WGIR-FM

WGIR-FM

City	Manchester, New Hampshire
Broadcast area	Merrimack Valley
Branding	Rock 101
Slogan	New Hampshire's Rock Radio
Frequency	101.1 MHz
First air date	June 5, 1963 (1963-06-05)^[1]
Format	Mainstream rock
ERP	11,500 watts
HAAT	313 meters (1,027 ft)
Class	B
Facility ID	35240
Transmitter coordinates	42°58′55″N 71°35′20″W / 42.982°N 71.589°W / 42.982; -71.589Coordinates: 42°58′55″N 71°35′20″W / 42.982°N 71.589°W / 42.982; -71.589
Callsign meaning	GIRolimon family (former owner of its sister AM station)
Former callsigns	WGIR-FM (1963–1969) WNHS (1969–1972)
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (Capstar TX LLC)
Sister stations	WGIR
Webcast	Listen Live (via iHeartRadio)
Website	www.rock101fm.com

WGIR-FM is a radio station in Manchester, New Hampshire, airing a mainstream rock format, branded as Rock 101 in 1979. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc., formerly Clear Channel Media, America's largest owner of radio stations. According to Arbitron, ROCK 101 is currently the #2 rated radio station in the Manchester radio market behind 95.7 WZID. The morning show, Greg and the Morning Buzz, is shared with co-owned 100.3 WHEB in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and is one of the leading morning shows in New Hampshire also reaching into Massachusetts.

WGIR-FM first went on the air in June 1963, under the ownership of Knight Quality Stations, Inc. At first, it simulcast co-owned 610 WGIR (AM) with a mix of middle of the road (music), news and information. The 1970s saw WGIR-FM adopt a soft rock format including artists such as Fleetwood Mac, Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor and Carole King. By the 1980s, the station's sound evolved into a more mainstream Album-oriented rock format. From the 1990s to the early 2000s, WGIR-FM played mostly Classic rock. Saturdays and Sundays often were called "Block Party Weekends" where three or four songs were played in a row from the same classic rock artist. In the early 2000s, the station moved to a harder-edged rock format featuring current and past rock acts. By 2005, the station had permanently moved back to a classic heavy format.

References

↑ Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 1999 (PDF). 1999. p. D-281. Retrieved March 15, 2015.

External links

WGIR-FM Website

Query the FCC's FM station database for WGIR

Radio-Locator information on WGIR

Radio stations in the Manchester, New Hampshire market

By AM frequency	610 900 1250 1320 1370 1590 1620¹

By FM frequency	89.1 90.5 90.7 92.1 92.5 94.1 95.7 96.5 97.5 97.9 99.5 101.1 102.9 104.5 105.1 105.5 106.3 106.9 107.7

By callsign	W231BR W250AB W295BL WBNH-LP WCRB WDER WEVO WFEA WFNQ WGAM WGHM WGIR WGIR-FM WJYY WLLO-LP WLMW WMLL WOKQ WSMN WTPL WXLO WXRV WYDI WZID "Radio SNHU"¹

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Radio stations in central New Hampshire, including Concord, Laconia, Plymouth and Conway

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By FM frequency	89.1 90.5 91.1 91.5 91.7 91.7 93.3 93.5 94.1 94.7 94.9 95.7 96.5 97.5 98.3 99.1 100.1 101.5 102.3 103.1 103.7 103.9 104.3 104.5 104.9 105.5 106.9 107.7

By callsign	W276BJ W280EC W282AF WASR WBNC WCNH WEMJ WEVO WEZS WFTN WFTN-FM WGAM WHOM WJYY WKXL WLKZ WLNH-FM WMLL WMWV WNEC-FM WNHN-LP WNHW WNNH WOKQ WPCR-FM WPKQ WPNH WPNH-FM WSCY WSPS WTPL WVMJ WVNH WXRG WZEI WZID

Defunct radio stations	WPQR/1050

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Radio stations in Boston, including Eastern Massachusetts

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By FM frequency	88.1 88.9 89.7 90.3 90.9 91.5 91.5 91.5² 91.5 91.7 91.9 92.5² 92.9 93.7 94.5 95.3 95.9² 96.9 97.7 98.5 99.1² 99.5 99.9 100.1 100.7 101.7 102.5 103.3 104.1 104.5² 104.9² 104.9 105.7 106.7 107.3² 107.9

Via FM subcarrier	67 kHz Radio Maria Estados Unidos (Spanish) Talking Information Center (radio reading service) TNT Radio Boston (Vietnamese) 92 kHz Radio Voie du Salut (Haitian Creole/English religion)

By NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.425 162.475

Digital radio by frequency & subchannel	1030 1430 88.9-1 89.7-1 89.7-2 89.7-3 90.9-1 92.9-1 92.9-2 94.5-1 94.5-2 96.9-1 96.9-2 97.7-1 97.7-2 97.7-3 98.5-1 98.5-2 98.5-3 100.7-1 100.7-2 100.7-3 102.5-1 103.3-1 104.1-1 104.1-2 104.1-3 104.1-4 105.7-1 106.7-1 106.7-2 107.3-1 107.3-2 107.3-3 107.9-1 107.9-2

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Internet stations	WBCN RadioBDC

Defunct stations	WDIS WFNX WGI/WARC

Nearby Markets Providence Manchester Worcester Cape Cod Concord Newport Springfield Portsmouth ¹ = Clear-channel stations with extended nighttime coverage. ² = A station from a neighboring market that serves Boston and area, and is considered a "Boston station" by Nielsen Audio. ³ = Station is silent.

iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

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