WMHH
Satellite of Christian talk and teaching | |
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Affiliations | Mars Hill Network |
Ownership | |
Owner | Mars Hill Broadcasting Company, Inc. |
History | |
First air date | March 1987 | as WCSF
Former call signs |
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Call sign meaning | "Mars Hill" |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 30571 |
Class | A |
ERP | 4,700 watts |
HAAT | 100 meters (330 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 42°52′44.00″N 73°51′47.00″W / 42.8788889°N 73.8630556°W |
Links | |
Public license information |
WMHH (96.7
The station has gone through numerous radio formats and call signs over the years, including the heritage WPTR call letters (previously on 1540 AM and 96.3 FM). The station has made three attempts at playing oldies, and was the first full-time contemporary Christian music station in the Capital Region. It was also the first station to broadcast in HD Radio in the market in 2005, preceding WGY by several months.
History
In March
WV Communications already owned WWWD, an AM station in Schenectady. In September 1987, WWWD and WCSF joined in a rock-based CHR simulcast, with WWWD becoming WVKZ and WCSF becoming WVKZ-FM. The two stations would later split off for most of the day, with 96.7 taking the "KZ-96.7" branding. KZ-96.7 shifted to album-oriented rock in 1989, and then to a harder current-based rock format in 1990, now known as "Power Rock KZ-96.7". In 1991, it returned to CHR as "Power Hits KZ-96.7".
Changes in Top 40 music as a genre, coupled with a glut of CHR stations in the Albany market, led ownership to change WVKZ-FM to a
On Memorial Day weekend, 1994, several months after closing on WWCP-FM, Jarad Broadcasting launched the WDRE-based Underground Network, a progressive-leaning
Early in 1996, Jarad found a buyer in
On March 16, 2004, WDCD and WPTR swapped formats and calls with 96.7 flipping to adult standards. This format served merely a placeholder, as on July 15 of that year, the station flipped to
However, the "Legends" format was short-lived as the station returned to Christian talk, once again simulcasting AM 1540 on November 11, 2011, and changed to the WDCD-FM call letters; the simulcast branded as "New Light 96.7", emphasizing the FM frequency.[2]
Effective July 25, 2019, the station was sold to Mars Hill Broadcasting for $600,000, and switched to Mars Hill Network programming. The station simultaneously changed its call letters to WMHH.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WMHH". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ Venta, Lance (November 3, 2011). "Changes Coming to WPTR Albany". RadioInsight.com. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
- ^ "Station Sales Week Of 4/5". RadioInsight. April 5, 2019.
- ^ Jacobson, Adam (April 2, 2019). "Lights On For Mars Hill's Capital District Arrival | Radio & Television Business Report".
External links
- WMHH in the FCC FM station database
- WMHH in Nielsen Audio's FM station database