WHPE-FM
WHPE-FM is a radio station at 95.5 FM broadcasting religious programming. The station is licensed to High Point, North Carolina and serves the North Carolina Triad region.
City | High Point, North Carolina |
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Broadcast area | Piedmont Triad |
Frequency | 95.5 MHz |
Programming | |
Format | Religious |
Ownership | |
Owner | Bible Broadcasting Network |
History | |
First air date | 1947 |
Call sign meaning | W High Point Enterprise (former owner) Where His Praises Echo |
Technical information | |
Facility ID | 5164 |
Class | C1 |
ERP | 100,000 watts |
HAAT | 159 meters |
Links | |
Webcast | Listen Live |
Website | bbnradio.org |
History
WHPE 1070 AM and 95.5 FM was originally licensed to the High Point Enterprise[1] in 1948; the newspaper owned the stations until 1953. The station was religious in the 1960s and then played Top 40. [2] In 1974, the FM station was purchased by the Bible Broadcasting Network for $650,000 as its second station.[3]
On October 28, 1986, just before a fund-raiser, the WHPE studios were damaged by an arson fire.
References
- "Raleigh-Durham FM Dial". Archived from the original on 2003-02-01. Retrieved 2010-04-27.
- lumper5 (2005-12-29). "Greensboro/High Point radio dial 1972". Radio Discussions. Retrieved 2016-01-16.
- "Religious Group Buys WHPE". High Point Enterprise. July 1, 1974. p. 1B. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
External links
- Official website
- WHPE in the FCC's FM station database
- WHPE on Radio-Locator
- WHPE in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
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