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WMEX-LP

radio station in Rochester, New Hampshire

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ104863038 ↗
Source-derived summary

WMEX-LP (105.9 FM, "105.9 WMEX") is a radio station licensed to serve the community of Rochester, New Hampshire. The station is owned by Rochester Radio and airs an oldies format.

The station was assigned the call sign WMVI-LP by the Federal Communications Commission on May 20, 2014. The station changed its call sign to WMEX-LP eight days later in a partial swap with WMEX (88.7 FM) in Edgartown, Massachusetts; the new low-power FM station would be run by Gary James as a revival of the oldies format formerly heard on WMEX (106.5 FM) in Farmington (James had been that station's general manager), itself a tribute to WMEX (1510 AM) in Boston.

Editorial summary

“WMEX-LP” enters the record as radio station in Rochester, New Hampshire. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what WMEX-LP, radio and station can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2014, 1510—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around WMEX-LP, radio and station.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“WMEX-LP” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, WMEX-LP, radio and station provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q104863038. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2014 and 1510.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  2. Expand the search: follow WMEX-LP primary sources, WMEX-LP archive and WMEX-LP research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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This entry incorporates text from “WMEX-LP” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.