=August 16, 2009}} under the call sign of WRCI;{{cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=54910&Callsign=WTPL|title=Call Sign History (WTPL)|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|accessdate=August 17, 2009}} a license to cover was granted on September 7, 1990.{{cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=134456|title=Application Search Details (2)|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|accessdate=August 16, 2009}} However, the station's original owners, Empire Radio Partners, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1992,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/28/business/company-news-empire-radio-partners-files-for-chapter-11.html|title=Company News; Empire Radio Partners Files For Chapter 11|date=November 28, 1992|work=The New York Times|accessdate=August 16, 2009}} and the station was sold to Radioworks in 1993.{{cite web|url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=177585|title=Application Search Details (3)|work=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|accessdate=August 17, 2009}} By 1994, WRCI was serving as a simulcast of its then-sister station WJYY (105.5), an adult contemporary station.{{cite web|url=http://gallery.bostonradio.org/2005-06/nh/100-02950-med.html|title=WTPL promo vehicle|last=Wollman|first=Garrett|work=New Hampshire, June, 2005|publisher=Archives @ BostonRadio.org|accessdate=August 16, 2009}} The station had changed simulcast partners to WNHI (93.3; now WNHW),{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-960217.html|title=WBPS reborn, WZLX subs|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=February 17, 1996|work=New England RadioWatch|accessdate=August 17, 2009}} a classic rock station,{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-971023.html|title=Sales and Format Changes Everywhere...|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=October 23, 1997|work=North East RadioWatch|accessdate=August 17, 2009}} by 1996.
Radioworks sold its stations to Vox Media in 1999,{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-991008.html|title=The Big Get Bigger – Again|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=October 8, 1999|work=North East RadioWatch|accessdate=August 17, 2009}} and on December 27 the station was converted to the current news/talk format by way of a simulcast with another Vox station, WKXL, as part of a format shuffle that resulted in WKXL's original FM station, on 102.3, becoming the country music station WOTX-FM (now WAKC).{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-991226.html|title=Citadel Bulks Up in Worcester|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=December 26, 1999|work=North East RadioWatch|accessdate=August 17, 2009}} The WKXL-FM call sign moved to 107.7 the following February.{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-000218.html|title=Consolidating in Bangor|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=February 18, 2000|work=North East RadioWatch|accessdate=August 17, 2009}}
Vox sold WKXL to Embro Communications in 2002.{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-020625.html|title=Battaglia Sells WALE, Vox Sells WKXL|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=June 25, 2002|work=North East RadioWatch|accessdate=August 17, 2009}} The sale did not include WKXL-FM or its programming; as a result, WKXL launched a separate news/talk format, with its prior programming remaining on 107.7 under the new call letters of WTPL.{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-020701.html|title=New 1610 Signs On in Montreal|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=July 1, 2002|work=North East RadioWatch|accessdate=August 17, 2009}} Embro took over WTPL as well under a local marketing agreement the next year, and reintroduced some shared programming, including a talk show hosted by Arnie Arnesen.{{cite news|url=http://www.fybush.com/nerw-030804.html|title=WUTR Pulls Plug on Local News|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=August 4, 2003|work=NorthEast Radio Watch|accessdate=August 17, 2009}} Vox then sold WTPL to Great Eastern Radio (whose principal, Jeff Shapiro, had co-owned Vox with Bruce Danzinger), in 2004,{{cite news|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2004/040614/nerw.html|title=WBIX Sold (Again) – and a Clearance Sale on Tower Site Calendars|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=June 14, 2009|work=NorthEast Radio Watch|accessdate=August 17, 2009}} and soon afterward the station again became independent of WKXL,{{cite web|url=http://www.fybush.com/sites/2005/site-050715.html|title=New Hampshire's WMEX, WTPL and WCNH-LP|last=Fybush|first=Scott|date=July 15, 2005|work=Tower Site of the Week|accessdate=August 17, 2009}} relocating to studios in Bow, New Hampshire, and a transmitter atop Pats Peak, both originally constructed for WNNH (99.1). (Clark Smidt, who founded WNNH, has had involvement with WTPL.)
Effective August 1, 2017, Great Eastern Radio sold WTPL, WLKZ, and WZEI to Dirk Nadon's Lakes Media, LLC for $2.6 million. Lakes Media immediately agreed to sell WTPL to Binnie Media for $1.3 million and turned over the station's operations to Binnie under a local marketing agreement;{{cite news|last1=Jacobson|first1=Adam|title=Bill Binnie Buys A Granite State FM|url=http://www.rbr.com/bill-binnie-buys-a-granite-state-fm/|accessdate=November 25, 2017|work=Radio & Television Business Report|date=August 9, 2017}} the sale was completed on November 16, 2017.{{cite web|title=Consummation Notice|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1772094&Service=FM&Form_id=905&Facility_id=54910|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|accessdate=November 25, 2017|date=November 16, 2017}}
Programming
Weekday programming includes a local morning news and talk program, Morning Information Center, hosted by Mike Pomp and Pat Kelly; followed by Good Morning New Hampshire, hosted by Jack Heath and Jay Dawg. The station also produces The Noon News Hour with Dave Andreesen. Syndicated programming includes The Rob Carson Show; Boston-based Howie Carr; Joe Pags; Rich Valdés America At Night; and Red Eye Radio. Most hours begin with Fox News Radio.
Weekend shows include Northeast Delta Dental Radio, Half Hour to Health, and nationally syndicated programs Real Estate Today and InfoTrak.
Sports programming includes live coverage of Boston Red Sox baseball and Boston Bruins hockey.
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://thepulseofnh.com/}}
- {{FM station data|54910|WTPL}}
{{Manchester, New Hampshire radio}}
{{News/Talk Radio Stations in New Hampshire}}
Category:News and talk radio stations in the United States
Category:Radio stations established in 1989