WSAK

Infobox_Radio_station
name = WSAK


city = WSAK: Hampton, New Hampshire WSHK: Kittery, Maine
area = Seacoast Region & North of Boston [http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/FMTV-service-area?x=FM176573.html]
branding = "102.1 & 105.3 - The Shark"
slogan = "Seacoast's Classic Rock Station"
airdate =
frequency = WSAK: 102.1 MHz WSHK: 105.3 MHz
format = Classic rock
erp = WSAK: 3,000 watts WSHK: 2,200 watts
haat = WSAK: 100 meters WSHK: 113 meters
class = WSAK: A WSHK: A
facility_id = WSAK: 12155 WSHK: 4380
callsign_meaning = The Shark
owner = Citadel Broadcasting Company
webcast = [http://www.shark1053.com/article.asp?id=547385 Listen Live]
website = [http://www.shark1053.com/ shark1053.com]

The Shark is an FM radio station in the Seacoast Region of New Hampshire, United States. It is simulcast on WSAK (102.1 MHz; Hampton, NH) and WSHK (105.3 MHz; Kittery, Maine), with broadcast studios located in Dover, NH [cite web|url=http://www.shark1053.com/contactus.asp|title=The Shark – Contact Us|accessdate=2008-05-29] . The station's program format is almost exclusively classic rock. A few specialty programs are carried: The House of Blues Radio Hour with Dan "Elwood Blues" Aykroyd [cite web|url=http://www.thebluesmobile.com/briefcase/affiliate.shtml|title=HOB Affiliate Radio Stations|accessdate=2008-05-29] , and "The Reporter's File", a public affairs program, both on Sundays. The station was previously the only NH station to carry the syndicated Bob & Tom Show morning show. It no longer carries that program, instead using its own local DJs in the morning.

The station is owned by Citadel Broadcastingcite web|url=http://www.citadelbroadcasting.com/citadel_broadcasting.aspx?call=WSHK|title=Citadel Station Search – WSHK|accessdate=2008-05-29] . It formerly broadcast as "Arrow", on the same frequencies and with a similar format, but using call letters WXBB and WXBP. The change to the new name and call was made in March 2000 [cite web|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-000303.html|title=North East RadioWatch|date=2000-03-03|accessdate=2008-05-29|author=Scott Fybush] . Citadel acquired the station in August 1999 when it purchased Fuller-Jeffrey Broadcasting Companies [cite web|url=http://sec.edgar-online.com/1999/12/03/11/0000950128-99-001163/Section2.asp|title=Citadel 8-K/A SEC Filing|date=1999-12-03|accessdate=2008-05-29] .

References

External links

* [http://www.shark1053.com/ Shark 105.3 official website]
* WSAK
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* WSHK
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