WHOS

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WHOS

City of license	Decatur, Alabama
Broadcast area	Huntsville, Alabama
Branding	The Big Talker - 800 & 1230
Slogan	"The Valley's Big Talker"
Frequency	800 kHz
Format	News/Talk
Power	1000 watts (day) 215 watts (night)
Class	D
Facility ID	44023
Transmitter Coordinates	34°35′55″N, 87°00′24″W
Owner	Clear Channel Communications (Capstar TX Limited Partnership)
Sister stations	WBHP (AM)
Website	http://www.wbhpam.com/

WHOS (800 AM) is a news/talk-formatted radio station licensed to Decatur, Alabama, that serves northwest Alabama and south-central Tennessee.^[1] The station was assigned the WHOS call letters by the Federal Communications Commission.^[2]

1 Programming
2 History
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Programming

The station's current programming is a simulcast of Huntsville, Alabama, sister station WBHP (1230 AM), "The Valley's Big Talker." The studios for both stations are located in Madison, Alabama. The station is an affiliate of the Atlanta Braves radio network.^[3]

[edit] History

In October 1988 the station, which had been airing a Gospel music format, briefly featured an all-Elvis Presley format using the advertising tagline "WHOS alive?".^[4] In the 1990s it carried a simulcast of then co-owned WDRM and its country music format.

Notable former WHOS air personalities include George Rose who, along with his alter-ego "Cousin Josh" character, hosted "The Cousin Josh Jam-O-Ree" on several North Alabama radio stations in a career than began in 1948 and ended with his death in 2006.^[5]

[edit] References

^ Station Information Profile. Arbitron.
^ Call Sign History. FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
^ Affiliate Radio Stations. The Official Site of the Atlanta Braves.
^ Voland, John. "Radio", Los Angeles Times, 1988-10-05. Retrieved on 2007-12-29. "Straight from the gospel to the Pelvis . . . such is the overnight odyssey of radio station WHOS in Decatur, Ala., which switched formats overnight from gospel music and religious programming to an all-Elvis format Monday morning..."
^ Bishop, Kristen. "George Rose, famous as radio's 'Cousin Josh,' dies at 78; funeral today.", The Decatur Daily, 2006-12-09. Retrieved on 2007-12-29.

[edit] External links

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