WIFE-FM
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| Facility ID | 54151 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 1,050 watts |
| HAAT | 171 meters (561 ft) |
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Public license information | |
| Website | www |
WIFE 94.3
History
WIFE first signed on the air on August 5, 1971, as WRCR, owned by the Rush County Broadcasting Company.[3][4] The station's facilities were built on North Perkins Street, east of the Rushville courthouse square.[3][4] A Mutual Broadcasting System affiliate, WRCR's format included an "up-tempo" mix of popular, rock, and country music in addition to local community news and Rushville Consolidated High School sports.[3][5] Upon its founding, WRCR's broadcasting hours were between 5:40 a.m. and 10:15 p.m. seven days a week, but WRCR could sign off later in case of a live sporting event running long.[3]
Before his political career as
From 2000 to 2007, its call sign was WKWH-FM.[10] WKWH-FM was branded "Power Country" from 2001 to 2006, and it shared call signs with a co-owned oldies station on 1520 AM, WKWH (now WSVX) licensed to nearby Shelbyville.[11] Its branding was "94.3 Buddy FM" heading into 2007. Late in 2006, WKWH began de-emphasizing talk shows and community-oriented programming to play more country music.[5]
On July 23, 2007, Whitewater Broadcasting took over operations of WKWH from RushShelby Energy, changed the call letters to the current WIFE-FM, and launched the current "Hometown Country 94.3" branding.[10][5][12]
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WIFE-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ WIFE-FM fcc.gov Accessed August 23, 2012
- ^ a b c d "Local radio station goes on air tomorrow". Rushville Republican. August 4, 1971. pp. 1, 2. Retrieved April 16, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "The Indiana Radio Archive | Stations | WIFE-FM".
- ^ a b c Denzler, Frank (July 23, 2007). "Local radio station sold". Rushville Republican. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
- ^ Hall, Steve (September 11, 1995). "The kind conservative". The Indianapolis Star. p. C2.
- ^ "Mike Pence Congressional Papers". Indiana University Bloomington. 2014. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
- ^ "Hear Mike Here!". WIBC. Archived from the original on June 11, 2000.
- ^ Trares, Ryan (January 17, 2017). "Pence used radio show to build name". The Republic. Columbus, Indiana. Retrieved April 24, 2018.
- ^ a b "Call Sign History".
- ^ "WKWH-Power Radio". Archived from the original on 2001-11-29. Retrieved 2001-11-29.
- ^ "Indiana RadioWatch". IndianaRadio.net. October 20, 2007. Archived from the original on April 14, 2008. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
External links
- WIFE's official website
- WIFE in the FCC FM station database
- WIFE in Nielsen Audio's FM station database