WHOL
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WHOL (1600
WHOL is powered at 1,000
History
WHOL
Founded by the Allentown Broadcasting Corporation, the station was granted its
For much of the 2000s and 2010s, it aired a
.During 2014, WHOL changed is image from "Hola Radio" to "La Ola Radio" and added a translator, W258BM, that allows the station to also be heard on FM radio at 99.5.
On January 1, 2017, at the stroke of Midnight, WHOL, WEST, and W258BM rebranded as "Mega 99.5".[6][7]
On October 19, 2020, WHOL split from its simulcast with WEST and changed its format to
77 days later, on January 5, 2021, WHOL dropped its conservative talk format and began stunting with a heartbeat, interspersed with a voice saying "It's coming! It's almost here! Very soon!". The next day, WHOL flipped to a Rhythmic Contemporary format as "Loud 106.9/99.5", once again simulcasting WEST.[9]
The station, along with WEST and translators W258DV and W295CR, was sold to Major Keystone LLC on January 17, 2022 in exchange for the licenses to WGLD, WTKZ, and W296EA.[10] The swap was consummated on March 31, 2022.
See also
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WHOL". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/WHOL
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/W295CR
- ^ "WHOL Allentown, Pa. Is New CBS Member" (PDF). Broadcasting. September 13, 1948. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
- ^ "Federal Communications Commission v. Allentown Broadcasting Corp" (PDF). New York Law School. June 6, 1955. Retrieved 2015-04-15.
- ^ WHOL/WEST Relaunches as Mega 99.5 Radioinsight - January 4, 2017
- ^ WHOL Relaunches as Mega 99.5 Format Change Archive - January 4, 2017
- ^ The Talk 106.9 Debuts In The Lehigh Valley Radioinsight - October 20, 2020
- ^ Loud Radio Quickly Doubles Up In Allentown Radioinsight - January 6, 2021
- ^ "Mega 107.1 Debuts In Lancaster/York Via Major Keystone Swap". RadioInsight. Retrieved 2022-01-17.