WKKN

WKKN (101.9 FM; "The Peak") is a radio station licensed to Westminster, Vermont, USA, with studios located in Keene, New Hampshire. The station is currently owned by Great Eastern Radio, LLC. The station is simulcast on WTHK (100.7 FM) in Wilmington, Vermont.

History

The station went on the air as WCNL-FM in 1971, on 104.9 MHz and was originally licensed to Newport, New Hampshire, and was on 101.7 FM with transmitting facilities atop Green Mountain in Claremont. On August 1, 1988, the station changed its call sign to WXXK-FM, and was the original home of the successful country station "Kixx" before moving to the more powerful 100.5 frequency in Lebanon, New Hampshire. On March 31, 1997, the call sign changed to WVRR and operated under the moniker V-101. In 2002, Clear Channel flipped V-101 off the bird and merged with WMXR to become locally produced Rock 93.9 & 101.7. The station was granted a move by the FCC to change the city of license to Westminster, Vermont and move to its present frequency of 101.9 FM. After the move was completed, on April 14, 2008, the call sign was changed to the current WKKN; the station then introduced a Keene-focused rock format branded "K-Rock".