WWHQ
historyWWHQ (101.5 FM) is an American licensed radio station with studios located in Hooksett, New Hampshire. The station is owned by Nassau Broadcasting and is currently silent. WWHQ is licensed to serve the community of Meredith, New Hampshire, and has coverage of central New Hampshire, particularly the Lakes Region area.
WWHQ had planned to drop the rock format (which was at that time classic rock) in favor of sports talk provided by Boston's WEEI in January 2008, but the deal between Nassau and Entercom ended up collapsing.
In March 2008, the station shifted from classic rock to a more mainstream rock format.
Prior to August 22, 2008, WWHQ simulcast with WWHK (102.3) in Concord, New Hampshire; the simulcast ended after Nassau was forced by the FCC to end its joint sales agreement with Capitol Broadcasting.
On April 27, 2009 it was announced that WWHQ and sister station WNNH in Henniker would be spun off into a divestiture trust and sold as part of a debt-for-equity restructuring of Nassau Broadcasting in which Goldman Sachs became 85% owner of the company. The new ownership structure ended Nassau's grandfathered status with respect to how many stations in the Concord (Lakes Region) NH market it could own.
On November 4, 2009 WWHQ began stunting while its "Hawk"-branded classic rock format moved to WLKZ 104.9 FM in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. The station went silent on March 1, 2010 due to power failure, and will not return until the completion of the transfer of ownership.