WHIS

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WHIS

City of license	Bluefield, West Virginia
Broadcast area	Bluefield, West Virginia Bluefield, Virginia
Branding	"Talk Radio WHIS"
Slogan	"The Two Virginias Informative Radio"
Frequency	1440 kHz
First air date	1929
Format	Talk
Power	5,000 Watts daytime 500 Watts nighttime
Class	B
Facility ID	502
Transmitter coordinates	37°16′33.0″N 81°15′6.0″W / 37.275833°N 81.251667°W / 37.275833; -81.251667
Callsign meaning	W Hugh Ike Shott original owner
Affiliations	Fox News Radio West Virginia MetroNews
Owner	L&L Broadcasting (L&L Licensee, LLC)
Sister stations	WHAJ, WHQX, WHKX, WKOY, WKQY, WTZE
Website	WHIS Online

WHIS is a Talk formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Bluefield, West Virginia, serving Bluefield in West Virginia and Bluefield in Virginia. WHIS is owned and operated by L&L Broadcasting.

History

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.^[1] WHIS is the oldest radio station in Bluefield and the fifth-oldest radio station in West Virginia.

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

References

↑ Arcane Radio Trivia, September 21, 2006, retrieved on November 2, 2007.

External links

Talk Radio WHIS Online

Query the FCC's AM station database for WHIS

Radio-Locator Information on WHIS

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WHIS

v t e Radio stations in the Bluefield, Virginia/West Virginia market

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Defunct	WBDY

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