WHLM (AM)
| Frequency | 930 kHz |
|---|---|
| Programming | |
| Format | Stunting |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Seven Mountains Media |
| WBWX | |
| History | |
First air date | 1947 (as WCNR) |
Former call signs | WCNR (1947-2001) |
Call sign meaning | Harry L. Magee |
| Technical information | |
| Facility ID | 12465 |
| Class | D |
| Power | 2,000 watts day 18 watts night |
Transmitter coordinates | 41°1′0.00″N 76°27′44.00″W / 41.0166667°N 76.4622222°W |
| Translator(s) |
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| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | whlm.com |
WHLM (930 kHz) is an AM radio station broadcasting[1] and licensed to Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, United States. The station was owned until 2022 by Columbia Broadcasting Company (not affiliated with CBS Radio).
The Columbia Broadcasting Company also owned WBWX (which serves as a satellite station of WHLM), and a second company called Columbia FM Inc. which formerly owned Classic Rock 103.5. The stations studios are located on East Main Street in downtown Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania.
On March 21, 2022, the Press Enterprise reported that owner Joe Reilly sold WHLM and the Columbia Broadcasting Company to Seven Mountains Media for $450,000. The sale did not include the stations' studios location.[2][3]
History
In the fall of 1947, two brand new radio stations signed on-the-air in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. The Morning Press (now Press Enterprise) signed on 930 WCNR and a group of local business people signed on 690 WLTR.
In September 1951, Harry L. Magee of Magee Industrial Enterprises changed the call letters of WLTR to WHLM
In October 1953, daytime only WHLM 690 moved to AM 550, a full-time channel and WHLM became Bloomsburg's first 24-hour radio station.
In September 1956, Harry built and signed on WHLM-FM 106.5
In 1966, The Morning Press sold 930 WCNR to the station manager Ed Darlington.
Press Enterprise in 1998 petitioned the Federal Communications Commission for a waiver to buy back 930 WCNR.
In 1998, Magee Industrial Enterprises sold WHLM-AM 550 and WHLM-FM 106.5 to the Sunbury Broadcasting Corporation. Under this ownership, they turned off WHLM-AM 550 and later changed the WHLM-FM call letters to WFYY, "Flight 106.5", later Y106.5, and now "Bigfoot Country".
In April 2001, Press Enterprise turned off AM 930 WCNR.
Joe Reilly formed the Columbia Broadcasting Company in September 2001 and purchased the assets of 930 WCNR-AM from the Press Enterprise. The studios, offices and historic call letters were restored in the WHLM Building on the Square in Downtown Bloomsburg. The station signed back on-the-air as "The New 930 WHLM."[4][5]
On March 21, 2022, the Press Enterprise reported that owner Joe Reilly would sell the entirety of the Columbia Broadcasting Company to Seven Mountains Media for $450,000. The sale did not include the stations' studios location.[6][7] The sale would make 930 WHLM a sister station to WCFT-FM, which used to hold the WHLM callsign.
The sale closed on August 31 of that year; Joe Reilly would retire after his show that morning, voluntarily ending a radio career spanning over 50 years. At midnight on that date, the classic hits format would sign off, with Billy Joel's "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" and Supertramp's "Goodbye Stranger" the final songs played. At that time, the entire Columbia cluster of stations would begin stunting with a loop of "Pop" by NSYNC, redirecting former WHLM listeners to the duo of WHNA/WNNA and promoting a new format to debut the following Tuesday, September 6, at 10AM.[8]
Former logo
References
- ^ "Station Information Profile". Arbitron. Spring 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
- ^ "WHLM owners sell for $450G". pressenterpriseonline.com. Press Enterprise. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ "Seven Mountains Media Expands In Northeast PA". RadioInsight. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ "WHLM History". History - WHLM. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ "The History of WHLM". WHLM-AM. Archived from the original on 12 April 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ "WHLM owners sell for $450G". pressenterpriseonline.com. Press Enterprise. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ "Seven Mountains Media Expands In Northeast PA". RadioInsight. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
- ^ Pop Goes WHLM?
External links
- Official website
- Facility details for Facility ID WHLM ({{{2}}}) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
- {{{2}}} in Nielsen Audio's AM station database
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- W282CO at FCCdata.org
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- W288CF at FCCdata.org
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