[2] On December 6, 1945, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a construction permit to Charles M. Dale, then the sitting Governor of New Hampshire,[3] for a new 250-watt radio station on 1450 kHz in Concord.

[11] Another sale followed three years later to Frank Estes and Joseph Close, owners of WKNE (1290 kHz) in Keene and WKNY in Kingston, New York.

[4] The station expanded its service to FM when WKXL-FM 102.3, an 80 percent simulcast of the AM frequency and its middle of the road format, began broadcasting on March 7, 1972.

After three years, Vox sold the station to Warren Bailey, operations manager of WLNH-FM in Laconia; under his ownership, more local programs were restored to the WKXL lineup,[18] including a talk show hosted by Arnie Arnesen and New Hampshire Fisher Cats minor league baseball.

[22] In 2003, WTPL would also come under Embro's control under a local marketing agreement; Arnesen's program, which had been based at WNTK in Newport before relocating to Concord, would air on both stations,[23] as would the Fisher Cats.

[28] Jeanotte was also the long-time host of Granite State Challenge, a New Hampshire Public Television high school quizbowl program.