WHLW

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WHLW
iHeartMedia, Inc.
  • (iHM Licenses, LLC)
  • WWMG, WZHT
    History
    First air date
    1997 (1997) (as WMHS)
    Former call signs
    WDHT-FM (1990–1997, CP)
    WMHS (1997–1998)
    WQLD (1998–2004)
    WNTM (2004–2005)[1]
    Call sign meaning
    W HaLlelujah Worship
    Technical information
    Facility ID6655
    ClassC1
    ERP13,500 watts
    HAAT558 meters (1831 feet)
    Transmitter coordinates
    31°58′28″N 86°9′44″W / 31.97444°N 86.16222°W / 31.97444; -86.16222
    Links
    WebcastListen Live
    Website1043hallelujahfm.iheart.com

    WHLW (104.3

    iHeartMedia, Inc. and licensed to iHM Licenses, LLC, and is one-third of the all-urban Montgomery cluster, complementing urban AC's WWMG and mainstream urban's WZHT. The studios for the three stations are located in East Montgomery near Eastdale Mall, and WHLW has a transmitter site in Grady, Alabama
    .

    It broadcasts an urban contemporary gospel format to the Montgomery, Alabama, market.[2]

    Notable on-air personalities currently associated with the station include Connye B, Yvette Bullard-Dillard, and Donnie McKlurkin.

    History

    This station received its original

    community of license to Luverne, Alabama), and construction, WMHS received its license to cover from the FCC on October 29, 1997.[4]

    In November 1997, Brantley Broadcast Associates reached an agreement to sell this station to Capital Communications. The deal was approved by the FCC on January 22, 1998, and the transaction was consummated on February 20, 1998.[5] Concurrently, Capital Communications reached a contingent agreement to sell this station to Southern Star Communications, Inc. The deal was also approved by the FCC on January 22, 1998, and this transaction was also consummated on February 20, 1998.[6] On March 20, 1998, the new owners had the FCC change the station's callsign to WQLD.[1]

    On August 20, 2004, the station had its callsign changed to WNTM.[1] The station was assigned the current WHLW call letters by the FCC on January 14, 2005.[1]

    References

    1. ^ a b c d e f "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
    2. ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
    3. ^ "Application Search Details (BPH-19880224MR)". FCC Media Bureau. December 7, 1988.
    4. ^ "Application Search Details (BLH-19970731KB)". FCC Media Bureau. October 29, 1997.
    5. ^ "Application Search Details (BALH-19971119GE)". FCC Media Bureau. February 20, 1998.
    6. ^ "Application Search Details (BALH-19971119GF)". FCC Media Bureau. February 20, 1998.

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