WHIS

WHIS (1440 AM) is a talk formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Bluefield, West Virginia, serving Bluefield in West Virginia and Bluefield in Virginia. WHIS is owned and operated by Alpha Media.

For the FM radio station, see WHAJ. For the TV station, see WVVA.
WHIS
CityBluefield, West Virginia
Broadcast areaBluefield, West Virginia
Bluefield, Virginia
Frequency1440 kHz
BrandingNews Talk 1440 AM
SloganThe Two Virginias Informative Radio
Programming
FormatTalk
AffiliationsFox News Radio
West Virginia MetroNews
Ownership
OwnerFirst Media Services
Sister stationsWHAJ, WHQX, WHKX, WKOY, WKQY
History
First air date1929
Former frequencies1420 kHz (1929–1931)
1410 kHz (1931–1941)[1]
Call sign meaningHugh Ike Shott
original owner
Technical information
Facility ID502
ClassB
Power5,000 watts daytime
500 Watts nighttime
Transmitter coordinates37°16′33.0″N 81°15′6.0″W
Translator(s)97.3 W247BO (Bluefield)
Links
WebsiteWHIS Online

History

Radio broadcasting began with 100 watts of power when the station signed on at 6:00 PM June 27, 1929 broadcasting from a tower on top of the twelve-story West Virginian Hotel in Bluefield.[2] WHIS is the oldest radio station in Bluefield and the fifth-oldest radio station in West Virginia.

gollark: I agree with the first one and partly with the second.
gollark: I have no idea what people are going on about much of the time, but it's interesting.
gollark: I can't actually solder at all.
gollark: There are probably some shared interests, given that this server selects for people who are interested in... generally, sciency stuff, I suppose.
gollark: The only microphone I have is my laptop's internal one. Which has noise issues.

References
  1. "FCC History Cards for WHIS".
  2. Arcane Radio Trivia, September 21, 2006, retrieved on November 2, 2007.


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