WFMH-FM

WFMH-FM (95.5 FM, "Big 95.5") is a radio station licensed to serve Hackleburg, Alabama, United States. The station is owned by TNT, Inc. It airs a country music format and features programming from The Paul Finebaum Radio Network.

WFMH-FM
CityHackleburg, Alabama
Broadcast areaHamilton, Alabama
Frequency95.5 MHz
BrandingBig 95.5
Programming
FormatCountry
AffiliationsPaul Finebaum
Ownership
OwnerTNT, Inc.
History
First air dateMay 20, 1994 (95.5 FM)
Former call signsWCOC (1994-1996)
WXXR-FM (1996-1998)[1]
Technical information
Facility ID24578
ClassA
ERP4,100 watts
HAAT122 meters (400 feet)
Transmitter coordinates34°18′38″N 87°56′13″W
Links
Website

History

The WFMH-FM call letters were originally used by 101.1 FM in Cullman, Alabama when it first went on the air in March 1950. This station is now WXJC-FM 101.1, the call letters having been changed by former owner Eddins Broadcasting Co.

The call letters WFMH-FM were assigned to the current 95.5 FM in 1998. This station was granted its original construction permit by the Federal Communications Commission on December 12, 1993.[2] The new station was assigned call letters WCOC on May 20, 1994.[1] The call letters were changed to WXXR-FM on August 9, 1996. After one extension, WXXR-FM received its license to cover from the FCC on September 3, 1996.[3] The station was assigned the current WFMH-FM call letters by the FCC on November 22, 1998.[1]

In May 2004, Voice of Cullman LLC (Clark P. Jones, member/manager) agreed to transfer the license for WFMH-FM and then-sister station WFMH (AM) to Williams Communications (Walton E. Williams Jr., president/director). The two stations sold for a reported total of $2.45 million.[4]

In August 2004, the station received authorization to change its city of license from Holly Pond, Alabama, to Hackleburg, Alabama.[5] At the time of the move, the station was a longtime affiliate of ABC Radio Networks "Real Country" Satellite format. The move began in June 2005, completed the move in August 2005, and the station received its latest license to cover in November 2005.[6]

The future

On December 21, 2009, WFMH-FM was sold to TNT, Inc. for a reported sale of $150,000.

gollark: Terra is never wrong. All glory to Terra.
gollark: Which is yet another problem of our system - the constituency borders could affect the election a *lot* if they got tweaked and yet are basically arbitrary.
gollark: That's more of a problem of insane gerrymandering.
gollark: Or your system will not meet those criteria.
gollark: No, I mean, as far as I can see that requires you to have three candidates and no more.

References
  1. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
  2. "Application Search Details (BPH-19900122NT)". FCC Media Bureau. 1993-12-22.
  3. "Application Search Details (BLH-19960429KC)". FCC Media Bureau. 1996-09-03.
  4. "Changing Hands - 6/28/2004". Broadcasting & Cable. 2004-06-28.
  5. "Application Search Details (BPH-20040623ABT)". FCC Media Bureau. 2004-08-18.
  6. "Application Search Details (BLH-20050527BDC)". FCC Media Bureau. 2005-11-17.


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