WEMJ
Radio station in Laconia, New Hampshire, United States
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WEMJ (1490 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a talk format. Licensed to Laconia, New Hampshire, United States, the station is owned by Binnie Media and licensed to WBIN Media Co., Inc. WEMJ features programming from Fox News Radio.[4] WEMJ is known on-air as 107.3 WEMJ (after its translator frequency). It is part of the "Pulse of NH" trimulcast with WTPL in the Manchester area and WTSN in the Seacoast Region.
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Broadcast area | Lakes Region |
| Frequency | 1490 kHz |
| Branding | 107.3 WEMJ |
| Programming | |
| Format | Talk radio |
| Affiliations | |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| History | |
First air date | April 9, 1961[1] |
Call sign meaning | Eileen M. Jaspert (former owner)[2] |
| Technical information[3] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| 67270 | |
| Class | C |
| Power | 1,000 watts (unlimited) |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°32′29.3″N 71°27′43.3″W |
| Translator | 107.3 W297BS (Laconia) |
| Repeater | 98.3 WLNH-FM HD2 (Laconia) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | thepulseofnh |
History
WEMJ went on the air April 9, 1961, as a CBS Radio Network affiliate owned by the New Hampshire Broadcasting Corporation. The company's principal, George H. Jasper III, also owned WCCM in Lawrence, Massachusetts.[5]
WEMJ, along with 16 other stations in northern New England formerly owned by Nassau Broadcasting Partners, was purchased at bankruptcy auction by WBIN Media Company, a company controlled by Bill Binnie, on May 22, 2012. Binnie already owned WBIN-TV in Derry and WYCN-CD in Nashua.[6][7] The deal was completed on November 30, 2012.[8] In March 2016, WEMJ began a simulcast on W297BS (107.3 FM, referred to as "WEMJ-FM" by the New Hampshire Association of Broadcasters) and updated its branding to reflect this new over-the-air listening option.[9]
WEMJ dropped its news/talk programming on May 23, 2019, becoming a Lakes Region simulcast of Binnie's contemporary hit radio station in Concord, WJYY (105.5 FM).[10] In October 2020, coinciding with the launch of a late morning talk show hosted by former WGIR morning host Jack Heath (which airs on WEMJ, WTPL, and WTSN), WEMJ returned to a news/talk format.[11]
Translators
In addition to the main station, WEMJ is relayed by an FM translator.
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | Transmitter coordinates | FCC info |
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| W297BS | 107.3 FM | Laconia, New Hampshire | 83636 | 250 | D | 43°33′9.3″N 71°34′43.3″W | LMS |
Previous logos
Logo prior to the addition of the FM translator
Logo prior to the WJYY simulcast
Logo prior to the addition of a simulcast on WLNH-FM HD2
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