NHPR Strengthens Signal In Portsmouth and Nashua

New Hampshire Public Radio recently completed two major signal improvement projects designed to strengthen coverage for nearly 200,000 residents of the Nashua and Portsmouth areas. Both stations officially go on the air on Monday, September 19th.

Click here for more on NHPR's new Nashua station.

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Click here for more on NHPR's signal improvement projects.

The total project cost was an investment of more than $300,000, much of which came from grants from business and foundations as well as the support of NHPR listeners.

New Hampshire Public Radio President and General Manager Betsy Gardella says NHPR is continually working to fulfill its mission of offering comprehensive programming to all of New Hampshire.

“We believe that reaching across our state with new transmitters and signals, while offering in-depth and comprehensive news and analysis to New Hampshire is very important,” says Gardella. “We listened to people from the Seacoast and the Nashua area that rely on NHPR. That is why we have made this investment.”

With the two new stations, NHPR’s signal covers more than 90 percent of the Granite State. The new signal in Portsmouth is broadcast at 103.9 FM from an antenna atop Portsmouth City Hall via a 170-watt translator and reaches more than 35,000 residents in and around the Port City. In Nashua, WEVS-FM will broadcast at 88.3 FM with a 5,000-watt signal reaching more than 166,000 residents of Southern Hillsborough County, including the towns of Milford, Hollis, Amherst, and Merrimack. WEVS Nashua will replace the translator at 90.3 that has served Nashua since 1983. The two new stations join NHPR’s statewide network, broadcasting news and information programming originating from NHPR’s flagship station in Concord.

Click here to read the news release on NHPR's signal improvement projects

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