WHHN
History | |
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First air date | June 13, 2009 |
Call sign meaning | "His Holy Name" |
Technical information | |
Class | B1 (non-commercial) |
ERP | 850 watts (horizontal) 670 watts (vertical) |
HAAT | 1,352 feet (412 meters) |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | radiomaria.us |
WHHN 88.1
Brief history
WHHN is the second Catholic station in the Altoona market, the other being local low-power WMES which are not affiliated with each other nor co-owned. WHHN is owned and operated by Radio Maria Inc. and is a repeater of originating station KJMJ 580 kHz in Alexandria, Louisiana. WHHN's initial sign-on took place on Saturday morning, June 13, 2009. WHHN is the seventh of what is a network of repeaters originated by
Faclilites and Programming
Though WHHN has yet no local studio, its transmitter is located north of Hollidaysburg on the eastern outskirts of Altoona. However, a live program is originated in the Philadelphia area, "Don't Give Up" presented by Anne McGlone and Anna Iatesta live from Cabry Hall located on the campus of The Malvern Retreat House at St Joseph's-In-The-Hills on Wednesday afternoons at 5pm local time. More locally originated programming is planned and is in the works new FM station. In addition to the Altoona area, the WHHN signal can be received on a regular car radio along portions of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in the areas of Bedford west of the Sideling Hill travel service plaza and east of the Allegheny Mountain Tunnel.
Listeners outside WHHN's signal area can also access the station's audiostream anywhere in Pennsylvania by using the Alexa, iPhone, BlackBerry and Android mobile phone devices by means of downloading an app from the Radio Maria website.
Mary Pyper is national board president. Joshua Danis is national co-ordinator. Frank Hare is studio/production manager.
Father Duane Stenzel O.F.M. (1927–2011) served as national program director from May 2000 until his death.
See also
External links
- Official Radio Maria USA site (with streaming audio)
- Internet radios, iPhone and iPod services of Radio Maria online stream available
- Listing of Radio Maria's stations in the U.S.broadcasting in English, Spanish and Italian
- World Family of Radio Maria
- Website of Malvern Retreat House
- Radio Maria USA in Spanish
- Radio Maria USA in Italian (New York)
- WHHN in the FCC FM station database
- WHHN in Nielsen Audio's FM station database