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| Broadcast area | South Bend metropolitan area |
| Frequency | 92.1MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | Pulse FM 96.9/92.1/103.1 |
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| Format | Contemporary Christian |
| Subchannels | HD2:Christian talk "Harvest FM" |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Family Broadcasting Corporation |
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First air date | January 1971 (1971-01) |
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Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 69804 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 3,300watts |
| HAAT | 91 meters (299 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°59′53″N86°03′14″W / 41.998°N 86.054°W /41.998; -86.054 |
| Repeater(s) | 103.1 WHME (South Bend, Indiana) |
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| Website | www |
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| WHPZ | |
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| Frequency | 96.9 MHz (HD Radio) |
| Programming | |
| Format | Contemporary Christian |
| Subchannels | HD2: Christian talk "Harvest FM" |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Family Broadcasting Corporation |
| History | |
First air date | March 1, 1993 (1993-03-01) |
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| Technical information[2] | |
| Facility ID | 6335 |
| Class | A |
| ERP | 2,000 watts |
| HAAT | 141 meters (463 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°24′43.1″N86°1′50.9″W / 41.411972°N 86.030806°W /41.411972; -86.030806 (WHPZ) |
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WHPD (92.1MHz) is anFMradio stationlicensed toDowagiac, Michigan.WHPZ (96.9 MHz) is an FM radio station licensed toBremen, Indiana.WHME (103.1 MHz) is an FM radio station licensed toSouth Bend, Indiana. The three stations are known as "Pulse FM" and theysimulcast aContemporary Christianradio format. They are owned byLeSEA Broadcasting, part of theFamily Broadcasting Corporation, started byevangelistLester Sumrall. LeSEA stands for the Lester Sumrall Evangelistic Association. Pulse FM serves theMichiana region ofMichigan andIndiana, including South Bend andElkhart.
All three stations are licensed forHD Radio operations and feature aChristian talk and teaching format on their HD2 side channels known as "Harvest", continuing the format formerly heard on WHME before it began to simulcast its sister stations in 2018.
WHME, the flagship station of LeSEA, was the original host of theChristian contemporary music festival that is now known as theWorld Pulse Festival, which began as a free concert to celebrate WHME's 19th birthday in 1987.[3][4] On December 9, 1996, WHME's Christian contemporary music format moved to WHPZ 96.9 FM.[4] In 2018, WHME returned to its Christian contemporary format as a simulcast of Pulse FM, and its former talk and teaching format moved to the HD2 side channels of all three Pulse stations.
WHPDsigned on the air in 1971.[5] It broadcast on 97.7 MHz with thecall sign WDOW-FM. It was the FM counterpart toAM 1440 WDOW, which is now defunct. WDOW-FM moved to 92.1 MHz and changed its call letters to WVHQ in 1994. (The 97.7 spot on the dial is now the home ofclassic rockWYXX inGoshen, Indiana.) WVHQ returned to the WDOW-FM call sign in 2000, continuing with its mainstreamadult contemporary music format as "Q92". LeSea Broadcasting bought the station in February 2005 for $950,000.[6] It became WHPD in 2006, as a Christian Contemporary music station.
WHPZ signed on the air on March 1, 1993.[7] Its call letters were WYEZ, owned by WMRI, Inc. The station aired aneasy listening format. In January 2000, it was bought by LeSea Broadcasting for $280,296.[8] LeSea switched the format to contemporary Christian music.