KWHN

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KWHN
Frequency 1320 kHz
BrandingNews Talk 1320 KWHN
Programming
Format News/talk
Network Fox News Radio
Affiliations
Ownership
Owner
KKBD, KMAG, KZBB
History
First air date
November 4, 1947;77 years ago (1947-11-04)
Former call signs
  • KWHN (1947–2000)
  • KYHN (2000–2008)
Technical information [1]
Licensing authority
 FCC
Facility ID 22099
Class B
Power 5,000 watts
Links
Public license information
Webcast Listen Live
Website kwhn.iheart.com

KWHN (1320 AM) is a commercial radio station in Fort Smith, Arkansas, known as "News Talk 1320 KWHN". It airs a talk radio format and is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. The studios and offices are on Lexington Avenue in Fort Smith. [2]

Contents

KWHN is powered at 5,000 watts. By day, it has a non-directional signal. But at night, to protect other stations on 1320 AM, it uses a directional antenna with a four-tower array. The transmitter is off Plum Street in Fort Smith, near Interstate 540 and the Arkansas River. [3]

Programming

KWHN carries mostly nationally syndicated programming. Weekdays begin with Walton & Johnson from co-owned KPRC Houston. They are followed by The Glenn Beck Radio Program, The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show, The Sean Hannity Show, The Mark Levin Show, The Ramsey Show with Dave Ramsey, Coast to Coast AM with George Noory and This Morning, America's First News with Gordon Deal .

Weekends feature repeats of weekday shows, as well as Kim Komando, The Weekend with Michael Brown , Gun Talk with Tom Gresham , Somewhere in Time with Art Bell and Sunday Night Live with Bill Cunningham . Most hours begin with world and national news from Fox News Radio.

History

On November 4, 1947, KWHN signed on the air. [4] It was owned by the KWHN Broadcasting Company with studios at 421 Garrison Avenue. Allan Whiteside served as the President and General Manager.

Expanded Band assignment

On March 17, 1997, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that eighty-eight stations had been given permission to move to newly available "Expanded Band" transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700 kHz, with KWHN authorized to move from 1320 to 1650 kHz. [5] On November 10, 1997, the new station on 1650 AM, also in Fort Smith, was assigned the call sign KHFS. [6] The FCC's initial policy was that both the original station and its expanded band counterpart could operate simultaneously for up to five years, after which owners would have to turn in one of the two licenses, depending on whether they preferred the new assignment or elected to remain on the original frequency. [5] However, this deadline has been extended multiple times, and both stations have remained authorized.

In 2000, the stations were acquired by Clear Channel Communications, forerunner to iHeartMedia. On November 22, 2000, the KWHN call sign was transferred from 1320 AM to 1650 AM, and the same day 1320 AM changed its call letters to KYHN. [7] [6] At this time, 1650 AM was simulcasting the 1320 AM programming.

In the spring of 2008, after extensive rain and flooding in western Arkansas, the transmitter site for 1650 AM suffered heavy water damage, and on April 2, 2008, that station filed a "Notification of Suspension of Operations/Request for Silent STA" with the FCC. The next day a call letter swap was made, with KWHN moving back to 1320 AM from 1650 AM after seven and one-half years, [7] and KYHN transferred from 1320 AM to 1650 AM. [6]

In 2010 Capstar TX LLC proposed including the silent KYHN on 1650 AM to be one of four stations to be transferred to MMTC (Minority Media and Telecommunications Council) Broadcasting LLC. However, this was in conflict with FCC's general policy that original AM band stations and their expanded band counterparts had to remain under common ownership. [8] An exception to this policy was approved, on the grounds that "Capstar's donation of the facility to MMTC, which planned to use KYHN to train women and minority group members in broadcasting and broadcast management, advanced the diversity goals set forth in the pending proceeding Promoting Diversification of Ownership in the Broadcasting Services". [9] [10] Since then, the stations on 1320 AM and 1650 AM have had different owners.

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References

  1. ↑ "Facility Technical Data for KWHN". Licensing and Management System. Federal Communications Commission.
  2. ↑ KWHN.iheart.com/contact
  3. ↑ Radio-Locator.com/KWHN
  4. ↑ Information from Broadcasting Yearbook 1950 page 76
  5. 1 2 "FCC Public Notice: Mass Media Bureau Announces Revised AM Expanded Band Allotment Plan and Filing Window for Eligible Stations" (FCC DA 97-537), March 17, 1997.
  6. 1 2 3 FCC Call Sign History for 1650 AM (Facility ID: 87114)
  7. 1 2 FCC Call Sign History for 1320 AM (Facility ID: 22099)
  8. ↑ "Re: WDDD (AM) Application for Consent to Assignment of AM Broadcast Station License" (August 23, 2010 correspondence from Peter H. Doyle, Chief, FCC Audio Division, Media Bureau. Reference Number 1800B3-TSN)
  9. ↑ "Actions of October 21, 2010: AM Station Applications For Assignment of License Granted", Broadcast Actions: Report No. 47349, October 26, 2010 (FCC.gov)
  10. ↑ "E. Require Surrender of Licenses by Dual Expanded Band/Standard Band Licenses" Federal Communications Commission: First Report and Order, Further Notice of Proposed Rule Making, and Notice of Inquiry, MB Docket No. 13-249, Adopted October 21, 2015, Released October 23, 2015, footnote #197, page 32 (FCC.gov)
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