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| Broadcast area | Raleigh-Durham |
| Frequency | 1590kHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Christian radio |
| Affiliations | Fundamental Broadcasting Network Salem Radio Network |
| Ownership | |
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| History | |
First air date | 1974; 51 years ago (1974) |
Call sign meaning | The Happy Station[1] |
| Technical information[2] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 30615 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 5,000watts days 25 watts nights |
Transmitter coordinates | 35°38′49.00″N78°30′21.00″W / 35.6469444°N 78.5058333°W /35.6469444; -78.5058333 |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Website | whpyradio.com |
WHPY (1590kHz) is anAMradio station inClayton, North Carolina, serving theRaleigh-Durham area. It calls itself "Fellowship Christian Radio" and is owned by the Fellowship Baptist Church. It airs mostlyChristian radio programming and isaffiliated with theFundamental Broadcasting Network.
By day, WHPY is powered at 5,000watts. But to avoid interference to other stations that broadcast on1590 AM, the station greatly reduces power at night to 25 watts. It uses adirectional antenna with a two-tower array at all times.[3]
The stationsigned on the air in 1974.[4] From the 1970s to the mid-1990s, it spent time as both aTop 40 station and acountry music station. It originally was adaytimer station, required to go off the air at night. In the early 1970s, the transmitter site and the studio were located in ruralJohnston County on the edge a large tobacco field.
During the years when the format was Top 40, some of the on-air personalities were Kathy Seadore, Chip Plyler, Mike Edwards, Jim Harrison, Bill Austin and Larry Denning. WHPY used the term "Happy Radio" and provided significant community support through the broadcast of localhigh school football andbasketball games. In the mid-90s, it briefly wentdark while it was being sold.
The Fellowship Baptist Church purchased the station in 1995. Upon taking control, the church changed WHPY to aChristian radio format.
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