WHRK

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WHRK
City of license	Memphis, Tennessee
Broadcast area	Memphis, Tennessee
Branding	"K-97.1"
Slogan	#1 for Hip Hop and R&B
Frequency	97.1 (MHz) (also on HD Radio) 97.1-HD2 for Classic Hip Hop
First air date	1961
Format	Mainstream Urban
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	162 meters
Class	C1
Facility ID	54916
Callsign meaning	W Harold R. Krelstein (executive of former owner Plough Broadcasting) The K is used in K-97.1 branding
Owner	Clear Channel Communications
Sister stations	KJMS, KWNW, WDIA, WEGR, WHAL, WREC Under LMA:KWAM
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	k97fm.com

WHRK is a Mainstream Urban station owned by Clear Channel Communications. It is licensed to Memphis, and it broadcasts at 97.1 MHz frequency.

History

The station was originally WMPS-FM and had offered a classical format during the 1960s and 1970s. That was until October 1976 when it flipped to a Rhythmic Contemporary Hit Radio hybrid format that featured Disco. Even after Disco's demise they still continued to add Dance and Pop/Rock product throughout the 1980s but would evolve to Urban contemporary format by the end of that decade. It was purchased by Chancellor in the late 1990s along with sister station WDIA and former competitor KJMS. Today the station continues to dominate the Memphis Urban radio wars against KXHT, who has shifted back to a Rhythmic direction.

Station Management

General Manager Michael Oppenheimer
Program Director Devin Steele
Community Affairs Director Jae Henderson

External links

Official Website of K-97.1

Query the FCC's FM station database for WHRK

Radio-Locator information on WHRK

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WHRK

v t e Radio stations in the Memphis market

By FM frequency	87.7¹ 88.1 88.1 88.5 89.3 89.9 90.5 91.1 91.7 92.5 92.7 92.9 93.5 94.1 94.7 94.9 95.3 95.7 96.1 97.1 97.7 98.1 98.9 99.3 99.7 101.1 101.9 102.7 103.5 103.9 104.5 105.3 105.5 105.9 107.1 107.5 ¹ Audio for TV channel 6 (WPGF-LP/Ind)

By AM frequency	560 600 640 680 730 790 830 950 990 1030 1070 1180 1210 1240 1250 1340 1380 1430 1480 1600

NOAA Weather Radio frequency	162.475

By callsign	K213CN W288BJ KAKJ KARH KCJF KERL KJMS KLJK KQPN KWAM KWNW KWYN-FM KXHT KXJK WAVN WBBP WCRV WDIA WEBL WEGR WEVL WGKX WGSF WGUE WHAL-FM WHBQ WHBQ-FM WHRK WIVG WKBL WKBQ WKIM WKNO-FM WKQK WKRA-FM WKVF WLOK WLRM WMC WMC-FM WMFS WMFS-FM WMPS WMQM WOWW WPGF-LP WQOX WRBO WREC WRVR WUMR WUMY WURC WXK49 WXMX WYPL

Defunct	WSTN 1410 AM

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v t e Clear Channel Communications

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (CEO, CC Media Holdings, Inc.) John Hogan (Chairman/CEO, Clear Channel Media and Entertainment)

Board of directors	Lowry Mays (Chairman) Irving Azoff B. J. "Red" McCombs J. C. Watts John H. Williams

Radio stations	List of radio stations owned by Clear Channel

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Coordinates: 35°13′23″N 90°02′35″W / 35.223°N 90.043°W / 35.223; -90.043

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