WHRX

WHRX
City of license Nassawadox, Virginia
Broadcast area Nassawadox, Virginia
Exmore, Virginia
Branding "89.5 WHRV"
Frequency 90.1 MHz
First air date 2005
Format Public Radio (repeater of WHRV)
ERP 46,000 watts
HAAT 68 meters
Class B
Facility ID 91505
Transmitter coordinates 37°33′27.0″N 75°49′44.0″W / 37.557500°N 75.828889°W
Callsign meaning W Hampton Roads X
Former callsigns WJCN (2005-2011)
WHRE (2011)
Affiliations American Public Radio
National Public Radio
Public Radio International
Owner Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc.
Sister stations WHRO-FM, WHRV, WHRO-TV
Webcast WHRX Webstream
Website WHRX Online

WHRX is a Public Radio formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Nassawadox, Virginia, serving the Nassawadox/Exmore area. WHRX is owned and operated by Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc, and is a repeater of sister station WHRV.[1]

Main article: WHRV

History

In late 2010, WJCN was sold by Baker Family Stations to Hampton Roads Educational Telecommunications Association, Inc. for an undisclosed sum. WJCN dropped its Contemporary Christian format before Christmas and began broadcasting Christmas music. After New Years of 2011, the newly christened WHRX began simulcasting sister station WHRV.

Call sign history

The WHRE call sign that this station used briefly was previously used on television station WTPC-TV up until late 2010. The station is located in nearby Virginia Beach and is unrelated to either this station or the current WHRE.

References

  1. ↑ "WHRX Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division.

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