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.
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City | Bluefield, West Virginia |
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Broadcast area | Bluefield, West Virginia Bluefield, Virginia |
Frequency | 1440 kHz |
Branding | News Talk 1440 AM |
Slogan | The Two Virginias Informative Radio |
Programming | |
Format | Talk |
Affiliations | Fox News Radio West Virginia MetroNews |
Ownership | |
Owner | First Media Services |
Sister stations | WHAJ, WHQX, WHKX, WKOY, WKQY |
History | |
First air date | 1929 |
Former frequencies | 1420 kHz (1929–1931) 1410 kHz (1931–1941)[1] |
Call sign meaning | Hugh Ike Shott original owner |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 502 |
Class | B |
Power | 5,000 watts daytime 500 Watts nighttime |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°16′33.0″N 81°15′6.0″W |
Translator(s) | 97.3 W247BO (Bluefield) |
Links | |
Website | WHIS 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.
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References
- "FCC History Cards for WHIS".
- Arcane Radio Trivia, September 21, 2006, retrieved on November 2, 2007.
External links
- WHIS in the FCC's AM station database
- WHIS on Radio-Locator
- WHIS in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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