WHLS

WHLS

Port Huron, Michigan
Broadcast area	Port Huron [1]
Frequency	1450 kHz
Branding	1450 & 1590 WHLS
Programming
Format	Oldies Rock & Roll/Sports
Ownership
Owner	Radio First / Liggett Communications
History
First air date	August 8, 1938
Call sign meaning	H.L. Stevens (station co-founder)
Technical information
Class	C
Power	1,000 watts
Links
Website	http://www.whls.net/

WHLS is an Oldies radio station in Port Huron, Michigan on AM 1450. This station broadcasts from the same tower as sister station WSAQ with 1,000 watts of power and is also heard on 1590 WHLX Marine City. WHLX/WHLS are owned by Radio First of Port Huron.

WHLS signed on in August 1938 and was for a time the principal Top 40 music station in the Port Huron/Blue Water area, as well as the very first radio station serving St. Clair County. The station was found by the late John Wismer and H.L. Stevens. Wismer operated the station and FM sister WSAQ until his death in the late 90's. The station was sold to Liggett Communications (now Radio First) in 2000 by Wismer's estate. Liggett had also acquired Wismer's crosstown competitor, WPHM and WBTI that same year from Hanson Communications.

WHLX Marine City, which also had been under Hanson's ownership since 1997, has simulcast WHLS since September 2000. In June 2001, WHLS/WHLX switched from satellite-fed Oldies to an Adult Standards format, and then back to Oldies in 2009. The station airs the popular syndicated program "American Standards By The Sea" Saturday mornings and Sunday evenings. WHLS is also the radio home of the Port Huron Icehawks, Detroit Tigers, MSU Spartans, and the NASCAR Sprint series.

Sources

• Michiguide.com - WHLS History

External links

• Facility details for Facility ID WHLS ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's AM station database