WHET
Appearance
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Broadcast area | Marion-Carbondale (IL) area |
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Frequency | 97.7 MHz |
Branding | US 97.7 |
Programming | |
Format | Classic country |
Affiliations | Westwood One St. Louis Cardinals Radio Network |
Ownership | |
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History | |
Former call signs | WFRX-FM (1979–1996) WQUL (1996–2009) |
Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
Facility ID | 53978 |
Class | A |
ERP | 3,500 watts |
HAAT | 132 meters (433 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 37°45′15.00″N 88°56′5.00″W / 37.7541667°N 88.9347222°W |
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Public license information | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | us977.com |
WHET (97.7 FM) is a radio station broadcasting a classic country format. Licensed to West Frankfort, Illinois, United States, the station serves the Marion-Carbondale area. The station is owned by Withers Broadcasting and the broadcast license held by Withers Broadcasting of Southern Illinois, LLC. WHET features programming from Westwood One.[2]
History
[edit]![WHET's previous logo.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2c/WQUL_logo.jpg)
The station was assigned call sign WFRX-FM on July 24, 1979. On October 1, 1996, the station changed its call sign to WQUL and on August 18, 2009, to the current WHET.[3]
On March 9, 2011, WHET changed their format to classic country, branded as "US 97.7".
References
[edit]- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WHET". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "WHET Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
- ^ "WHET Call Sign History". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
External links
[edit]- Facility details for Facility ID 53978 (WHET) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WHET in Nielsen Audio's FM station database