WHNK

WHNK

City of license	Parkersburg, West Virginia
Broadcast area	Metro Parkersburg
Branding	"Hank 1450"
Frequency	1450 kHz
First air date	July 11, 1935^[1]
Format	silent, was Classic Country
Power	1,000 Watts day and night
Class	C
Facility ID	73353
Transmitter coordinates	39°17′23.0″N 81°31′36.0″W / 39.289722°N 81.526667°W / 39.289722; -81.526667
Callsign meaning	W HaNK
Former callsigns	WPAR (1935–1983) WIKS (1983–1986) WLTP (1986–2004)
Former frequencies	1420 kc. (1935–1941)
Owner	iHeartMedia, Inc. (CC Licenses, LLC)
Sister stations	WDMX, WLTP, WNUS, WRVB

WHNK is a silent broadcast radio station licensed to Parkersburg, West Virginia, serving Metro Parkersburg. WHNK is owned and operated by iHeartMedia, Inc..

History

The station signed on July 11, 1935 as WPAR, operating with 100 watts at 1420 kc. under the ownership of the Ohio Valley Broadcasting Corporation. It moved to 1450 in 1941; at the same time, WPAR boosted its power to 250 watts. The station was Parkersburg's first radio station, and remained the only station in the area during its first decade of broadcasting.^[1] On September 22, 1983, the station was renamed WIKS; on November 1, 1986, it became WLTP.^[2] The WLTP call sign moved to its sister station at 910 AM on March 9, 2004; at that time, 1450 AM became WHNK.^[1]^[2]

Clear Channel took WHNK off-the-air on April 28, 2014 after the station lost its lease with Walker Machinery, which owns WHNK's transmitter site and intends to use the property for expansion. At the time of the going silent, WHNK was broadcasting a classic country format.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 Risberg, Jillian; Schrader, Abbie (April 30, 2014). "AM 1450 Off the Air". TheNewsCenter. Retrieved May 1, 2014.
1 2 "Call Sign History". CDBS Public Access. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved May 1, 2014.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WHNK

Radio-Locator Information on WHNK

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WHNK

Radio stations in the Parkersburg, West Virginia-Marietta, Ohio market

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Country radio stations in the state of West Virginia

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iHeartMedia

Corporate officers	Bob Pittman (Chairman/CEO)

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

Radio stations	List of radio stations owned by iHeartMedia

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