WFYX

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title: "WFYX" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2001-establishments-in-new-hampshire", "adult-hits-radio-stations-in-the-united-states", "cheshire-county,-new-hampshire", "radio-stations-established-in-2001", "radio-stations-in-new-hampshire"] topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WFYX" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
name	WFYX
logo	WFYX Penguin 96.3 101.7 106.5 106.7 logo.png
city	Walpole, New Hampshire
country	US
area	Monadnock Region, Upper Valley
frequency
branding	The Penguin
language	English
format	Adult hits
affiliations
owner	Great Eastern Radio, LLC
sister_stations
airdate
former_callsigns
licensing_authority	FCC
facility_id	23307
class	A
erp	320 watts
haat	124 m
coordinates
translators
repeaters
webcast
website
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History

The station went on the air in January 2001 as WLPL, owned by Gary Savoie and simulcasting Vox Radio Group-owned oldies station WWOD (104.3 FM). WLPL's sign on was delayed when environmental objections prevented the station from building a tower in Athens, Vermont; it chose to transmit from an existing tower in New Hampshire. The call letters were changed to WCFR-FM on October 19, shortly after they were dropped from WXKK (93.5 FM, now WEEY); soon afterward, Savoie sold the station to Vox. Nassau Broadcasting Partners acquired most of Vox's northern New England radio stations, including WCFR and WWOD, in 2004. WCFR-FM's call letters were changed to WPLY-FM on October 12, 2005, then to WFYX on October 7, 2008.

WFYX, WWOD, and 28 other Nassau stations in northern New England were purchased at bankruptcy auction by Carlisle Capital Corporation, a company controlled by Bill Binnie (owner of WBIN-TV in Derry), on May 22, 2012. The stations, and 11 of the other stations, were then acquired by Vertical Capital Partners, controlled by Great Eastern Radio owner Jeff Shapiro. As this would put Shapiro over the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) ownership limits in the Lebanon-Rutland-White River Junction market, WWOD and WEXP were acquired by Electromagnetic Company, a company controlled by William and Gail Goddard; WFYX was not included in that transaction. As a result, on December 1, 2012, WFYX began to simulcast classic hits station WMXR (93.9 FM, now WWOD), while 104.3 FM left the air (that station is now WJKS in Keeseville, New York). The Vertical Capital Partners stations were transferred to Great Eastern Radio on January 1, 2013.

On January 9, 2013, WFYX was granted an FCC construction permit to increase ERP to 600 watts. On July 7, 2016, Dartmouth College announced that WWOD and WFYX would be the new carriers of Big Green men's and women's basketball broadcasts as part of the Big Green Sports Network / Learfield Sports.

On November 1, 2017, Great Eastern Radio transferred the "Kool FM" programming, which by then had shifted to an oldies format provided by Scott Shannon's True Oldies Channel, from WWOD to WHDQ-HD2 and W294AB; the format continued to simulcast on WFYX.

On October 1, 2024, WFYX and its simulcasts dropped the oldies format for adult hits, branded as "The Penguin". The "Penguin" programming was already available in the market via WTSL (1400 AM and 97.5 FM) in Hanover and W269DI (101.7 FM) in Claremont.

References

Fybush, Scott. (January 15, 2001). "Citadel, WROL, and WKOX -- Sold!". North East RadioWatch.
Fybush, Scott. (May 22, 1997). "Back to Boston". North East RadioWatch.
Fybush, Scott. (June 5, 1997). "ARS Grows Again". North East RadioWatch.
Fybush, Scott. (October 29, 2001). "North East RadioWatch".
"Call Sign History (WFYX)". [[Federal Communications Commission]].
Fybush, Scott. (November 5, 2001). "Doing the Albany Shuffle". North East RadioWatch.
(March 16, 2004). "Nassau Will Buy 10 Vox Stations in New England". [[Radio World]].
(May 22, 2012). "Carlisle Capital Corp. Wins Bidding For Rest Of Nassau Stations". All Access.
Venta, Lance. (May 22, 2012). "Nassau Broadcasting Auction Results". RadioInsight.
(June 15, 2012). "Jeff Shapiro spins off two former Nassau FMs to "Electromagnetic"". Radio-Info.com.
Venta, Lance. (December 1, 2012). "Northern New England Change Rundown". RadioInsight.
(December 11, 2012). "APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGN BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE OR TO TRANSFER CONTROL OF ENTITY HOLDING BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE". [[Federal Communications Commission]].
(January 4, 2013). "Consummation Notice". Federal Communications Commission.
(July 7, 2016). "New Home for Dartmouth Athletics on the Radio".
[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/120854/great-eastern-shuffles-hanoverlebanon-nh/ Great Eastern Shuffles in Hanover/Lebanon, NH] Radioinsight - November 7, 2017
[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/283039/the-penguin-expands-in-new-hampshire/ The Penguin Expands in New Hampshire] Radioinsight - October 7, 2024

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