WHPE-FM
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| Broadcast area | Piedmont Triad |
| Frequency | 95.5MHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Christian talk and teaching |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Bible Broadcasting Network |
| History | |
First air date | November 1947 |
Call signmeaning |
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| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 5164 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 100,000watts |
| HAAT | 159 meters (522 ft) |
| Translator(s) | 96.7 MHzW244BB (Princeton, WV) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WHPE-FM(95.5MHz) is anFMradio stationlicensedtoHigh Point, North Carolina,and serving thePiedmont Triadregion ofNorth Carolina,includingGreensboroandWinston-Salem.The station broadcasts aChristian talk and teachingradio formatand is owned by theCharlotte-basedBible Broadcasting Network,which has Christian stations around the U.S. National religious leaders heard on WHPE-FM includeAdrian Rogers,Chuck Swindoll,Joni Eareckson TadaandJ. Vernon McGee.
WHPE-FM has aneffective radiated power(ERP) of 100,000watts,the maximum for non-grandfatheredFM stations. In addition, it feeds a network ofFM translatorstations in North Carolina,VirginiaandWest Virginia.
History[edit]
WHPE-FM signed on in November 1947, months after its AM counterpart, WHPE (1070). That makes WHPE-FM one of the oldest FM stations in North Carolina. Both stations were originally owned by theHigh Point Enterprisedaily newspaper,[2]from which the stations derived theircall sign.
The newspaper sold the stations in 1953. The stations aired Christian programming in the 1960s. For a brief time in the early 1970s, they switched toTop 40hits. TheBible Broadcasting Networkacquired WHPE-AM-FM in October 1974, as the network's second station; the price was $650,000.[3]
On October 28, 1986, just before a fund-raiser, the WHPE studios were damaged by anarsonfire. The AM station was later sold and now broadcasts Christian programming inSpanishasWGOS.
References[edit]
- ^"Facility Technical Data for WHPE-FM".Licensing and Management System.Federal Communications Commission.
- ^"Raleigh-Durham FM Dial".Archived fromthe originalon February 1, 2003.RetrievedApril 27,2010.
- ^"Religious Group Buys WHPE".High Point Enterprise.July 1, 1974. p. 1B.RetrievedOctober 6,2019.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- WHPEin theFCCFM station database
- WHPEinNielsen Audio's FM station database
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