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{{Infobox radio station
| name             = WZID
| logo             = WZID 95.7 logo.png
| city             = [[Manchester, New Hampshire]]
| country          = US
| area             = Southern [[New Hampshire]]
| branding         = 95.7 WZID
| frequency        = 95.7 [[MHz]] {{HD Radio}}
| translators      = {{ubl|{{Radio Relay|94.1|W231BR|Manchester|HD2}}|{{Radio Relay|103.1|W276BJ|[[Concord, New Hampshire|Concord]]|HD3}}|{{Radio Relay|106.9|W295BL|Manchester|HD3}}}}
| airdate          = October 2, [[1947 in radio|1947]] (as WKBR-FM)
| format           = [[Adult contemporary]]
| subchannels      = {{ubl|HD2: Rewind 94.1 ([[Classic hits]])|HD3: 106.9 & 103.1 The Outlaw ([[Classic country]])}}
| erp              = 14,500 watts
| haat             = {{convert|282|m|ft|sp=us}}
| class            = B
| facility_id      = 58550
| licensing_authority = [[Federal Communications Commission|FCC]]
| coordinates      = {{coord|42|59|2.3|N|71|35|20.2|W|region:US-NH_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| callsign_meaning =
| former_callsigns = WKBR-FM (1947–1971)
| affiliations     = [[Premiere Networks]]
| owner            = Saga Communications
| licensee         = Saga Communications of New England, LLC
| sister_stations  = [[WFEA]], [[WMLL]]
| webcast          = {{ubl|[https://player.amperwave.net/7958 Listen Live]|[https://player.amperwave.net/7959 Listen Live (HD2)]|[https://player.amperwave.net/7960 Listen Live (HD3)]}}
| website          = {{ubl|{{URL|https://wzid.com/}}|{{URL|https://rewind941.com/}} (HD2)|{{URL|https://outlawnh.com/}} (HD3)}}
}}
'''WZID''' (95.7 [[FM broadcasting|FM]]) is an American radio station with an [[Adult contemporary music|adult contemporary]] format.  WZID is located on Commercial Street in [[Manchester, New Hampshire]].  Its signal can be heard as far south as the [[Massachusetts Turnpike]], as far east as southern [[Maine]] and as far west as [[Vermont]]. WZID also broadcasts in [[HD Radio]].
==History==
The station signed on October 2, 1947, as WKBR-FM. Throughout the 1960s, and very early 1970s, WKBR-FM simulcast the [[top 40]] format of WKBR (now [[WGAM]]), providing that station with significant extended coverage. In July 1971, WKBR-FM became WZID, and the format was flipped to [[beautiful music]].  In the 1980s, instrumental [[easy listening]] music was scaled back, with soft vocal hits added, to the point where the station evolved into an adult contemporary station.  In October 1990, Sunshine Broadcasting of New Hampshire Inc. announced the sale of WZID, along with sister station [[WFEA]], to Saga Communications Inc. of [[Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan]]; the sale was finalized April 16, 1991. Saga Communications of New England LLC operates the station today. WZID's president and general manager is Bob Cox.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manfrommars.com/wfea.html|title=WFEA History|access-date=May 4, 2008}}</ref>
==Translators==
WZID used to be heard on translator station, W270AH 101.9 in [[Peterborough, New Hampshire]]. However in 2008, Saga Communications filed a series of minor translator applications which moved the translator into the [[Keene, New Hampshire|Keene]] radio market as W276CB, a translator of Saga radio station [[WKNE]]'s HD3 channel as "Kool 103.1" (now [[WINQ-FM]]'s HD2 channel as "WINK Classic Country 103.1FM").
Up until mid-January 2009, WZID had two more translators, W231BR 94.1 in [[Manchester, New Hampshire|Manchester]] at 250 watts and W276BJ 103.1 in [[Concord, New Hampshire|Concord]], also at 250 watts, but in January 2009 those two translators were turned into the new "Hot Hits 94.1 and 103.1", a simulcast of WZID's HD2 channel, which is a [[top 40]] station broadcasting [[Dial Global]]'s [[Hits Now!]] format; branding themselves as the new hit music station in New Hampshire. Saga Communications obviously had been planning this out for some time because both the translators' power were recently increased from low power to 250 watts. This station was a direct competitor to Manchester’s heritage CHR 105.5 [[WJYY]], but had an inferior signal compared to it.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}} Saga was able to open up this new station due to a loophole in the [[Federal Communications Commission]] (FCC) rules that allows HD sub-channel stations to be repeated on translators.{{citation needed|date=December 2013}} On December 11, 2013, Hot Hits had short-lived intentions of increasing the [[Height above average terrain|HAAT]] of W231BR up to 270 meters to provide significant coverage improvements to the Keene, Portsmouth and Lowell areas; however, this signal upgrade had never occurred.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fccdata.org/?facid=140894&appid=1591648&i=2|title=FCCdata.org|access-date=September 9, 2017}}</ref> On August 18, 2014, WZID was granted permission to implement W231BR's current HAAT of {{convert|18|m|ft|sp=us|abbr=off}} (although the [[Effective radiated power|ERP]] of the translator would remain at 250 watts), to improve W231BR's coverage of surrounding communities (such as Keene, Portsmouth and Lowell), although to a somewhat lesser extent of signal improvement than originally contemplated back in late 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fccdata.org/?facid=140894&appid=1641439&i=2|title=FCCdata.org|access-date=September 9, 2017}}</ref>
Beginning in mid July 2015, WZID began simulcasting sister station [[WFEA]] on its HD3 channel which in turn is broadcast on newly purchased 110-watt translator W260CF serving the greater Manchester area from its tower on [[Uncanoonuc Mountains|Mt. Uncanoonuc]] in [[Goffstown, New Hampshire|Goffstown]] at 99.9 FM. On February 1, 2017, WZID's HD3 sub channel changed their format from the WFEA simulcast to classic country, branded as "103.1 The Outlaw", as it replaced "Hot Hits" on W276BJ 103.1 FM in Concord.<ref>[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/116263/saga-brings-outlaw-to-new-hampshire/ Saga Brings Outlaw to New Hampshire] Radioinsight - February 1, 2017</ref> In January 2020, Saga acquired a second translator, W295BL 106.9 FM in Manchester, to carry "The Outlaw".<ref name="ri-wzidhd3onw269bl">{{cite news |last1=Venta |first1=Lance |title=Double The Outlaw In New Hampshire |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/182971/double-the-outlaw-in-new-hampshire/ |access-date=January 5, 2020 |work=RadioInsight |date=January 5, 2020}}</ref>
On November 23, 2018, WZID's HD2 subchannel changed its format from top 40 to classic hits, branded as "Rewind 94.1".<ref>[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/172295/saga-launches-rewind-94-1-manchester-nh/ Saga Launches Rewind 94.1 Manchester NH] Radioinsight - November 26, 2018</ref>
{{RadioTranslators
| call1    = W231BR
| freq1    = 94.1
| fid1     = 140894
| watts1   = 250
| haat1    = 28
| class1   = D
| city1    = Manchester, New Hampshire
| coord1   = {{coord|42|59|25.3|N|71|27|49.2|W|region:US-NH_type:landmark|name=W231BR}}
| notes1   = Relays WZID-HD2 ("Rewind 94.1")
| call2    = W276BJ
| freq2    = 103.1
| fid2     = 140927
| watts2   = 250
| haat2    = 138.5
| class2   = D
| city2    = Concord, New Hampshire
| coord2   = {{coord|43|7|9.2|N|71|32|56.2|W|region:US-NH_type:landmark|name=W276BJ}}
| notes2   = Relays WZID-HD3 ("106.9 & 103.1 The Outlaw")
| call3    = W295BL
| freq3    = 106.9
| fid3     = 139440
| watts3   = 250
| haat3    = 32
| class3   = D
| city3    = Manchester, New Hampshire
| coord3   = {{coord|42|59|34.3|N|71|27|48.2|W|region:US-NH_type:landmark|name=W295BL}}
| notes3   = Relays WZID-HD3 ("106.9 & 103.1 The Outlaw")
}}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{Official website|https://wzid.com/}}
*{{FM station data|58550|WZID}}
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|140894|W231BR}}
*{{FXL|W231BR}}
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|140927|W276BJ}}
*{{FXL|W276BJ}}
*{{FCC-LMS-Facility|139440|W295BL}}
*{{FXL|W295BL}}
{{Manchester, New Hampshire radio}}
{{Adult Contemporary Radio Stations in New Hampshire}}
{{Saga Communications}}
[[Category:Radio stations in New Hampshire|ZID]]
[[Category:Manchester, New Hampshire]]
[[Category:Radio stations established in 1947]]
[[Category:Mainstream adult contemporary radio stations in the United States]]
[[Category:1947 establishments in New Hampshire]]