WWHP

WWHP
City of license	Farmer City, Illinois
Broadcast area	Farmer City, Champaign, Bloomington
Branding	NewsTalk 98.3 - THE political authority in Central Illinois
Frequency	98.3 MHz
First air date	1983
Format	News/Talk
ERP	5,200 watts
HAAT	107 meters
Class	A
Facility ID	14962
Transmitter coordinates	40°24′17.00″N 88°35′34.00″W / 40.4047222°N 88.5927778°W / 40.4047222; -88.5927778
Former callsigns	WEZO (1995-1996)
Owner	Smash Hit Media, Inc. (Smash Hit Media, Inc.)
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	www.983talk.com

WWHP (98.3 FM) is a news/talk formatted radio station in Farmer City, Illinois. ^[1]The station began operations in 1983 as WEZO, and was known from its inception until August 11, 2014 as "The Whip". It played a variety of music genres, primarily Americana roots, classic country, blues, and bluegrass. The station claimed to be located, "somewhere between Memphis and Chicago." ^[2]

After a change in ownership in early 2014, the station changed formats to classic hits. ^[3]

On November 23rd, 2015, WWHP became NewsTalk 98.3 with a local morning and afternoon drive.

Former Cities 92.9 morning host Ian Bayne is on from 6-9am and national Breitbart editor Mike Flynn from 3-6pm. Other programming includes Laura Ingraham, Dana Loesch, Jerry Doyle, and Lars Larson. ^[4]

References

↑ "WWHP Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
↑ "WWHP-FM Radio Station Information". Radio & Records.
↑ http://www.news-gazette.com/news/business/2014-08-12/radio-station-wwhp-sold-format-change.html
↑ WWHP Bloomington/Champaign IL Flipping To News/Talk

External links

Query the FCC's FM station database for WWHP

Radio-Locator information on WWHP

Query Nielsen Audio's FM station database for WWHP

Radio stations in the Champaign-Urbana, Illinois market

By AM frequency	580 1400 1460 1580

By FM frequency	88.3 88.7 89.3 90.1 90.9 91.7 92.1 92.5 93.5 94.5 95.3 95.7 96.1 97.5 97.9 98.3 99.1 99.7 100.3 101.1 102.1 102.5 103.3 (CP) 103.9 104.5 104.9 105.5 105.9 107.1 107.9

By callsign	W202CF WBCP WBGL WCZQ WDNL WDWS WEFT WGKC WGNJ WGNN (+W280DE) WHMS-FM WILL WILL-FM (+W266AF) WIXY (+W211CK +W259BG) WJEK WKIO WKJR WKZS WLHF-LP WLRW WPCD WPGU WPXN WQQB WREE WRFU-LP WSJK WWHP WYXY

Nearby radio markets Bloomington Chicago Decatur Kankakee Lafayette Springfield Terre Haute See also List of radio stations in Illinois

News/talk radio stations in the state of Illinois

All-news	WBBM – Chicago WCFS – Elmwood Park

News and talk	WAIK – Galesburg WBBA-FM – Pittsfield WBEL – South Beloit WBIG – Aurora WBGZ – Alton WCIL – Carbondale WCMY – Ottawa WCPT – Willow Springs WCRA – Effingham WCSJ – Morris WDAN – Danville WDWS – Champaign WFIW – Fairfield WGEM – Quincy WGFA – Watseka WGIL – Galesburg WGN – Chicago WGNU – Granite City WHOW – Clinton WIND – Chicago WINI – Murphysboro WJBC – Bloomington WJBM – Jerseyville WJOL – Joliet WJPF – Herrin WKAN – Kankakee WKEI – Kewanee WKYX – Golconda WLBK – DeKalb WLMD - Bushnell WLS – Chicago WMIX – Mount Vernon WRHL – Rochelle WRMN – Elgin WROK – Rockford WRPW – Colfax WSDR – Sterling WSDZ – Belleville WSOY – Decatur WTAD – Quincy WTAX – Springfield WTIM – Assumption WTRH – Ramsey WWHP - Farmer City WZOE – Princeton WZUS – Macon

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

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