WHRP

Infobox Radio station
name = WHRP


city = Gurley, Alabama
area = Huntsville, Alabama
branding =
slogan = "The Adult Mix"
airdate = 2003
frequency = 94.1 FM (MHz)
format = Urban adult contemporary
erp = 710 watts
haat = 288 meters (946 feet)
class = A
facility_id = 22264
coordinates = coord|34|40|50|N|86|30|55|W
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = WDJU, WXQW
owner = Cumulus Media
licensee = Cumulus Licensing LLC
sister_stations = WUMP, WVNN, WVNN-FM, WWFF-FM, WZYP
webcast =
website = http://www.whrpfm.com/
affiliations =

WHRP (94.1 FM) is an urban adult contemporary-formatted radio station serving the Huntsville, Alabama, market.cite web |title=Station Information Profile |work=Arbitron |url=http://www.arbitron.com/] The station is owned by Cumulus Media.

Programming

Notable personalities on WHRP include local weekday hosts Toni Terrell with the "At Work Network" mid days [cite web |url=http://www.fmqb.com/article.asp?id=352531 |title=In Brief - February 16, 2007 |work=FMQB |date=2007-02-16 |accessmonthday= December 27 |accessyear= 2007] , Bobby Wonder afternoons from 2p - 6p, Big O (The Mayor of Soul) Saturday mornings with Classic Soul on "The Time Tunnel", and Huntsville radio veteran, Kevin Williams (The Nighthawk) weekends. Notable syndicated hosts include Tom Joyner of "The Tom Joyner Morning Show" and Keith Sweat of "The Keith Sweat Hotel". [cite news |date=2007-11-27 |url=http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRWebSite/SearchStoryPage.aspx?ContentID=tw7mF%2bv1NYU%3d&Version=0&Search=Huntsville |work=Radio & Records |title=‘Sweat Hotel’ Reaches Milestone |quote=Premiere Radio Network’s slow jams program "The Keith Sweat Hotel" will surpass the 20-affiliate mark on December 3, with the addition of Next Media rhythmic oldies WQSL & WQZL/Greenville, N.C., and Cumulus urban AC outlet WHRP/Huntsville, Ala. |accessdate=2007-12-30 |first=Darnella |last=Dunham]

Notable former on-air personnel include Nia Noelle [cite news |work=FMQB |title=In Brief - April 27, 2006 |url=http://www.fmqb.com/article.asp?id=207707 |accessdate=2007-12-28 |date=2006-04-27] and Ronnie Rio [cite news |work=FMQB |title=In Brief - August 3, 2005|url=http://www.fmqb.com/article.asp?id=105092 |accessdate=2007-12-28 |date=2005-08-03] .

History

The Federal Communications Commission assigned WDJU as call letters for this station on March 14, 1995. These would be short-lived as the station switched to WXQW on November 10, 1995. On December 21, 2007, WXQW switched to the WHRP call letterscite web |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=22264&Callsign=WHRP |title=22264 Call Sign History] of its sister station and the former WHRP was assigned WWFF-FM.cite web |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database |url=http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=65223 |title=65223 Call Sign History]

Several other unrelated stations have held the WHRP call letters over the years, including the current WQKR (1270 AM, Portland, Tennessee) and WPMH (670 AM, Claremont, Virginia).cite web |url=http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/oldcall?oldcall=WHRP |title=Search by Old Broadcast Call Sign |work=FCC Media Bureau CDBS Public Access Database]

Ownership

In December 2005, Cumulus Media purchased this station (then known as WXQW) and sister station WWXQ (now WVNN) from Clear Channel Communications for a reported $3.3 million. [ cite news |url=http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6292166.html |title=Deals |author=BIA Financial Networks |work=Broadcasting & Cable |date=2005-12-19]

References

External links

* [http://www.whrpfm.com/ WHRP official website]
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