WMTK
WMTK (106.3 MHz 106.3 The Notch) is a classic rock formatted station located in northern New Hampshire. It is licensed to Littleton, and is owned by the Vermont Broadcast Associates, Inc., along with WSTJ, WKXH, WGMT and WQJQ. Programming is also simulcast on 1490/103.1 WIKE in Newport, Vermont. Both stations call themselves "The Notch."
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| City | Littleton, New Hampshire |
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| Broadcast area | Northeast Kingdom/Grafton County, New Hampshire |
| Frequency | 106.3 MHz |
| Branding | 106.3 The Notch |
| Programming | |
| Format | Classic Rock |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Vermont Broadcast Associates, Inc. |
| History | |
First air date | August 1, 1985 |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 72212 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 390 watts |
| HAAT | 383 meters (1257 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 44.354°N 71.739°W |
| Links | |
| Website | notchfm.com |
As a Class A signal with a very high antenna location on the Manns Hill WLED-TV tower, at 383 meters (1257 feet) in height above average terrain. So WMTK has a coverage area that extends well beyond the Littleton area. WMTK can be found on Facebook via 106.3 The Notch.
History
On August 1, 1985, WMTK became the first local commercial FM station to sign on in the North Country of New Hampshire and Northeast Kingdom of Vermont.[1] The station began with a country music format, a local morning show, with local news and weather inserted throughout the day. The satellite country music service came from the Transtar Radio Networks, now Westwood One.
WMTK was never owned with Littleton's first radio station, AM 1400 WLTN, so Littleton had two stand-alone radio stations at the time. WMTK was known initially as "K 106.3", though over time became known as 106.3 WMTK. The studios were located at historic Thayer's Inn on Main Street.
For years, WMTK used to compete with both advertisers and listeners with St. Johnsbury's WNKV 105.5 FM (now Kix 105.5 WKXH). When WMTK and WNKV came under common ownership (VBA), WMTK was flipped to a broad-based classic rock/classic hits variant that is still being programmed today. While still transmitting from Mann's Hill in Littleton, the studios were consolidated in the VBA broadcast building co-located with the WKXH and WSTJ studios on Concord Avenue in St. Johnsbury when Thayer's Inn needed the studio space for hotel purposes.
References
External links
- WMTK in the FCC's FM station database
- WMTK on Radio-Locator
- WMTK in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
- 106.3 The Notch Radio on Facebook