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| Broadcast area | Huntsville, Alabama |
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| Frequency | 94.1MHz |
| Branding | 94.1 WHRP |
| Programming | |
| Format | Urban adult contemporary |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| WUMP,WVNN,WVNN-FM,WWFF-FM,WZYP | |
| History | |
First air date | 1996 (as WXQW) |
Former call signs | WDJU (3/1995-11/1995) WXQW (1995–2007)[1] |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 22264 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 710watts |
| HAAT | 288 meters (946 feet) |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°40′50″N86°30′55″W / 34.68056°N 86.51528°W /34.68056; -86.51528 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | whrpfm.com |
WHRP (94.1FM) is aradio stationlicensed to serveGurley, Alabama, United States. The station is owned byCumulus Media and the license is held by Cumulus Licensing LLC. WHRP broadcasts anurban adult contemporarymusic format to theHuntsville, Alabama, market.[3] Its transmitter is located southeast of downtown Huntsville, but its main studios are inAthens, Alabama.
Notable personalities on WHRP include local weekday hosts Toni Terrell with the "At Work Network" mid-days,[4] Big O (a.k.a. The Mayor of Soul) Saturday mornings with Classic Soul on "The Time Tunnel", and Huntsville radio veteran Kevin "The Nighthawk" Williams weekends. Notable syndicated hosts includeTom Joyner ofThe Tom Joyner Morning Show,Michael Baisden ofThe Michael Baisden Show andKeith Sweat ofThe Keith Sweat Hotel.[5]
Notable former on-air personnel include Bobby Wonder, Nia Noelle[6] and Ronnie Rio.[7]
Former WXQW mid-day host Chuck Boozer, apparently local, was actually the evening host atWWMG-FM inCharlotte, North Carolina.[8] Boozer recorded his WXQW air shift in about forty minutes on a computer in Charlotte as digital voice tracks for later playback on the air in Huntsville.[8] This use of "voice tracking" is a practice common to many Clear Channel-owned radio stations, as then-WXQW was at that time.
This station received its originalconstruction permit from theFederal Communications Commission on January 19,1995.[9] The new station was assigned the call lettersWDJU by the FCC on March 14, 1995.[1]
In June 1995, control of permit holder Digesu Broadcasting, Inc., was transferred from Frank Digesu Sr. toR. Parker Griffith and Thomas H. Griffith. The transfer was approved by the FCC on August 9, 1995.[10] In October 1995, Digesu Broadcasting, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Griffith Broadcasting, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on November 30, 1995, and the transaction was consummated on the same day.[11] The new owners had the FCC change the callsign for the station, still under construction, toWXQW on November 10, 1995.[1]
WXQW received itslicense to cover from the FCC on June 3, 1996.[12]
In June 1997, Griffith Broadcasting, Inc., reached an agreement to sell this station to Southern Star Communications, Inc. The deal was approved by the FCC on August 8, 1997, and the transaction was consummated on October 2, 1997.[13] Southern Star Communications is a regional operating company of Capstar Broadcasting Corporation.[14] On October 1, 1997, the station flipped formats fromadult contemporary tooldies music.[15]
In December 2005, Cumulus Media purchased this station (then known as WXQW) and sister station WWXQ (nowWVNN) from the Capstar TX Limited Partnership division of Clear Channel Communications for a reported $3.3 million.[16] On December 21,2007, WXQW switched to theWHRP call letters[1] of itssister station and that former WHRP was assigned new call lettersWWFF-FM.[17]
Several other unrelated stations have held the WHRP call letters over the years, including the currentWQKR (1270 AM,Portland, Tennessee) which was known as WHRP from 1986 to 1990 andWRJR (670 AM,Claremont, Virginia) which was known as WHRP from 2000 to 2001.[18]
Premiere Radio Network's slow jams program "The Keith Sweat Hotel" will surpass the 20-affiliate mark on December 3, with the addition of Next Media rhythmic oldies WQSL & WQZL/Greenville, N.C., and Cumulus urban AC outlet WHRP/Huntsville, Ala.