WHFB-FM

WHFB-FM
City of license	Benton Harbor, Michigan
Broadcast area
Branding	New Country 99.9
Frequency	99.9 MHz
First air date	1947
Format	Country
ERP	50,000 watts
HAAT	124 meters
Class	B
Facility ID	72175
Callsign meaning	Heart of the Fruit Belt
Owner	Douglas Road Radio, Inc. (sale to Mid-West Family Broadcasting pending)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	New Country 99.9 Website

WHFB-FM (99.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to Benton Harbor, Michigan, broadcasting a country music format and targeting the South Bend, Indiana market. WHFB is a member of the WSBT radio group. Its signal is regularly heard as far as Chicago, Illinois, As far East as Battle Creek, Michigan and during some atmospheric conditions as far North as Grand Rapids, Michigan

As of June 2011, the station has re-imaged from Cat Country 99-9 to Real Country 99-Nine.

Previous to the current country format, WHFB-FM acted as a local station serving the Benton Harbor/St. Joseph area, with beautiful music and adult contemporary music formats.

In September 2015, Schurz Communications, which previously held a minority interest in Douglas Road Radio, agreed to acquire full ownership of the company. The transaction is part of the $442.5 million acquisition of Schurz' broadcast interests, including WHFB-FM, by Gray Television.^[1]^[2]^[3] Though Gray initially intended to keep Schurz' radio stations, on November 2, it announced that Mid-West Family Broadcasting would acquire WHFB-FM and Schurz' other South Bend radio stations for $5.5 million. Mid-West Family already owns several stations in the Benton Harbor-St. Joseph area, where the station's city of license is located.^[4]^[5]^[6]

References

↑ "Schurz Communications to sell WSBT and other TV, radio stations". South Bend Tribune. September 14, 2015. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
↑ Kuperberg, Jonathan (September 14, 2015). "Gray Acquiring TV, Radio Stations from Schurz for $442.5 Million". Broadcasting & Cable. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
↑ "APPLICATION FOR CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT OF BROADCAST STATION CONSTRUCTION PERMIT OR LICENSE". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. September 17, 2015. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
↑ "Gray Sells Radio Stations From Schurz Deal". TVNewsCheck. November 2, 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
↑ Venta, Lance (November 2, 2015). "Gray Television Divests Schurz Clusters To Three Buyers". RadioInsight. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
↑ Allen, Kevin (November 2, 2015). "WSBT Radio Group will have a new owner, again". South Bend Tribune. Retrieved November 2, 2015.

Michiguide.com - WHFB-FM History

External links

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Radio-Locator information on WHFB

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Radio stations in the South Bend, Indiana market

By FM frequency	88.1 88.5 88.9 89.7 89.9 90.7 91.7 92.1 92.5 92.9 93.5 94.3 95.3 95.7 96.1 96.5 96.9 97.7 99.1 99.9 100.7 101.5 102.3 103.1 103.9 104.7 105.3 106.3

By AM frequency	960 1270 1290 1340 1460 1580 1620

By callsign	W223AU W241AD W243AJ W287BL WAUS WBYT WCMR WCXB WDND WETL WFRN WGNC WHFB-FM WHME WHLY WHPD WHPZ WKAM WNDV-FM WNIL WNSN WRBR-FM WRDI WSBL-LP WSBT WSMM WSMK WSND WSSM WTRC WTRC-FM WUBS WUBU WVPE WZOC

Defunct stations	WPNT (1490 AM)

Nearby radio markets Benton Harbor-St. Joseph Chicago Ft. Wayne Grand Rapids Kalamazoo Lafayette Muncie–Marion South Central MI See also List of radio stations in Indiana List of radio stations in Michigan

Radio stations in the Benton Harbor–St. Joseph market

By AM frequency	1060 1400

By FM frequency	88.7 89.9 90.3 90.7 91.1 92.1 94.9 96.5 97.5 98.3 99.1 99.9 100.7 101.5 102.5 103.7 105.3 107.1

By callsign	W212CL W216BX W273BM WBHC-LP WBYT WCSY-FM WCXB WCXT WHFB WHFB-FM WHPD WIRX WNSN WSIS WSJM WSJM-FM WSMK WVBH-LP WYTZ

Nearby radio markets Chicago Grand Rapids Kalamazoo South Bend See also List of radio stations in Michigan List of radio stations in Indiana

Country radio stations in the state of Michigan

Stations	WATZ-FM – Alpena WBCH-FM – Hastings WBCM – Boyne City WBCT – Grand Rapids WBGV – Marlette WBMI – West Branch WCEN-FM – Hemlock WCMM – Gulliver WCUP – L'anse WDRQ- Detroit WFBE – Flint WFXD – Marquette WGDN-FM – Gladwin WGRY-FM – Grayling WHFB-FM – Benton Harbor WHKB – Houghton WITL-FM – Lansing WJMS – Ironwood WJNR-FM – Iron Mountain WJPD – Ishpeming WKCQ – Saginaw WKJC – Tawas City WKZC – Scottville WLAW – Newaygo WLCO – Lapeer WLEW – Bad Axe WLST – Marinette, Wisconsin WMIC – Sandusky WMIM – Luna Pier WMKC – Indian River WMKD – Pickford WMLM – Saint Louis WMUS – Muskegon WNBY – Newberry WNWN-FM – Coldwater WQTE – Adrian WRCI/W246BW – Three Rivers WRGZ – Rogers City WSAQ – Port Huron WTCM-FM – Traverse City WTIQ - Manistique WTNR – Holland WTWS – Houghton Lake WUPY – Ontonagon WWBR – Big Rapids WWDK – Jackson WWSS – Tuscarora Township WWWW-FM – Ann Arbor WYCD – Detroit WYKX – Escanaba WYTZ – Bridgman

See also adult contemporary classic hits college country news/talk NPR oldies religious rock sports top 40 urban other radio stations in Michigan

Schurz Communications, Inc.

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Radio stations

AM	WASK⁸ WSBT⁹

FM	KFXS¹⁰ KKMK¹⁰ KOUT¹⁰ KRCS¹⁰ WASK⁸ WHFB^{1 9} WKOA⁸ WKHY⁸ WNSN⁹ WXXB⁸ WZOC^{1 9}

Television
stations
by network
affiliation

ABC	KOTA⁷ / KDUH⁵ / KHSD⁷ / KSGW⁵ KSPR^{2 5}

CBS	KWCH⁵ / KBSD⁵ / KBSH⁵ / KBSL⁵ WDBJ^{MNTV 5} WSBT-TV⁶

NBC	KTUU⁵ KYTV⁵ WAGT^{3 CW 5}

Others	CW K15CZ-D/KSPR-DT2^{2 5} KSCW⁵ Ind. K17DL-D^{5 11} UVN KDCU^{4 5}

Rushmore Media Company

¹ Owned by Douglas Road Radio; Schurz holds a minority interest in this company.
² Owned by Perkin Media, LLC, Schurz operates KSPR through a SSA.
³ Schurz owns WAGT's license but Media General controls its operations via JSA and SSA.
⁴ Owned by Entravision Communications, Schurz operates KDCU through a JSA.
⁵ Sale pending to Gray Television.
⁶ Sale pending to Sinclair Broadcast Group.
⁷ Sale pending to Legacy Broadcasting.
⁸ Sale pending to Neuhoff Communications.
⁹ Sale pending to Mid-West Family Broadcasting.
¹⁰ Sale pending to HomeSlice Media Group.
¹¹ Owned by Branson Visitors TV; Schurz holds a 50.1% interest in this company.

Coordinates: 41°57′43″N 86°21′04″W / 41.962°N 86.351°W / 41.962; -86.351

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