WHPE-FM (95.5 MHz) is an FM radio station licensed to High Point, North Carolina, and serving the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina, including Greensboro and Winston-Salem. The station broadcasts a Christian talk and teaching radio format and is owned by the Charlotte-based Bible Broadcasting Network, which has Christian stations around the U.S. National religious leaders heard on WHPE-FM include Adrian Rogers, Chuck Swindoll, Joni Eareckson Tada and J. Vernon McGee.
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| Broadcast area | Piedmont Triad |
| Frequency | 95.5 MHz |
| Programming | |
| Format | Christian talk and teaching |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Bible Broadcasting Network |
| History | |
First air date | November 1947 |
Call sign meaning |
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| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 5164 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 159 meters (522 ft) |
| Translator(s) | 96.7 MHz W244BB (Princeton, WV) |
| Links | |
Public license information | |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www |
WHPE-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for non-grandfathered FM stations. In addition, it feeds a network of FM translator stations in North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.
History
editWHPE-FM signed on in November 1947, months after its AM counterpart, WHPE (1070). That makes WHPE-FM one of the oldest FM stations in North Carolina. Both stations were originally owned by the High Point Enterprise daily newspaper,[2] from which the stations derived their call sign.
The newspaper sold the stations in 1953. The stations aired Christian programming in the 1960s. For a brief time in the early 1970s, they switched to Top 40 hits. The Bible Broadcasting Network acquired WHPE-AM-FM in October 1974, as the network's second station; the price was $650,000.[3]
On October 28, 1986, just before a fund-raiser, the WHPE studios were damaged by an arson fire. The AM station was later sold and now broadcasts Christian programming in Spanish as WGOS.
References
edit- ^ "Facility Technical Data for WHPE-FM". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
- ^ "Raleigh-Durham FM Dial". Archived from the original on February 1, 2003. Retrieved April 27, 2010.
- ^ "Religious Group Buys WHPE". High Point Enterprise. July 1, 1974. p. 1B. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
External links
edit- Official website
- Facility details for Facility ID 5164 (WHPE-FM) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- WHPE-FM in Nielsen Audio's FM station database
35°55′11″N 80°01′46″W / 35.9196°N 80.0295°W
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