WERH-FM

WERH-FM
City Hamilton, Alabama
Frequency 92.1 MHz
First air date 1950
Last air date May 1, 2017
Format Silent (was Country)
ERP 3,000 watts
HAAT 37 meters (121 feet)
Class A
Facility ID 33473
Callsign meaning "Where Entertainment Rates High"[1]
Owner Kate F. Fite
Sister stations WERH (AM)
Website werh.net

WERH-FM (92.1 FM, "Country 92.1") was a radio station broadcasting a country music format.[2] Licensed to Hamilton, Alabama, USA. The station is currently licensed to Kate F. Fite.[3]

Although Kate F. Fite is still listed as the station's licensee in the FCC database, she died on June 15, 2001,[4] and the station's December 2003 license renewal application lists the licensee as "Kate F. Fite (deceased), Martha H. Fowler, & Megan Summerford."[5]

The station was assigned the WERH-FM call letters by the Federal Communications Commission on December 8, 1978.[6]

On Monday, May 1, 2017 at 10:35 am, WERH played its last song; "Abba Dabba Honeymoon", which is the first song the station played when it went on the air in 1950.

References

  1. "FM History Profile: WERH". Alabama Broadcast Media Page. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
  2. "WERH-FM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
  3. "Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
  4. "Search Results". Social Security Death Index. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
  5. "Application Search Details (BRH-20031208BLR)". FCC Media Bureau. 2004-03-26. Retrieved 2008-10-21.
  6. "Call Sign History". FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database.
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