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{{Short description|Public radio network in New Hampshire}}
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = New Hampshire Public Radio
|image logo = New Hampshire Public Radio logo.png
|image_size logo_size = 200px
| city =
| area = [[New Hampshire]] and bordering areas of [[Maine]], [[Massachusetts]], [[Vermont]] and [[Quebec]]
| branding = ''NHPR''
| frequency = See {{section link||Stations}}
|slogan = "News and information for the Granite State"
| translator = See {{section link||Translators}}
|frequency = [[#Stations|see table below]]
|translator repeater = [[#Translators|see table below]]=
|repeater airdate = {{Start date|1981|08|04}}
|airdate format = {{Start[[All-news dateradio|1981|08News]]/[[Talk radio|04}}talk]]
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|format haat = [[All-news radio|News]]/[[Talk radio|talk]]=
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| affiliations = [[NPR]]<br>[[Public Radio International]]<br>[[American Public Media]]
|coordinates =
| owner = New Hampshire Public Radio, Incorporated
|callsign_meaning =
|former_callsigns licensee =
| sister_stations = [[WCNH]]
|former_frequencies =
| webcast = {{listenlive|http://www.nhpr.org}}
|affiliations = [[NPR]]<br>[[Public Radio International]]<br>[[American Public Media]]
|owner website = New Hampshire Public Radio,{{URL|http://www.nhpr.org/}} Incorporated
|licensee =
|sister_stations = [[WCNH]]
|webcast = {{listenlive|http://player.nhpr.org/livestream}}
|website = {{URL|http://www.nhpr.org/}}
}}
 
'''New Hampshire Public Radio''' ('''NHPR''') is the [[National Public Radio]] member [[Radio network|network]] serving the state of [[New Hampshire]]. NHPR is based in [[Concord, New Hampshire|Concord]] and operates seveneight transmitters and six translators covering nearly the whole state, as well as portions of [[Massachusetts]], [[Vermont]] and [[Maine]]. The network airs NPR news and talk shows on weekdays and a mix of cultural and music programs on weekends.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home {{!}} NHPR |url=https://www.nhpr.org/ |access-date=November 28, 2022 |website=New Hampshire Public Radio |language=en}}</ref>
 
NHPR's news staff of 21 is one of the largest in the state and is the only statewide source of radio news.
 
==History and listenership==
NHPR's original station, [[WEVO]], signed on from Concord on August 4, 1981. It was originally known as "'''Granite State Public Radio'''," after New Hampshire's [[List of U.S. state nicknames|state nickname]]. Prior to its sign-on, New Hampshire was one of the few states in New England without a clear signal from an NPR station.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Station: New Hampshire Public Radio, Inc. {{!}} CPB |url=https://www.cpb.org/station-view/New%20Hampshire%20Public%20Radio,%20Inc. |access-date=November 28, 2022 |website=www.cpb.org}}</ref>
 
WEVO had 500 members at its start. Over several years the station grew in size. In 1991, the newly renamed NHPR began broadcasting 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Between 1992 and 2011, six other stations joined the network. In 1995 NHPR launched ''The Exchange'', hosted by former NPR reporter Laura Knoy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Listen to The Folk Show on New Hampshire Public Radio on TuneIn |url=https://tunein.com/radio/New-Hampshire-Public-Radio-891-s28632/ |access-date=November 28, 2022 |website=TuneIn |language=en-us}}</ref>
 
Until 2000, NHPR broadcast a mix of NPR news and [[classical music]]. However, in 2000 it switched its weekday schedule to all news and talk.<ref>{{Cite web |title=New Hampshire Public Radio |url=http://www.lakesregionchamber.org/list/member/new-hampshire-public-radio-749 |access-date=November 28, 2022 |website=www.lakesregionchamber.org |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
In spring 2007 NHPR had a weekly audience of 161,100 listeners and about 16,000 contributing members. It had an annual budget of $4.5 million, with contributions from listeners, local businesses, grants and funding from the [[Corporation for Public Broadcasting]]. Contributions from listeners and businesses in New Hampshire make up more than 90 percent of NHPR's revenue. NHPR does not receive funding from the state of New Hampshire.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roberts |first=Andrea Suozzo, Ken Schwencke, Mike Tigas, Sisi Wei, Alec Glassford, Brandon |date=May 9, 2013 |title=New Hampshire Public Radio Inc - Nonprofit Explorer |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/20338667 |access-date=November 28, 2022 |website=ProPublica |language=en}}</ref>
 
In 2014, NHPR bought [[WCNH]], a classical music station. Since WCNH operates at only 190 watts, it is simulcast on WEVO's second HD channel.
 
In 2017, NHPR reported over 190,000 weekly listeners and 200,000 monthly unique website viewers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About NHPR |url=https://www.nhpr.org/about-nhpr |access-date=June 26, 2022 |website=New Hampshire Public Radio |language=en}}</ref>
 
==Stations==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! [[Call signs in North America|Call sign]]
!Location
! data-sort-type="number" | [[Frequency]]
! [[CallCity of signlicense]]
! data-sort-type="number" | [[Facility ID]]
!First air date
! data-sort-type="number" | [[Effective radiated power|ERP]] ([[Watt|W]])
! data-sort-type="number" | [[HAAT]]
! [[List of North American broadcast station classes|Class]]
! class="unsortable" | Transmitter coordinates
! class="unsortable" | First air date
|-
| {{rh}} | WEVF || 90.3 FM || [[Colebrook, New Hampshire]] || {{FID|173434}} || 270 || {{convert|245|m|ft|sp=us|abbr=on}} || A || {{coord|44|56|49.1|N|71|20|25.2|W|region:US-NH_type:landmark|name=WEVF}} || April 26, 2011<ref name=nhpr-wevfstart>{{cite news|last=McPherson|first=Scott|title=Our Newest Station, WEVF in Colebrook|url=http://www.nhpr.org/our-newest-station-wevf-colebrook|access-date=October 9, 2011|newspaper=NHPR.org|date=April 26, 2011}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=nerw-wevfstart>{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=Rambaldo Lands Erie FM CP|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2011/110509/nerw.html|access-date=October 9, 2011|newspaper=NorthEast Radio Watch|date=May 9, 2011}}</ref>
| [[Concord, New Hampshire|Concord]] <br>([[Manchester, New Hampshire|Manchester]])<br><small>(flagship)</small>
|-
| '''89.1 FM'''
| {{rh}} | [[WEVO]]{{Efn|group="sta"|[[Flagship (broadcasting)|Flagship station]]}} || 89.1 FM || [[Concord, New Hampshire]] || {{FID|48438}} || 50,000 || {{convert|116|m|ft|sp=us|abbr=on}} || B || {{coord|43|12|53.3|N|71|34|26.3|W|region:US-NH_type:landmark|name=WEVO}} || August 4, 1981<ref name=by2003>{{cite book|title=Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2003-04|year=2003|pages=D–300–2|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2003-04/D-Radio-NE-TER-BC-YB-2003-04.pdf|access-date=October 9, 2011}}</ref>
| '''[[WEVO]]'''
|-
| August 4, 1981<ref name=by2003>{{cite book|title=Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2003-04|year=2003|pages=D–300–2|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2003-04/D-Radio-NE-TER-BC-YB-2003-04.pdf|accessdate=October 9, 2011}}</ref>
| {{rh}} | [[WEVC]] || 107.1 FM || [[Gorham, New Hampshire]] || {{FID|24235}} || 6,000 || {{convert|-4.1|m|ft|sp=us|abbr=on}} || A || {{coord|44|27|31|N|71|10|24.9|W|region:US-NH_type:landmark|name=WEVC}} || May 1995{{Efn|group="sta"|WEVC was commercial station WXLQ from 1995 until it joined NHPR on January 10, 2000.<ref name=nerw-wxlqtowevc>{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=John Otto Dies at 70|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-991210.html|access-date=October 9, 2011|newspaper=North East RadioWatch|date=December 10, 1999}}</ref>}}<ref name=by2003/>
|-
|-
| [[Hanover, New Hampshire|Hanover]] <br> ([[Lebanon, New Hampshire|Lebanon]])
| {{rh}} | WEVH || 91.3 FM || [[Hanover, New Hampshire]] || {{FID|48439}} || 600 || {{convert|369|m|ft|sp=us|abbr=on}} || C3 || {{coord|43|42|32.1|N|72|9|14.6|W|region:US-NH_type:landmark|name=WEVH}} || October 1993<ref name=by2003/>
| '''91.3 FM'''
|-
| '''[[WEVH]]'''
| {{rh}} | WEVJ || 99.5 FM || [[Jackson, New Hampshire]] || {{FID|84239}} || 4,700 || {{convert|52|m|ft|sp=us|abbr=on}} || A || {{coord|44|10|30.2|N|71|10|5.2|W|region:US-NH_type:landmark|name=WEVJ}} || August 14, 2002<ref name=by2003/><ref name=nerw-wevjstart>{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=WLAN Makes Sports Flip, WBBF becomes WROC|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-020819.html|access-date=October 9, 2011|newspaper=North East RadioWatch|date=August 19, 2002}}</ref>
| October 1993<ref name=by2003/>
|-
| {{rh}} | WEVN || 90.7 FM || [[Keene, New Hampshire]] || {{FID|48440}} || 1,500 || {{convert|286|m|ft|sp=us|abbr=on}} || B1 || {{coord|43|2|0.3|N|72|22|2.3|W|region:US-NH_type:landmark|name=WEVN}} || April 1994<ref name=by2003/>
| [[Keene, New Hampshire|Keene]]
|-
| '''90.7 FM'''
| {{rh}} | WEVQ || 91.9 FM || [[Littleton, New Hampshire]] || {{FID|173546}} || {{ubl|580 vertical|558 horizontal}} || {{convert|311|m|ft|sp=us|abbr=on}} || A || {{coord|44|21|10.9|N|71|44|14.9|W|region:US-NH_type:landmark|name=WEVQ}} || October 18, 2011<ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1448059 Application Search Details] fcc.gov. Accessed November 11, 2012</ref>
| '''[[WEVN]]'''
|-
| April 1994<ref name=by2003/>
| {{rh}} | WEVS || 88.3 FM || [[Nashua, New Hampshire]] || {{FID|84847}} || {{ubl|3,500 vertical|5,000 horizontal}} || {{convert|21|m|ft|sp=us|abbr=on}} || A || {{coord|42|44|58.1|N|71|28|49.5|W|region:US-NH_type:landmark|name=WEVS}} || August 9, 2005<ref name=nerw-wevsstart>{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=NorthEast Radio Watch|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2005/050808/nerw.html|access-date=October 9, 2011|date=August 15, 2005}}</ref>
|-
| [[Gorham, New Hampshire|Gorham]]
| '''107.1 FM'''
| '''[[WEVC]]'''
| May 1995<sup>1</sup> <ref name=by2003/>
|-
| [[Jackson, New Hampshire|Jackson]]
| '''99.5 FM'''
| '''[[WEVJ]]'''
| August 14, 2002<ref name=by2003/><ref name=nerw-wevjstart>{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=WLAN Makes Sports Flip, WBBF becomes WROC|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-020819.html|accessdate=October 9, 2011|newspaper=North East RadioWatch|date=August 19, 2002}}</ref>
|-
| [[Nashua, New Hampshire|Nashua]]
| '''88.3 FM'''
| '''[[WEVS]]'''
| August 9, 2005<ref name=nerw-wevsstart>{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=NorthEast Radio Watch|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2005/050808/nerw.html|accessdate=October 9, 2011|date=August 15, 2005}}</ref>
|-
| [[Colebrook, New Hampshire|Colebrook]]
| '''90.3 FM'''
| '''[[WEVF]]'''
| April 26, 2011<ref name=nhpr-wevfstart>{{cite news|last=McPherson|first=Scott|title=Our Newest Station, WEVF in Colebrook|url=http://www.nhpr.org/our-newest-station-wevf-colebrook|accessdate=October 9, 2011|newspaper=NHPR.org|date=April 26, 2011}}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=nerw-wevfstart>{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=Rambaldo Lands Erie FM CP|url=http://www.fybush.com/NERW/2011/110509/nerw.html|accessdate=October 9, 2011|newspaper=NorthEast Radio Watch|date=May 9, 2011}}</ref>
|-
| [[Littleton, New Hampshire|Littleton]]
| '''91.9 FM'''
| '''WEVQ'''
|October 18, 2011<ref>[http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1448059 Application Search Details] fcc.gov. Accessed November 11, 2012</ref>
|}
 
''Notes:''
{{Notelist|group="sta"}}
*<sup>1</sup> WEVC was commercial station WXLQ from 1995 until it joined NHPR on January 10, 2000.<ref name=nerw-wxlqtowevc>{{cite news|last=Fybush|first=Scott|title=John Otto Dies at 70|url=http://www.bostonradio.org/nerw/nerw-991210.html|accessdate=October 9, 2011|newspaper=North East RadioWatch|date=December 10, 1999}}</ref>
 
===Translators===
{{RadioTranslators
| callsigncall1 = WEVOW289BT
| call1freq1 = W212AF105.7
| freq1fid1 = 90.3140577
| watts1 = 95
| city1 = Nashua, New Hampshire{{!}}Nashua
| call2haat1 = W217BH-48.4
| freq2 class1 = 91.3D
| city2city1 = LittletonColebrook, New Hampshire{{!}}Littleton
| coord1 = {{coord|44|52|41.6|N|71|28|49.5|W|region:US-NH_type:landmark|name=W289BT}}
| call3 = W247AO
| freq3 notes1 = 97.3Rebroadcasts WEVF
| call2 = W212AF
| city3 = Plymouth, New Hampshire{{!}}Plymouth
| call4freq2 = W280DG90.3
| freq4fid2 = 103.924802
| watts2 = 250
| city4 = Portsmouth, New Hampshire{{!}}Portsmouth
| call5haat2 = W282AB29
| freq5 class2 = 104.3D
| city5city2 = DoverNashua, New Hampshire{{!}}Dover
| coord2 = {{coord|42|44|57.2|N|71|28|49.4|W|region:US-NH_type:landmark|name=W212AF}}
}}
| notes2 = Rebroadcasts WEVS
{{RadioTranslators
| callsign = WEVC
| call1 = W290BK
| freq1 = 105.9
| city1 = Colebrook, New Hampshire{{!}}Colebrook
}}
 
{{For|WEVO translators|WEVO#Translators}}
 
==Programming==
[[File:Michael Bennet on NHPR'S The Exchange.jpg|thumb|[[Michael Bennet]] on-air during ''The Exchange'' in 2020]]
At first, NHPR broadcast a mixed format of news and information programming from NPR during drive times, and music mid-days, evenings, and overnights. As has been the case with most other NPR member stations over the past decade and a half, the network dropped music programming (except for a handful of weekend features) by 2001 to carry news and information programming around the clock.
At first, NHPR broadcast a mixed format of news and information programming from NPR during drive times, and music mid-days, evenings, and overnights. As has been the case with most other NPR member stations over the past decade and a half, the network dropped music programming (except for a handful of weekend features) by 2001 to carry news and information programming around the clock.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WEVO - NHPR 89.1 FM New Hampshire Public Radio {{!}} Live & for free |url=https://www.radio.net/s/wevo |access-date=November 28, 2022 |website=radio.net |language=en}}</ref>
 
Local staff produces three hours each day of newscasts and feature reports on local New Hampshire news and two daily interview programs. ''The Exchange'', hosted by Laura Knoy, is a one-hour morning news and public affairs call-in show. ''Word of Mouth'', hosted by VirginiaJustine PrescottParadis, is a one-hour midday general topics interview show. NHPR also locally produces ''The Folk Show'', a live show featuring performances by local musicians, on Sunday evenings and hosted by Kate McNally.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 1, 2021 |title=NH Public Radio: New Hampshire Seeing Largest Population Increase in New England |url=https://www.unh.edu/unhtoday/2021/01/nh-public-radio-new-hampshire-seeing-largest-population-increase-new-england |access-date=November 28, 2022 |website=UNH Today |language=en}}</ref>
 
NHPR broadcasts the major daily news programs produced by NPR, including ''[[Morning Edition]]'' and ''[[All Things Considered]]''. The statewide network also broadcasts programming from [[American Public Media]], including ''[[Live from Here]]'' and ''[[Marketplace (radio program)|Marketplace]]'', as well as programs from [[Public Radio International]], including ''[[TheStudio World360]]'', (radio program)|''[[The WorldTakeaway]]'' and, ''[[This American Life]]''. NHPR also airs programming from international broadcasters, such as ''[[As It Happens]]'', a production of Canada's [[CBC Radio One]], and the [[BBC World Service]] from Britain.
 
==Writers on a New England Stage==
NHPR, in conjunction with the [[Portsmouth, New Hampshire|Portsmouth]] [[The Music Hall (Portsmouth)|Music Hall]], has produced a series on New England writers and authors. So far the series has had such authors as [[John Updike]] (''[[Terrorist (novel)|Terrorist]]''), [[Doris Kearns Goodwin]], [[Dan Brown]] (''[[The Da Vinci Code]]''), [[Alan Alda]], and [[Mitch Albom]]. Virginia Prescott of ''Word of Mouth'' is the interviewer, and the trio [[Dreadnaught USA|Dreadnaught]] is the house band. The ''River Run Bookstore'' in Portsmouth is also affiliated.
 
See also [https://web.archive.org/web/20060912164904/http://themusichall.org/schedule/signa_writers.cfm Writers on a New England Stage at the Music Hall's website]
 
==Notable employees==
*[[Lauren Chooljian]], NHPR reporter and producer
*Mark Handley, NHPR's General Manager from 1990 to 2005, was chairman of NPR's Board of Directors for two terms.
*Mark Handley, NHPR's general manager from 1990 to 2005, chairman of NPR's board of birectors for two terms
*Eric Westervelt, formerly a foreign correspondent for NPR who often reported on the Arab-Israeli conflict, was a reporter and news director at NHPR for several years.
*[[Sally Hirsh-Dickinson]], NHPR producer and host, professor of English at [[Rivier University]]
*Eric Westervelt, former NPR foreign correspondent who often reported on the Arab-Israeli conflict, reporter and news director at NHPR for several years
 
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