WHPY-FM
MHz | |
Branding | Hippie Radio 94.5 |
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Programming | |
Format | Classic hits |
Ownership | |
Owner | Kensington Digital Media |
WYGI | |
History | |
First air date | October 1974 | (as WPCT at 94.3)
Former call signs | WPCT (1974-1983) WIST (1983-1994) WFGZ (1994-2012) |
Former frequencies | 94.3 MHz (1974-1995) |
Call sign meaning | HiPpY |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 50126 |
Class | A |
ERP | 6,000 watts |
HAAT | 100 meters (330 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 36°04′40.00″N 87°01′37.00″W / 36.0777778°N 87.0269444°W |
Repeater(s) | 1430 WYGI (Madison) |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | hippieradio945.com |
WHPY-FM (94.5
WHPY-FM has an
History
The station
The station continued with country music until November 28, 2003, when it was sold to Grace Broadcasting, which flipped formats to
It was announced on December 13, 2011, that Grace Broadcasting would sell the station to Kensington Digital Media.[3] The sale was finalized on January 3, 2012. The station was relocated from Jackson to the Nashville area. Its new city of license was Bellevue, Tennessee, a Nashville neighborhood.[4]
The station switched its call letters to WHPY-FM to stand for the word "hippie." It changed its format to classic hits, branded as "Hippie Radio 94.5". WHPY-FM broadcasts music from the "hippie era." Most of its playlist received airplay on Top 40 stations from the 1960s through the 1980s.
Notable DJs
References
- Arbitron. Winter 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
- ^ Radio-Locator.com/WHPY-FM
- ^ Hippie Radio to Debut in Nashville
- ^ https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1479843
External links
- WHPY in the FCC FM station database
- WHPY in Nielsen Audio's FM station database