WHEO

WHEO
City Stuart, Virginia
Broadcast area Stuart, Virginia
Patrick County, Virginia
Branding "1270 WHEO"
Slogan "The Heart of Patrick County"
Frequency 1270 AM kHz
First air date October 12, 1959[1]
Format Classic Hits
Oldies[2]
Power 5,000 Watts daytime only
Class D
Facility ID 46335
Transmitter coordinates 36°37′25.0″N 80°15′50.0″W / 36.623611°N 80.263889°W / 36.623611; -80.263889
Former callsigns WHEO (1959-Present)[3]
Affiliations Town Hall Radio News
Owner Patrick Community Media, Inc.
Webcast WHEO Webstream
Website WHEO Online

WHEO is a Classic Hits and Oldies formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Stuart, Virginia, serving Stuart and Patrick County, Virginia.[2] WHEO is owned and operated by Patrick Community Media, Inc.[4]

Signing off and back on

WHEO fell Silent on August 31, 2014 due to low advertising revenue.[5][6] On September 1, 2015, less than one day before the station's license expired, WHEO returned to the air.[7] WHEO returned to the air with the help of financial support from "angel lenders in community".[7]

References

  1. ↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 2010 (PDF). ProQuest, LLC/Reed Publishing (Nederland), B.V. 2010. p. D-573. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Arbitron Station Information Profiles". Nielsen Audio/Nielsen Holdings. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Call Sign History". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  4. ↑ "WHEO Facility Record". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Patrick County radio station preparing to sign off the air.". WDBJ/Schurz Communications. August 21, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Notification of Suspension of Operations/Request for Silent STA". Federal Communications Commission, audio division. August 21, 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2014.
  7. 1 2 Staub, Danielle (September 5, 2015). "WHEO 1270 AM back on the air". WDBJ/Schurz Communications. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
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