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| Broadcast area | Huntsville, Alabama |
| Frequency | 103.1MHz |
| Branding | 103.1 WEUP |
| Programming | |
| Format | Urban contemporary |
| Ownership | |
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| WEUP (AM),WEUV,WEUZ,WHIY | |
| History | |
First air date | 1987 (1987) |
Former call signs | WXKI[1] |
Call sign meaning | "We Up" |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 36740 |
| Class | C3 |
| ERP | 11,500 watts |
| HAAT | 150 meters (490 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 34°27′08″N87°06′20″W / 34.45222°N 87.10556°W /34.45222; -87.10556 |
| Translator | (see below) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | 103weup.com |
WEUP-FM (103.1FM, "103.1 WEUP") is anurban contemporary formattedradio station that servesHuntsville, Alabama, and most of theTennessee Valley innorth Alabama,United States.[3] WEUP-FM is known as "103.1 WEUP", often pronounced "103.1 'We Up'", and simulcast onWEUZ (92.1 FM) as well as severaltranslators. The station's studios are located along Jordan Lane (SR 53) in Northwest Huntsville, and its transmitter is located east ofMoulton, Alabama, its city of license.
WEUP (AM) began broadcasting on March 20, 1958, on a 100-watt 1600kHzAM station owned by Leroy and Viola Garrett, who became the firstAfrican-American owners of a radio station in the state of Alabama. WEUP-AM first broadcast from a pink trailer in the grounds of Syler Tabernacle Church in Huntsville, before moving to its present studios on Jordan Lane. The station's format was a mixture ofurban contemporary gospel and soul music as well as news and public affairs catering to the interests of the Tennessee Valley's black population, everyday from sunrise to 6 p.m.
The Garretts made history when they testified before acongressional committee in 1963, the outcome of which resulted in the change of aFederal Communications Commission law regulating 24-hour broadcasts in the 1960s. That year WEUP-AM began 24-hour broadcasts, yet another milestone for urban radio.
Viola Garrett decided to sell the station in 1987 after the death of her husband, Leroy. Later that year, Hundley Batts, Sr. and Dr. Virginia Caples, another married couple, assumed the ownership and operation of WEUP. They also acquired another station, WEUZ-FM (92.1 FM), licensed toMinor Hill, Tennessee, (just north of the Alabama border) and brought WEUP onto the FM broadcast airwaves.
They operated WEUP & WEUZ-FM under the parent company name of Broadcast One. They continued to expand the station's audience by acquiring WHIY (1190 AM, now WEUV) and WXKI (103.1 FM, now WEUP-FM), both licensed toMoulton, Alabama, in 1989. The stations were sold to Hundley Batts and Virginia Caples as part of a two-station deal by Moulton Broadcasting Co. Inc. (WHIY) and Lawco FM Ltd. (WXKI).[4]WEUV (1700 AM) was later added to the group of stations that are part of the WEUP broadcast family.
The station was assigned the WEUP-FMcall letters by theFederal Communications Commission on April 6, 2000.[1]
WEUP-FM programming is also carried by abroadcast translator to extend or improve the coverage area of the station.
| Call sign | Frequency | City of license | FID | ERP (W) | Class | FCC info |
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| W222AK | 92.3FM | Huntsville, Alabama | 53466 | 8 | D | LMS |