- WLHK
Infobox Radio station
name = WLHK
city = Shelbyville,Indiana
area = Indianapolis
slogan =
branding =
frequency = 97.1MHz HD Radio
repeater =
airdate =
share = 4.0
share as of = Sp'08 P2
share source = R&Rcite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Indianapolis Market Ratings | date= | url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRRatings/DefaultSearch.aspx?MarketName=Indianapolis&MarketRank=%20 | work =Radio & Records | pages = | date = | language = ]
format =
power =
erp = 23,000watt s
haat = 223.0meter s
class = B
facility_id = 19522
coordinates = coord|39|40|6.00|N| 86|1|44.00|W|region:US_type:city
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = WSVL-FM (1980-1981)
WENS (1981-2005)
owner = Emmis Radio License, LLC
licensee =
sister_stations =
webcast =
website =
affiliations =WLHK -- "97-1 Hank FM" -- is an FM
radio station owned by Emmis Communications inIndianapolis, Indiana . The station operates on theFM radio frequency of 97.1 mHz, FM channel 246. The studios are located on Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis. The transmitters, according to the FCC, are located in the 7000 block of East Southport Road on the southeast side of Indianapolis. The station is officially licensed in Shelbyville, Indiana. As of July 2008, the station is tied for tenth in the market in listeners 12 years and older.WLHK is the flagship station of the
Indianapolis Colts , as of the 2007 season. It is also the Indianapolis home of Indiana University men's basketball, and airs IU football games in the event of programming conflicts on WLHK's sister station,WFNI .History
WLHK began operation as WSVL-FM in Shelbyville. Jeff Smulyan (along with two business partners) purchased WSVL-FM in 1979 as the first radio station owned by
Emmis Communications . The call letters were changed toWENS on July 4, 1981. WENS was a light rock or adult contemporary station before the changeover to Hank FM (Country) in March 2005.References
External links
* [http://www.well.com/~irw/stations/wlhk.html Indiana Radio Archive, WLHK]
*FM station data|WLHK
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