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{{For|the station on 97.7 FM that held the WINQ and WINQ-FM call signs from 1982 to 2005|WSNI}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name             = WINQ-FM
| logo             = WINQ logo.png
| logo_size        = 200px
| city             = [[Winchester, New Hampshire]]
| country          = US
| area             = {{ubl|[[Keene, New Hampshire]]|[[Brattleboro, Vermont]]}}
| branding         = 98.7 WINK Country
| airdate          = {{start date and age|1991}} (as WKBK-FM)
| frequency        = 98.7 [[Megahertz|MHz]] {{HD Radio}}
| translator       = {{Radio Relay|103.1|W276CB|Keene|HD2}}
| repeater         = {{Radio Relay|1490|[[WINQ (AM)|WINQ]]|[[Brattleboro, Vermont]]}}
| format           = [[Country music|Country]]
| subchannels      = HD2: [[Classic country]] "WINK Classic Country 103.1 FM"
| erp              = 2,150 [[watt]]s
| haat             = {{convert|169|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class            = A
| facility_id      = 57228
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| coordinates      = {{coord|42|54|57.3|N|72|19|51.3|W|region:US-NH_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning = "Wink"
| former_callsigns = {{ubl|WKBK-FM (1991)|WXOD (1991–2002)|WOQL (2002–2005)|WINQ (2005–2018)<ref name="fcc1" />}}
| affiliations     = {{ubl|[[Premiere Networks]]|[[Westwood One]]}}
| owner            = Saga Communications
| licensee         = Saga Communications of New England, LLC
| sister_stations  = [[WINQ (AM)|WINQ]], [[WKBK]], [[WKVT-FM]], [[WKNE]], [[WSNI]], [[WZBK]]
| webcast          = {{ubl|{{listenlive|https://player.amperwave.net/7952}}|HD2: {{listenlive|https://player.amperwave.net/11883}}}}
| website          = {{ubl|[https://987wink.com/ 987wink.com]|HD2: [https://countryclassics1031.com/ countryclassics1031.com]}}
}}
'''WINQ-FM''' (98.7 [[Hertz|MHz]], "WINK Country 98.7") is a [[radio station]] licensed to serve [[Winchester, New Hampshire]]. The station is owned by Saga Communications licensed to Saga Communications of New England, LLC, and operates as part of its Monadnock Broadcasting Group. It airs a [[country music]] format.<ref>{{cite web |title=Winter 2008 Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron |url=http://www1.arbitron.com/sip/displaySip.do?srvy_id=WI08&surveyID=WI08&band=fm&callLetter=WINQ}}</ref>
The station first signed on as WKBK-FM offering the same programming as WKBK (1220 AM, now [[WZBK]]) until its sale. It then became [[oldies]] WXOD on October 1, 1991.
The station changed its call sign to WINQ on January 1, 2005. It changed its call sign to the current WINQ-FM on June 19, 2018.<ref name="fcc1">{{cite web |title=Call Sign History |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=57228&Callsign=WINQ-FM}}</ref>
==Translators==
W270AH, the former [[WZID]] translator in [[Peterborough, New Hampshire|Peterborough]], is now W276CB (103.1 FM) in Keene. After having relayed [[WKNE|WKNE-HD3]] for a while, W276CB has been relaying WINQ-FM's second [[HD Radio]] channel since December 2018.
{{RadioTranslators
| callsign = WINQ-FM
| width    =
| call1    = W276CB
| freq1    = 103.1
| city1    = Keene, New Hampshire
| fid1     = 81840
| watts1   = 250
| haat1    = -92.6
| class1   = D
| coord1   = {{coord|42|55|50.3|N|72|17|58.3|W|region:US-NH_type:landmark|name=W276CB}}
| notes1   = Relays HD2
}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://www.wink987.com/ WINQ-FM official website]
*{{FM station data|57228|WINQ-FM}}
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|81840|W276CB}}
*{{FXL|W276CB}}
*[https://mbgradio.com/ Monadnock Broadcasting Group]
{{Bennington and Brattleboro-Keene Radio}}
{{Country Radio Stations in New Hampshire}}
{{Saga Communications}}
[[Category:Radio stations in New Hampshire|INQ-FM]]
[[Category:Country radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1992]]
[[Category:Winchester, New Hampshire]]
[[Category:1992 establishments in New Hampshire]]
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