WEUP

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WEUP is a FM and AM radio group that serves Huntsville and the majority of the Tennessee Valley in North Alabama, United States.

WEUP-FM
WEUZ
W222AK
W275AA
W238AD

City of license	Minor Hill/Huntsville
Broadcast area	North Alabama
Branding	"103.1 WEUP"
Slogan	Tennessee Valley's #1 for The Most Hip Hop and R&B
First air date	1987
Frequency	103.1 (MHz) 92.1 (MHz) 92.3 (MHz]) 102.9 (MHz) 95.5 (MHz)
Format	Urban Contemporary
ERP	25 kilowatts 6 kilowatts 8 watts 10 watts 13 watt
Callsign meaning	We Up (allegedly when this daytimer signed on each morning, the first broadcast was 'We up...are you?')
Owner	Broadcast One
Website	http://www.103weup.com/

103.1 WEUP, often pronounced "103.1 "we up", is class C3 25,000 watt (25 kilowatt (kW)) urban contempoary radio station that broadcasts on the FM dial. 103.1 WEUP also simulcasts in addition to the 103.1 frequency, but also on 6,000-watt WEUZ FM 92.1 Minor Hill, Tennessee, 8-watt W222AK-FM 92.3 & 10-watt W275AA-FM 102.9 Huntsville, Alabama, 13-watt W238AD-FM 95.5 Trinity, Alabama.

WEUP-AM is a 5,000 watts (5 kW) urban gospel AM station broadcasting 1600 kHz, coupled with 10,000 watts coming from WEUV AM 1700, 2,500 watts from WHIY AM 1190. WEUP-AM is dubbed "Huntsville's Heritage Station" due to the fact that it was the first in the region to broadcast an urban format.

In 2006, there was a re-arrangement of call letters among the group's AM stations. 1700 became WEUP, 1190 became WEUV, and 1600 (the original WEUP) took the WHIY call letters. It has been rumored that the company plans to sell off the 1600 frequency or take it dark, and also that the directional array for 1600 would be dismantled.

WEUP

Broadcast area	Huntsville
Branding	"WEUP 1600AM/1700AM"
Slogan	Huntsville's Heritage Station
First air date	March 20, 1958
Frequency	1600 (kHz) 1700 (kHz)
Format	Urban Gospel
ERP	5000 watts 2500 watts
Callsign meaning	We Up (allegedly when this daytimer signed on each morning, the first broadcast was 'We up...are you?')
Owner	Broadcast One
Website	http://www.weupam.com/

Contents 1 History 2 Current Lineup 2.1 WEUP-FM 3 Station Management 3.1 WEUP-FM 4 External links

[edit] History

WEUP began broadcasting on March 20, 1958, on an 100-watt 1600 kilohertz (kHz) AM station owned by Leroy and Viola Garrett. WEUP-AM broadcast from a pink trailer in the grounds of Syler Tabernacle Church in Huntsville. The station's format was a mixture of gospel, sermons, news, and R&B everyday from sunrise to 6 p.m.

Listeners of 1600 AM were able to hear a viable mix of gospel and soul music as well as news and public affairs catering to the interests of the Tennessee Valley's black population.

The Garretts made history when they public testified before a congressional committee in 1963 resulting in the change of a Federal Communication Commission (FCC) law regulating 24-hour broadcasts in the 1960s. That year WEUP began 24-hour broadcasts, yet a milestone for urban radio.

Viola Garrett decided to sell the station in 1987 after the passing of her husband, Leroy. So in that year, Hundley Batts, Sr. and Dr. Virginia Caples, took the ownership and operation of WEUP-AM. They also acquired another station, WEUZ 92.1, licensed to Minor Hill, Tennessee and brought WEUP onto the FM broadcast airwaves.

They operated WEUP-AM & WEUZ-FM under the parent company name of Broadcast One. They continued to expand the station's audience by acquiring WHIY 1190 AM, WEUP-FM 103.1, both licensed to Moulton in 1989. WEUV-AM 1700 was added to the group of stations that are part of WEUP, Huntsville's Heritage Station.

[edit] Current Lineup

[edit] WEUP-FM

Weekdays

• The We-Up Wakeup Show with Big Ant, DJ Illie Ill, LaShay B 5-9AM
• ML6 9AM-2PM
• RJ 2-6PM
• Jo-Ski Love 6-10PM
• The Quiet Storm with BC 10PM-2AM

Saturdays

• RJ - 10AM-2PM
• Roc 2-6PM

Sundays

• Sunday Morning Inspiration - 6AM-Noon
• The Quiet Storm with BC 10PM-2AM

[edit] Station Management

[edit] WEUP-FM

• Program Director Anthony "Big Ant" Simmons
• Music Director Jeffery "DJ Illie Ill" Rice

[edit] External links

• 103.1 WEUP, Tennessee Valley's #1 for The Most Hip Hop and R&B
• WEUP AM 1600/1700, Huntsville's Heritage Station