WPQR
WPQR was a radio station licensed to Conway, New Hampshire, United States, serving the Mount Washington Valley of the White Mountains. The station was last owned by Mt. Washington Radio & Gramophone, L.L.C. It carried a tourist information format with a simulcast on FM translator W237BX.
AM 1050 is a clear channel frequency. For much of its history, WPQR had been a daytimer, required to go off the air at night because of that. Two 50,000 watt stations, CHUM Toronto and WEPN New York City, dominate the frequency in New England at night. While WPQR was powered at 1,000 watts by day, it eventually was permitted by the Federal Communications Commission to stay on the air at night, but at only 63 watts. So outside Conway, it was difficult to hear the station at night, without the Toronto or New York stations overriding WPQR's signal.
WPQR's management saw that a station in Madbury, New Hampshire, had gone off the air due to financial problems and decided to apply for its AM 1340 frequency. The FCC allowed a new 1340 station to be established in Conway. So WPQR went dark on October 17 2012, along with its translator, W237BX.
The tourist information format, call letters and FM translator were then transferred to the new station on 1340 kHz which picked up the WBNC call sign. The translator remained W237BX. WPQR's license was deleted on November 14, 2013, after being surrendered by the licensee on November 6, 2013.
