WHKT

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WHKT

City of license	Portsmouth, Virginia
Broadcast area	Hampton Roads
Branding	"Freedom 1650"
Frequency	1650 kHz
First air date	1999
Format	News/Talk/Sports
Power	10,000 Watts daytime 1,000 Watts nighttime
Class	B
Facility ID	87170
Transmitter coordinates	36°48′10.0″N 76°16′58.0″W / 36.802778°N 76.282778°W / 36.802778; -76.282778
Callsign meaning	W Hampton (Roads) (The Big) KaT location and former branding
Affiliations	CBS Radio News
Owner	Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting Corporation
Sister stations	WPMH
Webcast	WHKT Webstream
Website	WHKT Online

WHKT is a conservative (or right-leaning) News/Talk/Sports broadcast radio station, licensed to Portsmouth, Virginia serving the Hampton Roads market. WHKT is owned by Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting Corporation.^[1]

Station Sold

On January 25, 2010, Disney announced that it is selling the station to Hampton Roads area religious broadcaster Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting for $350,000. ^[2] In the interim, Disney took WHKT, and five other stations slated to be sold, off the air on January 22; the station had previously carried the company's Radio Disney network.^[3]^[4]

The sale was listed as "consummated" by the FCC as of May 5, 2010.

References

↑ "WHKT Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "Radio Disney Sells Another", AllAccess.com, January 25, 2010
↑ "Radio Disney Takes Six Stations Silent". All Access. January 28, 2010. Retrieved January 29, 2010.
↑ Zucker, John W (January 26, 2010). "Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved January 29, 2010.

External links

Freedom 1650 Online

Query the FCC's AM station database for WHKT

Radio-Locator Information on WHKT

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WHKT

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