WHIS

WHIS

Infobox Radio station
name = WHIS
airdate = 1929
frequency = 1440 kHz
city = Bluefield, West Virginia
area = Bluefield WV - VA
format = Talk Radio
owner = Triad Broadcasting
licensee = Monterey Licenses, LLC
power = 5,000 watts (day)
500 watts (night)
branding =
slogan = "The two Virginias' informative radio"
class = B
website = [http://www.whistalkradio.com/home.php WHIS Online]
callsign_meaning = Hugh Ike Shott - Founder of the station|

WHIS (1440 AM) is a radio station in Bluefield, West Virginia. The call letters contain the initials of Hugh Ike Shott, who started the station. Radio broadcasting began with 100 watts of power when the station signed on at 6:00 PM June 27 1929 broadcasting from a tower on top of the twelve-story West Virginian Hotel in Bluefield. [ [http://tenwatts.blogspot.com/2006_09_01_archive.html Arcane Radio Trivia, September 21, 2006] , retrieved on November 2 2007.] WHIS is the oldest radio station in Bluefield and the fifth-oldest radio station in West Virginia.

The station is licensed to Monterey Licenses, LLC, which is wholly owned by Triad Broadcasting. [ [http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getattachment_exh.cgi?exhibit_id=402030 Ownership Interests FCC Form 323, Exhibit 3, Page 1 of 5] , retrieved on November 2 2007.]

The radio station operates on 1440 kHz with a daytime power of 5KW and nighttime power of 500 watts. It operates a non-directional transmitter on Harry Heights Road, less than one mile north of the city limits of Bluefield. Its studios are located at 900 Bluefield Avenue in Bluefield, WV.

WHIS simulcasts at 1470 AM as WTZE serving Tazewell, Virginia.

References

External links

* [http://jeff560.tripod.com/whis1.html History of Radio Station WHIS, Bluefield] retrieved on November 2 2007.
* [http://www.whistalkradio.com/home.php WHIS/WTZE Online]



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